Is hunting for sport nothing more than a socially accepted form of sadism?

I think it is. Now, if I lived in the wilderness, I imagine I could kill an animal for food. But to do it for “fun”....? No way. What’s the fun in watching an animal writhe in agony because the shot wasn’t clean, especially a bow shot. All hunters think they’re Atticus Finch, but they aren’t. I assume everyone her recalls Atticus shooting the rabid dog in “To Kill a Mockingbird”...