I have thought about this all day yesterday and I still think there is a lot to be said and a lot of points have been missed. I think manuman said it best. We are as Americans for the most part embracing and accepting of acts/behavior that at one time was consideredimmoral/illegal. We have been spoon fedalifestyle sooooo much that many Americans are tricked into thinking that this is normal behavior and should be accepted by the masses. I am talking aboutGays, drunkards, adulterers, drug users, sex offenders, the list could go on and on. Heck we even have the NAACP to fight for the rights of sex offenders and child molesters.

Where will it end? Hunting/trapping/fishing are all activities that have always been legal and an accepted practice throughout our American history. In a world where we are "supposed" to be tolerant of all behaviors we as sportsman have a fight on our hands, and some suggest the best way to fight it is to "hide" it?

We have to "hide" our kills to keep from offending others?

We have "hunters" backing/suggesting the thought of a law to make showing you deer in public a crime punishable by paying a fine?

If this type of approach or method of thinking continues to be common place among our group..............where will we be in 10 years?.....20 years?

I am not one to say "fight the power", but at some point we have to stand up for what we believe in rather than adhering to the others opinions and compromising what we do. Dang, we are not doing anything illegal, immoral, or even wrong,however if Red has his way, a perfectly legal act would be made illegal and the snowball would be made and pushed down the hill.

For the record, I always put my tail gate up, not because of fear of offending anyone, I do it because I don't want the deer to fall out.