i'll try...
sadly, killing is a very necessary down side of successful bird hunting...
but like some other pursuits, how one does it is as important or perhaps even more important than what one achieves...
when killing and hunting become the same experience, our lives are diminished...
there are many published writers who have done a far better job of describing the complexity of this paradox...
one is george bird evans whose writings are highly recommended...
https://www.amazon.com/Upland-Shooting-Life-1st/dp/0394472950