SPORT HUNTING

Sport Hunting

Sport Hunting

Recreational hunting refers to the pursuit and killing of animals for the purpose of enjoyment. Sports hunting, as exemplified in the well-known case of fox hunting in the United Kingdom, is but one of many forms of recreational hunting. The analysis of recreational hunting can provide fascinating clues about a society's class relations, structures of power, and environmental understandings. The royal hunt, which was pursued in Euroasian countries until the 19th century, is one such example (Reiger, 2001).

Since ancient times, various forms of recreation have developed and evolved. Studies of societies such as the bushmen of the Kalahari ...