The Effect on Animals
Sport hunting and the noise, fear, and predation associated with it causes great stress to all animals. It hampers their ability to find and store enough food to sustain them through the winter. Moreover, hunting has profound effects on animals such as wolves who have tight-knit family units and mate for life. Finally, many farm and companion animals are wounded and killed by hunters, especially intoxicated ones.
Some wildlife agencies set hunting seasons on some animals during the time that they give birth to and nurse their offspring. As a result, mothers are often killed while searching for food for their young. The defenseless children then die of starvation or are killed by predators.
Types of Weapons Used by Hunters