I may abhor the hunting of creatures like these (honestly, hunting elephants more than just about any animal I can think of given their brilliance and easily observed human-like feelings and relationships), but I'm certainly not going to dance on the grave of this man who, from all accounts, was a decent man who lived a full life with all the requisite experiences and relationships that come with it.
I really wish the ghoulish anti-hunters on this forum and elsewhere would actually get to know some "hunters", as I've known plenty including friends and even a grandfather, and they can be wonderful, well rounded people. Granted, none hunted big, rare game (in fact hunters are legitimately necessary on the east coast to combat the boar infestation), but it's a similar mindset and concept that leads to such actions.
They're brought up in the hunting culture, and it becomes a part of them much as it has for hundreds of thousands of years predating our own species' existence. It does not restrict them, however, from leading full and productive lives elsewhere. They are not some monstrous boogie-men, and celebrating their deaths only emboldens pro-hunters and makes people on the fence feel the anti-hunters are all psychopathic douchebags.
That sort of approach can only win over so many people, as is evident in the running joke that PETA has become and the brick wall the vegetarian movement hit years ago despite the adherents being equally distributed across the political spectrum; these movements, with their open disdain for outsiders, are attempting to attract flies with vinegar, and it is certainly counterproductive.
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