Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, recreation, or trade in their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law. Hunted animals are referred to (and often protected by law) as game animals, and are usually large mammals or migratory birds. The killing of other humans is most often called execution (judicial), homicide (illegal), genocide (an entire people or culture) or war (legalized, between political parties).

By definition, hunting strictly speaking excludes the killing -though the same techniques may be used- of individual animals that have become dangerous to humans and the killing of non-game animals, domestic animals, or vermin (or "varmints") as a means of pest control. Hunting may be a component of modern wildlife management, but is only a portion, sometimes used to help maintain a population of healthy animals within an environment's ecological carrying capacity. Wildlife managers are frequently part of hunting regulatory and licensing bodies, where they help to set rules on the number, manner and conditions in which game may be hunted or "harvested."

The pursuit, capture and killing of fish is called fishing, which is not commonly categorized as a kind of hunting, although many hunters may also fish. Trapping is also usually considered a separate activity. Neither is it considered hunting to pursue animals without intent to possibly kill, as in wildlife photography or birdwatching, or to "hunt" for plants or mushrooms.

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A Guide to Deer Hunting: Deer hunting is one of the most exciting experiences that a hunter can have. It's a ve.. http://bit.ly/4rGEiK
gunsareme (Annie Gotmygun) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:53 -0000
A Guide to Deer Hunting: Deer hunting is one of the most exciting experiences that a hunter can have. It's a ve.. http://bit.ly/4rGEiK
Of course things are never easy. Just before Shay was about to leave to go hunting, he locks keys in the van. & it wasn't easy. Of course.
carimwc (Carissa) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:52 -0000
Of course things are never easy. Just before Shay was about to leave to go hunting, he locks keys in the van. & it wasn't easy. Of course.
AHHH I hate apartment hunting already!! So not in the mood to look. http://bit.ly/2LfDk #aptlist
aptlist (Apt List) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:26 -0000
AHHH I hate apartment hunting already!! So not in the mood to look. http://bit.ly/2LfDk #aptlist
RT @raisinmilk So we're apartment hunting, and the first thing I do when walking into the fan.. http://bit.ly/20kaf2 #aptlist
aptlist (Apt List) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:25 -0000
RT @raisinmilk So we're apartment hunting, and the first thing I do when walking into the fan.. http://bit.ly/20kaf2 #aptlist
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aptlist (Apt List) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:23 -0000
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aptlist (Apt List) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:20 -0000
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