I think so much of this boils down to Gotbuck's first sentence above. Everyone wants the laws to be set up to meet THEIR desires.

Our ML season was 7 days long, today was the last day. Tomorrow starts the modern firearm season. I got to take my 14 y.o. son out 2 days. The first day, we didn't even see a deer. The second, we spotted 7 deer (2 bucks) bedded down 600 yards away. We hiked 1 1/2 - 2 miles to get into position with the wind in our favor. After all that, they had been spooked by something else (I think a vehicle) and had moved out. I gave Matt a high-five and we considered it a successful hunt even though we didn't bring anything home. We didn't have scopes on our guns because they aren't legal. If they were legal, we would have had scopes on, but I certainly didn't feel discriminated against because we couldn't.

I also agree that we all better start supporting the youth and trying to promote hunting/fishing activities to them. They certainly have a lot competing for their time (sports, video games........). They are the future, but most adult hunters really don't want to give up anything to help anyone else, including youngsters. Some adults do a tremendous amount, but not many.

I was at my oldest son's football game this past week and talking to a few other dads. These guys are hunters and I asked them if their boys go out hunting with them. The answer,"No, they really aren't intersted." Or, "No, they are just too busy."

I know a couple sets of guys that do a ton of duck hunting every year. During the youth hunt, what do they do.....they "recruit" some young kid to take out so they can have a couple more days of hunting. Do they invite these kids on any other day of the season? NO!

Kids are most important in my book. Here is a link to some pictures I posted from the youth pheasant hunt a few weeks ago.

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1699051&mpage=2