You may have stalked him for a season or two, you may think you are a hunter. But you shot him, you aren't a hunter or even close to being a hunter, you are a target shooter. There was no risk to you at all, an animal that was aware of "normal" predators was shot and killed. End of story !
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Definitions:
Hunt or hunting includes shooting, shooting at, pursuing, taking, catching, or killing any
wild animal.
That's how the state defines it anyway- do you have a better version?
You're correct that he didn't engage in hand to hoof combat with those critters on "even" conditions. Had he, he'd have gotten his *** kicked, as it would actually have been a very unfair fight. It also would have been an extremely "unnatural" way to "hunt".
You're sadly ignorant of the predator-prey relationship if you think that predators give their quarry an "equal" chance. They'll take advantage of any situation they can, capitalize on any weakness, and seize any opportunity to capture/kill their quarry with minimal danger to themselves. That's what makes a predator successful. Unsuccessful predators die, and usually don't live long enough to produce offspring. Predators that attack on "equal" terms simply die, and probably a long painful death from injuries and/or starvation.
A falcon doesn't give a duck a chance to inflict damage. Does it have a chance to get away? Sure. But even that isn't "given", but rather earned by evasion. An owl kills without alerting its prey to its presence- until it no longer matters. Wolves attack in packs, with those in front distracting the quarry while those in back hamstring and disembowel it. Mountain lions attack from ambush. Many predators don't even kill before eating their quarry. Why bother? The requirement is to capture, subdue, and eat. Death (and its resulting transmission of life) is a by-product. Larger, more dangerous prey is rendered incapable of escape or defense, but smaller prey is simply swallowed. An example of each is a hawk catching a rabbit, or wolves attacking moose, vs a hawk catching a mouse, or a bass eating a minnow, or a barn swallow catching flies. "Rendered incapable of escape or defense" is far from synonymous with "dead".
Kamori's use of a weapon is an example of the human races ability to manipulate objects and its environment to its advantage. Without that, none of us would be here. Is a firearm a "natural" way to hunt? Yes, of course it is. It's a natural use of a tool naturally devised by a natural organism. It started out as a thrown rock or stick, became a thrown rock tied to the tip of a stick, then to a rock tied to a stick and then propelled by a stick, then propelled by a piece of string tied to a stick (spear, atlatl, and bow) and finally (so far) to a specialized "rock" propelled by a mixture of natural materials (charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate) or man-made (synthetic) versions of the same.
Kamori hunted well, and has taught his offspring to hunt as well. He's a successful predator. And like the rest of us, I'm sure he scavenges to supplement his diet as well. Scavenging is when you find and eat something that has died or been killed by another organism and left laying around. A trip to the grocery store and sorting through the meat cooler is a perfect example of scavenging.
