TDWW, I absolutley could not have said it better myself. I hunt in GA, and have had some of the fondest memories of my life camping and trout fishingin the Chestatee WMA, and hunting with my Dad and friends. I feel the exact same way that you do. I hate the "murdering" type of hunters that get off from the kill more than anything else. I thank God every time I get a chance to hunt, fish, or enjoy the outdoors. I also pray for the bountiful harvest of the "FOOD" that I am about to kill. Hunters should appreciate the fact that God provided all that we take from Mother Nature, and too many people take that fact for granted.
As I said in a post the other day, I dont know if you read it, but it was the one about "slob hunters" and that guy*Deleted* about other hunters. I am a "meat" hunter. I love the sport, but If I did'nt love venison even more, I would not even be hunting. I can guarantee that there are grown men that have cried when they shot their first deer as an adult. If 100 hunters said that none of them have ever cried or the sort after killing a deer or other game.....at least 10% of them would be liars and another 20% are the "murdering" type of hunter with numb emotion.
I killed my first deer this year...a 190lb 8 point buck...and I felt bad for taking his life, and offered a prayer of thanks to God for it. Us southern boys are really in love with the outdoors, and nature in general....by the way, this is NOT implying that Northerners dont feel the same.
God bless America...one of the VERY FEW countries in the word where a person can hunt with freedoms............