My son and I were on Midway Road of Peabody Mine property, managed by the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (Trespass Fee Required) near Beaver Dam, Kentucky this weekend for their youth weekend. We camped with three other adults, five boys in all. I'm sad to report we were over-run with slob hunters.

It amazes me, every year it seems there are more and more "hunters" that simply have no problem parking right next to two or more other trucks, no clue where those people are located, walk in late, and - in our case - sit down within 30 yards of us after seeing us. It's a large area and they obviously had no place in particular to go (no previouslyplaced stand), lots of other pull-off areas with no trucks or people. Why?

These are the same folks that have been leaving trash all over the woods and campsites for years - I keep packing it out, but there's more every year.

Then we had an apparent animal rights activist pull to the parking area (about 200 yards or so from our stand), blowing the car horn, then pull out a .22 pistol and empty a 10-round clip in the general direction of the woods. I didn't get a good look at the truck (small red - that's all) and no license plate. Again, why?

That's the way our youth weekend went - no deer for us, but lots to talk about regarding hunter ethics and the golden rule.

I worry about the future of our sport.

I worry about what our children are learning.

I worry about people in general - no civility, no common courtesy, absolutely no concern for each other in any way.