Hunting, and Why It's A Great Idea

So you don't like hunting. The thought of killing defenseless little animals troubles you.
Tough.
You're here because somebody, somewhere down the line, got past the hand-wringing and unleashed his inner predator. I can't even start with the kind of frustration such nonsense inspires in me.
Sure, we don't have to hunt. In today's society, other people do it for us. Normally they just grow animals like we'd grow flowers, so I can't quite say "hunt," but you follow. I don't need to hunt fish because I can just go buy some fish sticks at Wal-Mart.
But there are two thoughts here. First, what does it matter if I kill the animal with my own hands and ingenuity or if Fish Sticks LLC does? Secondly, imagine the power goes off one day and doesn't come back on. I sure would like to know how to find, capture, dress, clean and prepare food so I can live beyond that.
Let's backtrack. Nobody should go out and kill any animal, big or small, just to do it. That's pretty stupid. Outright slaughter for no reason but slaughter itself is unbecoming of humankind and despicable.
I've said in conversation before that one of the most manly things anyone can do is snap a rabbit's neck with their bare hands. The dichotomy is almost poetic - defenseless innocence sacrificed at the altar of cognitive aggression. But I would like to rescind that thought.
Slaughtering game isn't manly at all. It's practical. I made a mistake when I began to go down the "this is manly" path. Who gives a damn if it's the most effeminate thing anyone can do? It's useful. Knowing how to live off the land is a skill few have, one I'd like to get.
Still yet another point of view is that, since we needn't kill game in American society thanks to no shortage of food, killing game is acceptable only in an emergency situation.
To that, I argue that learning now, when there's no pressure, how to properly prepare game and also to utilize as much of the animal as possible (bones as forks? pelt as blankets?) is a great idea.
It well may be the best insurance policy you ever invested in.