Hunting is the intentional act of tracking and killing wild animals for consumption or trophy. These animals are referred to as "game," quarry, or prey. Fishing is a type of hunting restricted to catching fish. As omnivores, humans...

Overhunting is any hunting activity that has an adverse impact on the total continuing population of a species. With the tremendous increase in the human population since the industrial revolution, there has been an ever increasing use and, often,...

‘Man the hunter’ is a central metaphor in the construction of masculinities—both symbo-lically and practically. It serves to explore, explain and justify patriarchal social dynamics, in particular to justify the...

A hunter boasts about the game he bought. (Spanish) All are not hunters that blow the horn. (German) ‘An animal chases me’ are not fitting words for a hunter. (Yoruban) Deer hunter, waste not your arrow on the hare. (Chinese) Every shot...

Pursuit of game animals, principally as sport. To early humans hunting was a necessity, and it remained so in many societies until recently. The development of agriculture made hunting less necessary as a sole life support, but game was still pursued...

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their resources. 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...