Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful ani
Bowhunter with a compound bow using a call
Hunter carrying a reindeer in Greenland
Saharan rock art with prehistoric archers
Inuit hunting walrus, 1999
Game or quarry are wild animals which are hunted for animal products, for recreation, or for trophies. The species of animals hunted as game varies in different parts of the world and by different loc
Hunting
…conservation against overpopulation and invasive species (commonly called a cull). 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 huntress; a natural area used for hunting is called a game reserve…
Common pheasant, widely introduced and hunted as game
A hunter and local guides with his kill, 1970
Bobwhite quail, an important North American gamebird