RuRu, I am relieved to hear that coonskin caps are still available in some areas of the country. In my home state of Washington they are not so easily obtained. I am also happy to note that we agree on groups like PETA and ALF. I guess the area we don't agree on is preserve hunting. I personally would not hunt a preserve, however, there are many people that have neither the money nor the opportunity to hunt elk in the west. I feel that preserve hunting fills a niche in the scheme of hunting that cannot be filled another way. I am concerned that hunting will go the way of the fur trade with each segment of the hunting fraternity pointing fingers at the others. The trad. bow hunters saying their's is the only truely fair chase method of hunting, the rifle hunters saying bow hunting is cruel and doesn't result in a quick and humane kill, the western hunter saying that hunting near food plots and farms isn't fair chase, the purist saying any guided hunt is just a point and shoot hunt and those that say that preserve hunting is like shooting farm anomals. If we as hunters do not hang together than we shall surely hang separately. Just a little plagerism...lol. I hope that with time and thought and discussion you can begin to see that fighting amongst ourselves can only work against us.