Your post makes me very confused, because I both agree and disagree with you. I appreciate nature for what it is. I can look at a buck in the wild and not think jis if only I had my rifle wif me. I believe you can love animals and still hunt, depending on how you approach it. I'm just having a hard time formulating it into words. I believe the view that hunters can't be animal lovers comes from what is observed which may not be accurate to the whole group. If you see a guy or gal, posing with their rifle next to a buck they just shot whether it be trophy or not, you're not going to think "wow they sure loved that animal to death". But if you see the behind the scenes a lot of game farms are actively building and achieving with funds secured from hunting you could say, "wow these people sure love animals, look at all they are doing". I guess for some of the hunters calling themselves lovers, it's about the bigger picture. The active change conservation brings. Not that I'm saying you're narrow minded, I just know for me it's less about the animal specifically and more about loving nature and trying to preserve it. The one thing I feel very strongly about, is it must be done ethically, and no trophy hunting. Unless the trophy formed part of a cull(for what ever reason that may be), all I see it as is fueling your ego and showing the world your "magnum sized dong"
