First off, no one was labeling anyone, I've got no idea where you got that idea from. Secondly, don't put words in my [or anyone else here's] mouth. No one called you a little kid. No one said you weren't a hunter. No one said small game hunting wasn't sporting.

Yes, I have a dog. Yes, I raised him [and trained him myself] from a pup. Yes, I enjoy watching him work a field for pheasants or a lake, pond, or river for ducks and geese. Just because I enjoy hunting big game more than I do rabbits doesn't mean I don't also enjoy other aspects of our sport.

I'm 17, not only do I go to school full time I work part time too. My days are taken up with school and my evenings are taken with work. I get to hunt on the weekends and a week that I take off every year specifically for big game hunting. I don't have all the time in the world to hunt, I enjoy it when I can, and I would much rather spend what time I do get chasing something that will fill my freezer for a solid month or two rather than something that's going to fill a plate for an evening.

First impressions are everything, and so far you haven't made a very good one with me.