rebdoniel. The Noda B’yehuda disagrees with your assertion. According to his psak lehalacha it is only tzaar baalei chayim if you maim an animal with the intention to leave it alive. If you shoot to kill it is not TBC – independent of your reasons for shooting it. Furthermore, it is not called baal tashchis unless you have no reason to kill it. Possible reasons for killing an animal could be for population control, to harvest their skins/feathers/horns or to prevent them from damaging property such as in the case of wild boar or other mazikim. He doesn’t speak highly of recreational hunting for middos reasons, but you should have your facts straight.
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