I used to growing up. :im-vegan: now, but its theoretically a useful skillset to have, even if I'm morally conflicted about it. Like, its not a skillset I'd consider worth an animal's life. But also, man's gotta eat, and while in a survival situation or society collapse or w/e, I'd rather still forage and avoid meat, but if my options were hunt or starve, I'd choose hunting.

In a real way though, hunting may have led to me being vegan. I went with a group of family, and despite being chud's in lots of ways politically, they were pretty somber and upfront about it being taking an animal's life, and were 'respectful' about it, in the sense they weren't some shitty trophy hunter just wanting to KILL the BIGGEST, MEANEST creature. And, much like how working in a slaughterhouse can turn one away from meat, doing all the dressing and butchering ourselves drives home the vibe of, 'man, this meat stuff is a bit grizzly, huh?' Which, even younger, I helped with the butchering when I was like 6, as much as kids can help with anything, so its not like it was directly shocking to me. But it definitely hits different to look an animal in the eyes (even via scope) before shooting and killing it.

I've never fished, though I've been around fishing a ton, but that's just because I'm extremely allergic to seafood (along with tons of other foods).