Pros And Cons Of Why I Hunt By Rick Bass

“Hunting isn’t just something I do, it’s a part of Who I am”- unknown. This is the attitude of a true hunter, like Rick Bass, the author of Why I Hunt. The Essay describes his experience and reasons behind why he hunts. He agrees with hunting, as a way of life, as a way to provide, and as something that is fun. Growing up in the South, hunting is just as the quote says, a part of life. Although it is a big part of life, it is easy to see the other side of the coin, how bad it is and why it should not be allowed. “Why i hunt” is an essay by Rick Bass that describes why he loves to hunt, and the reasons behind. He says the experience is almost euphoric, that it is not the death of the prey that is enticing, it is the hunt itself. It is the tracking

Being raised in the south has played a lot into my views of hunting, and so it is easy to agree with Bass’s essay. Now, there are pros and cons to the practice. One pro is hunting controls the animal population. There are laws preventing over-hunting, and hunting is good exercise that can also provide knowledge for young kids. While there are many cons for hunting, there are also a lot of pros. One of those pros is that hunting can sustain life. For a large amount of people, if they don’t hunt, they don’t eat. They may not be able to obtain any other source of food or they just can’t afford it. Another pro is that hunting can teach people an increased knowledge of the outdoors and how to survive. If a person gets lost somewhere in the outdoors, a background of hunting could help that person stay alive. One of the most important pros is that it is one of the last remaining means of population control. If nobody hunted in the whole country, animal populations would be running rampant and there would be a huge clash for land to live on between humans and