Yuli, fast couple of days, so that you would be very hungry and I think you wouldn't 
It should work 
Of course, when you're starving feeding yourself becomes primary drive...nothing else matters...
Yuli I like the idea(since we're talking ideas) of fair chase. So you only hunt with stuff you can make. I think it is fairer and more honourable to be you vs the animal. You give the animal a chance to fight for its' life. It is dishonourable to kill it from hiding, with a weapon you didn't, and couldn't make yourself.
Thats an interesting point...
When we are talking "fair" and "honorable" it depends what the person considers fair and honorable, their beliefs, but also there is the side of the animal's point of view, what the animal thinks, believes and what it (if it even does) consider fair. It gets very deep when you really consider it... We don't know much about how wild animals truly think about things, we know for sure when they run away they are full of fear, so whatever you do to the animal in "respect" for it, the animal has no idea about that...it knows to try and escape death and it knows pain. That is why I don't think either way is "fair" to the animal, it doesn't see it as fair or unfair, when you kill it in a way YOU think is fair it only becomes fair for one person, YOURSELF. That I think is an important point.
I know if I hunt its for getting FOOD (I am not going on a religious journey, I am looking to kill my dinner), I don't believe in any spiritual thing that happens when you actually kill an animal for food, it's simply that. If you don't kill that one you'll have to kill the next one, there's no fair...jaguars and snakes, other poisonous things, all kill their pray this way, its always from a hidden-surprise attack that is usually lethal, once the pray is already in the wrong position it has already failed at escaping...and if its careful enough it will suspect its being stalked, realize it and flee, if it does figure it out, it can win as quickly as it can loose, because once it flees a stalker predator will not chase, instead it will try and find better cover, a better spot and try the gamble again. Looking at it from that point of view, its the same as hunting with a fast projectile weapon (or playing poker
), the only thing like you said, yes I wouldn't have made the projectile myself...( well actually its possible to learn to make bows and rifles, they are not lazer-beams, lol )...but I also use a bunch of stuff I didn't make myself, and I offer services to other people to make them things they can't make themselves, to me theres no issue with that.
So in my view the fair hunt would be if you go in the wild and stalk the animal, the animal has a chance to see/smell/sense you and run, you have to be patient and find the right locations etc, you have to decide which area to shoot in to produce the most lethal first attack. If this is executed well, the animal dies very quick without room for escape, which happens in nature a lot so from that point you can view it as fair as well. Humans use tools, and humans hunt to kill (hopefully never as a sport or any kind of game), its also fair (to all nature) to only hunt animals deemed safe for hunting so not to over-hunt any area. Whether it's "honorable" or not is completely irelevant to the animal itself and to nature, its only your personal belief.
I typed a lot but I thought this would be interesting to consider before I ever hunt.
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