Persuasive Essay On Hunting And Fishing

Hunting and fishing has been around since the earliest people on Earth. People have been trying to perfect the ways of which they are done for thousands upon thousands of years. Hunting and fishing is primarily done because it is a necessity for living or hunters and fisherman do it for fun. A lot of people do both, however. Although what happens when people hunt an area too much or overfish a lake or stream? Overhunting and overfishing can put a hurt on the environment, and the different animals living within it.
Hunting is a great passion of mine. I have been outdoors hunting ever since I was little boy. My dad had gotten me my first BB gun at the age of 10. It was an air powered Daisy BB gun, that had the option of putting pellets in it as well. As a little boy, getting a gun was extraordinarily exciting. I felt a sense of pride being able to own my gun. Having my own gun gave me the freedom to wander throughout the woods having the power to shoot and kill something if I pleased. However, my dad always said, with freedom, comes a great deal of responsibility. That saying would carry through to me as I became older and teach me to be a more responsible hunter.
My family has always been very involved in the act of fishing and takes a great deal of time …show more content…
They don’t have the the same boundaries that I have learned, and don't always know when to stop. Fishing can be somewhat like a drug. It can be addictive. For example, if somebody finds a secret honey hole that is producing a lot of quality fish, they keep going back to that spot. It produces a certain drive that makes oneself to repeatedly want to fish that spot. However, this sense of drive that is felt can lead to people breaking laws. The excitement of the catch may causes somebody's mind to be thinking elsewhere. That being said, people feel the need to disobey the law do whatever satisfies them. This often times is illegal and