I find it ironic when people who eat meat from the grocery store find hunting cruel. Factory farms (where most grocery store meat is from) is often 100x more cruel than hunting, since hunters kill animals who have lived a natural life, while factory farms raise animals in less than perfect environments. I'm not saying that anyone here has claimed this since I don't know who is and isn't a vegetarian, but I'm just sayin'

I don't find hunting cruel. Used to, but now that I have learned a bit more about it I don't. We would be overrun by certain animals (particularly deer) if it weren't for hunters. This in turn means there would be lack of food - animals would starve - if it weren't for people hunting. Also, since it is more humane than factory farming, I prefer for people to hunt their meat rather than getting it from the grocery store.

Now, hunting for sport or fur is cruel in my opinion. Killing for meat, well that's part of the food chain, but killing for any other reason is just dumb and inhumane.