1. I live in a farm area where rabbits had gotten to plague levels. They eat the grass, leaving less for the stock animals. So culling them helps local industry and keeps my sheep fed. 2. hunting rabbits allows me to "touch grass", get outside, get exercise. 3. It also exercises my dog, and is a bonding experience with the dog. 4. The dog eats the rabbits so I save on dogfood. If they dog didn't eat these rabbits, she'd eat purchased meat which is also the flesh of a killed animal, so that choice doesn't avoid killing. Of course it isn't very nice for the rabbits. But they are such simple creatures with such evil looking pure black eyes that I'm OK with it. But I still hate it when they don't die right away.