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OlderthanDirt said 05/23, 03:53 PM
sport??? ???/sp??rt, spo??rt/ Show Spelled[spawrt, spohrt] Show IPA
noun
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.


Now this is just one site that defines the word Sport. How many do I need to post to convince you and Fan Nation that Hunting and Fishing is a Sport?

You can take the first three definitions given here and apply them each and every one to Hunting and Fishing.

I guess you think that the Bass Masters Classic is what; Just a Social Event?

Now, I wonder what it would be considered if one hunted Grizzly with a Recurve Bow? (Besides extremely dangerous)

Believe it or not a round or oval ball DOES NOT have to be used for something to be a Sport.

Just about anything taken to a certain level of competition can be considered sporting.

And, BTW, I am making Sport of you.

OlderthanDirt said 05/24, 12:00 PM
I am actually less educated and dumber for reading that drivel you just posted. I think I had rather you just let his thing die than choke on my own regurgitation from having read that nonsense.

I will try to DUMB DOWN this conversation to a degree that you can understand.

#1. I am the WC Squirrel hunter. So there.

#2. No one said that a sport has to be difficult.

#3. It is just like you to avoid the topic by going off on some tangent about my background and envrionmental upbringing. There was a time when hunting and fishing was meant as a survival technique but the invent of supermarkets just about eliminated that necessity. However, during the years of getting there, people learned to actually enjoy getting outside and into the woods, lakes and streams to hunt or fish. That was when they both became a sport. Ever heard of catch and release?

#4. Hopefully you will take your 2nd argument and actually make a reasonable stab at trying to explain why hunting and fishing is NOT a sport. I am sure the readers would like to read more that just, Because I said so.

Okay Sport, your turn.

OlderthanDirt said 05/25, 09:40 AM
Again, you have fallen into the fallacy that a sport requires someone to be an athlete.


It is just amazing that after 2000 plus years, You have figured out that only the games and entertainment venues we participate in that are sports are thoseYOU say qualify to make the list.

The governing bodies of the following sports, though not contested in the Olympic Games, are recognized by the IOC as of 2012
Air sports
Auto racing
Bandy
Baseball
Billiard sports
Boules
Bowling
Bridge
Chess
Cricket
Dance sport
Floorball
Golf (2016 program)
Karate
Korfball
Lifesaving
Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing
Netball
Orienteering
Pelota Vasca
Polo
Powerboating
Racquetball
Roller sports
Rugby Softball
Sport climbing
Squash
Sumo
Surfing
Tug of war
Underwater sports
Water ski *
Wushu

Websters Defines
Definition of HUNT
transitive verb
1a : to pursue for food or in sport

Definition of FISHING
1: the sport or business of catching fish.

Notice that the first definition both include the word sport. So, I guess you are smarter than Websters as well.

I will give you credit for having the balls to show. GL , Sport!