Hunting has been practiced by people since the ancient times, when they used to hunt and kill animals for food and safety. With the advancement of civilization, hunting has emerged as one of the popular recreational and adventure activity . The process of hunting involves pursuing animals and capturing them. To many hunters hunting does not mean killing the captured animals. In some countries, people have to get license for hunting .
Hunting has been exercised by people as a sporting event since a long time. Sport of hunting has two variations. In one variation, people go for hunting just to have fun and to experience the beauty of nature. Trophy hunting is another kind of hunting, in which hunters collect the animals hunted by them and keep them as trophies. Hunting is also known by several names like safari and shikar. People can not hunt any animal they like. In some countries this sport has been banned for securing the rare species of animals. However, during sport hunting, duck, goose, coyote, squirrels, rabbits, foxes and other animals are used as target.
Different methods are used by hunters during hunting . Some of the popular methods of hunting are baiting, calling, flushing, glassing, netting , scouting, stalking, tracking and trapping . As people have to face the exposure to the wild life during hunting and it is regarded as an adventure sport , they should be properly equipped with protective gears and should take precautionary measures. Above all, for practicing hunting , one has to get hold of a license first.
