I know exactly what you all mean. I think another problem is hunting age, mayb not in all states but here in NY. I am just one of those kids who loves hunting so it didnt matter to me how long I had to wait, i just went along with my dad. The age to hunt in NY is 16!!!!!! By the age of 16 a kid is a sophomore in high school has all his friends, prob a gf and if hasnt been introduced to hunting prob couldnt care less about it. It needs to be instilled in them before the teenage rebel years, back when they are kids and all they want to do is be like their dad u know....you gotta get them into it real young, but some hunting restrictions are preventing this. The other big reason I think we are loosing hunters is because its no longer acceptable. I live on Long Island, NY and here its all about your abercrombie clothes, and your northface jackets and all of that...hutning just isnt cool anymore. I have lived here all of my life and I have met maybe 3 kids who sorta hunt sometimes, hunters just dont exist around here, and everytime i invite one to intorduce them and bring them with me on a hunt their parents wont let them or some BS like that. I have to say I have had some luck with my girlfriend haha i brought her shooting and now she wants to do it more and she plans to come on a deer hunt with me this november....maybe she'll get hooked. The last reason is because kids these days are just plain lazy and the comp and instant messenger and tv rules their lives. For me when im watchin tv im watchin hunting on TOH or OLN, but i guess im a southern boy living in a northern state lol......well thats just my take on it...im 19