I need to apologize to everyone on this forum for my rant on the elephant video. I am very sorry for the post and for having carried on like that. Looking back on my post it was a very stupid thing to have done. Believe me I will never post again, without first thinking before clicking! I was just trying to express my views on videos like that, spreading like wildfire over the Internet. It seems to happen quite often these days. The point that I intended originally, was why give the anti- hunting groups more fuel for the fire. I realize that everyone has different objectives for what hunting means to them. I should never have slammed the hunter in the video or Jim Shockey just because they enjoy trophy style hunting. Having lived in Alaska for awhile last year I really did come to appreciate the abundance of wildlife they have. I still love to hunt and fish during any free time that I can get out. Although I am guilty for caring about endangered wildlife, no matter where it lives.I guess this makesmea "Bunny Hugger" that loves to hunt, if that's possible. I was taught to hunt with a similar style as Pglasgow's beliefs. I just really love being in the outdoors and for myself hunting and fishing go hand in hand. I actually have been hunting since the age of 7 so killing my quarry is something that I am very used to. The video I guess just presented a different style of hunting than what I am accustomed to. Although I should never have condemned someone for the style of hunting they choose to do. I usually do not post on forums and I guess that was my fault with the rant. I actually had just stumbled across this forum last week, I was looking for information on Muzzle-loading. I really did not intend to cause the controversy. This probably explains why I drove truck and had not gone into Politics. I also reallyowePglasgow a HUGE THANKS for jumping into the boiling pot that I had created and trying cool the stew.

Again to the group in whole,
I apologize,
Mike Roda