There can be no hunting without risk of one's own life. There is equality of risk between the killer and the killed. Either the animal is killed or it kills the hunter.
नात्मानमपरित्यज्य मृगया नाम विद्यते॥ समतामुपसङ्गम्य भूतं हन्यन्ति हन्ति वा।