I think where this gets complicated is when people get pushed off their land so trophy hunting reserves can be established, like you see happen sometimes in Tanzania and Kenya. Nothing annoys me so much as people going, “I killed a lion, and I feel good about it because the meat went to the villagers,” when the locals would quite possibly be a good deal happier to be doing their own hunting and farming on their own land.
I’ve fished a bit and have considered getting into hunting. I have nothing against it, in fact, I usually think it’s neutral to beneficial here, except for when it’s done by the many, many people who get a kick out of killing coyotes and crows as sentient target practice. “People” in Morton and Elbe even brag about torturing coyotes.
I’m doing a year of archery classes right now and have considered taking the compound bow line, but we’ll see. The worst thing about hunting is the other hunters.