It's difficult to explain hunting to someone who doesn't hunt.
Suffice it to say that even for "whites" it's a cultural thing. The hunt is so much more that just bringing down an animal. It's tradition, it's bonds with family and friends, it's preparation and anticipation, it's being a good shot and proud of it, it's the great outdoors (rain or shine), it's the pleasure of serving game meat at the table (meat that you have taken from "the hoof", wing, whatever, and provided for your circle).
Hunting is invested with so many more things than just "the kill". I can't imagine my life having been lived without hunting being an integral part of it.
A couple of further points:
Hunting, by it's nature, is "to seek". When you seek, you don't necessarily find. Every hunter has memories of being out in field or forest, coming home with nothing, and yet still having had a great time despite fingers and toes nipped by the cold, or rain-soaked clothing, or scratches and sprains from navigating dense terrain.
Opposition to hunting focuses on the harvest (killing) of a wild animal, and usually ignores the fact that meat from domestic animals appears on our tables every day.
I don't quite understand trophy hunting, but I'm OK with it if it's done in a humane and sustainable way.
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