Having a conscience makes the hunt less efficient. Do you both try to hunt things that can fight back or that are so pitiful that they need to be put out of their misery? Food is food, at least in my eyes.
Uh huh, and things that will fight back are less efficient too, if it's meat you're wanting.
For other things - hell yeah I want something that will fight back.
Hunting for sport, you definitely want something that will fight back.
You don't have to hunt plants, so the only things I would be predatory with are other animals. I can just pull plants out of the ground or chop them down, they don't run away or fight back. That is no fun.