Respectfully, any of us who eat meat are culpable in the killing of defenseless animals. In some ways, hunting is a more honest way of acknowledging our reliance on animal flesh for food. Also, hunting can serve to keep animal populations in check to maintain ecological balance.
Trophy hunting, I think, is different, and it isn’t something I can support. Part of that equation is policy and part is the ethic of the hunter. Neither is my kind of people.
So, is this trophy hunting, depredation hunting, or food hunting? I would guess the first, and that is unfortunate, but it could be depredation hunting (hence the foreleg bounty). Also, hunting by air could be an evolution of necessity given Alaska’s size, climate, and remoteness. It’s still brutal to watch, but so is ramming a bolt through a cow’s brain, something that we endorse thousands of times a day.
I don’t like Palin’s candidacy, but this doesn’t seem like a relevant issue without more facts.