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hunter
Hunting is the practice of seeking, pursuing and capturing or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest useful animal products (meat, fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), to remove predators dangerous to humans or domestic animals (e.g. wolf hunting), to eliminate pests and nuisance animals that damage crops/livestock/poultry or spread diseases (see varminting), for trade/tourism (see safari), or for ecological conservation against overpopulation and invasive species (see culling).
Recreationally hunted species are generally referred to as the "game", and are usually mammals and birds. A person participating in a hunt is a hunter or (less commonly) huntsman; a natural area used for hunting is called a game reserve; and an experienced hunter who helps organize a hunt and/or managing the game reserve is known as a gamekeeper.
Many non-human animals also hunt (see predation) as part of their feeding and parental behaviors, sometimes in quantities exceeding immediate dietary needs. The one that does the hunting is the predator, and the one being hunted is the prey.
Hunting activities by humans arose in Homo erectus or earlier, in the order of millions of years ago. Hunting has become deeply embedded in various human cultures and was once an important part of the rural economies — classified by economists as part of primary production alongside forestry, agriculture and fishery. Modern regulations (see game law) distinguish lawful hunting activities from illegal poaching, which involves the unauthorized and unregulated killing, trapping or capture of animals.
Apart from food provision, hunting can be a means of population control. Hunting advocates state that regulated hunting can be a necessary component of modern wildlife management, for example to help maintain a healthy proportion of animal populations within an environment's ecological carrying capacity when natural checks such as natural predators are absent or insufficient, or to provide funding for breeding programs and maintenance of natural reserves and conservation parks. However, excessive hunting has also heavily contributed to the endangerment, extirpation and extinction of many animals. Some animal rights and anti-hunting activists regard hunting as a cruel, perverse and unnecessary blood sport. Certain hunting practices, such as canned hunts and ludicrously paid/bribed trophy tours (especially to poor countries), are considered unethical and exploitative even by some hunters.
Marine mammals such as whales and pinnipeds are also targets of hunting, both recreationally and commercially, often with heated controversies regarding the morality, ethics and legality of such practices. The pursuit, harvesting or catch and release of fish and aquatic cephalopods and crustaceans is called fishing, which however is widely accepted and not commonly categorised as a form of hunting, even though it essentially is. It is also not considered hunting to pursue animals without intent to kill them, as in wildlife photography, birdwatching, or scientific-research activities which involve tranquilizing or tagging of animals, although green hunting is still called so. The practices of netting or trapping insects and other arthropods for trophy collection, or the foraging or gathering of plants and mushrooms, are also not regarded as hunting.
Skillful tracking and acquisition of an elusive target has caused the word hunt to be used in the vernacular as a metaphor for searching and obtaining something, as in "treasure hunting", "bargain hunting", "hunting for votes" and even "hunting down" corruption and waste.
Proof Research Elevation Lightweight Hunter 24inch - 6.5PRC - TFDE stock color
OSS Break installed - Will include factory thread protector
Fired 20 rounds in accordance to Proof barrel break-in procedure - This rifle is practically new.
$2100 - NO TRADES
Includes Box, Manuals, Sticker Pack -...
Don't know much about this holster, decent but used condition. It shows as a model 1100-28, but doesn't look like the current generation of this model produced by Hunter.
85 Normal 45-70 brass Mixed headstamp.
40 pieces trimmed to 2.040" for FTX bullets Hornady & Starline brass
125 Pieces Total
$48 shipped. SOLD
I would trade locally for 800 Cleaned 9mm brass
.44 Magnum -
Hornady Handgun Hunter .44 Mag, 39rds in original boxes - $40
7.62x39 -
Norinco yellow box, 60rds in boxes, 60rds loose - 120rds in all
ChinaSports 122gr Soft Point, 80rds in boxes, 60rds in mags - 140rds in all
Red Army Standard 122gr FMJ, 40rd in boxes
300rds total, plus (2)30rd...
Letting go of my like new Sig Sauer P220 10mm Hunter.
It's in excellent condition with no "Sig Smile" at the top of the barrel or wear on the barrel hood. To the best of my knowledge, this is a bit of a rare model, made for only 2 years. 5 inch Match Grade barrel, Hogue black and grey G-10...
Letting go of my like new Sig Sauer P220 10mm Hunter. It's in excellent condition and to the best of my knowledge, this is a bit of a rare model. Sig SAO trigger system, Tritium fiber optic front sight with fully adjustable rear sight. The Tritium is still glowing bright. 2-8 round magazines...
Hello I am hoping someone has an extra 5" ejector rod housing high polish SS for Ruger Super Blackhawk HUNTER 7.5 " barrel that needs a new home? Barrel is threaded for housing screw.
Thank you for the consideration-
Paul
Ruger Mk IV Hunter - Stainless 22 LR - Model 40118
6.8 inch fluted bull barrel with hiviz fiber optic front sights.
Price is $745. Now $695.
These have become impossible to find. Second owner but it appears to be unfired with all accessories in the box.
Comes with 2 magazines, scope mount...
Almost brand new Magpul Hunter X-22 in gray, bought it installed it on my TCR 22 Performance Center handled it for about 30 minutes and then stored it, original box not included. All lop spacers included but no cheek risers, barrel harmonics supports for tapered and bull barrels included along...
I have a very nice Savage model 11 lightweight 7mm-08. Beautiful walnut stock, very smooth rifle.
Hasn’t been hunted yet, so it’s in great shape. But it’s all ready to go. Comes with a Leupold Rifleman 3-9 scope. Overall, the rifle is in new shape.
This sale comes with an ammo can full of ammo...
For sale is my RDB-C aka "Hunter" version of the amazing Kel-Tec RDB. Short-stroke gas piston. The cases eject downwards behind the magwell with ambi controls so great for right and left shooters. This rifle also CA compliant, if that matters to you, as long as there is no flash hider on the...
EAA Tanfoglio Witness Hunter in 10mm
Pistol has only been test fired of 1 mag, basically new.
Comes with original Tanfoglio case and all that came with the gun.
Comes with 3 EAA factory magazines and a EAA Gold Team Safety.
It has been scuffed around the safety catch as I had put the Team Safety...
I’m only after one box (20rds) if anyone has a box of 178gr 30-06 precision hunter they let go of I’ll buy it depending on price. I’m just trying to see what my rifle likes to shoot and I’ve had great success with the 6.5cm precision hunters. I also have ammo to trade if you’d rather do that.
Magpul Hunter 700 "Stock" short action chassis
Magpul Hunter magazine well "bottom metal”
Magpul "AICS" short action magazine x2
I put this on my sons rifle but length of pull is too big even with the spacers removed. It was on his Bergara B14 in 6.5 Creedmoor. I've got the custom length...
Both of these holsters are in amazing condition. Practically brand new as they mostly just sat in storage.
$40 - Left: Triple K holster 114-16 6 1/2 LH
$40 - Right: Triple K holster 114-15 4 5/8 LH
Pickup in Ridgefield, WA
Shipping available
I’m only after one box (20rds) if anyone has a box of 30-06 precision hunter they let go of I’ll buy it depending on price. I’m just trying to see what my rifle likes to shoot and I’ve had great success with the 6.5cm precision hunters