RE: NRA does do for hunters....
Even though I live in California which has fairly restrictive gun control laws, by far my biggest frustration is not the ability to buy a firearmbut finding a quality place to hunt. I was once an NRA member but their endless pleas for money becameincreasingly annoying. Before I went to medical school I was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State and when the "jack booted thugs" remark was made I decided I did not want to be associated with an organization that felt that way towardsmy co-workers and myself.
I insteadhave joined Ducks Unlimited. DU does much more for hunters than the NRA does, and I can be assured that my contributions to DU are going to be used in a way that will provide more game and more places to hunt. I am not indifferent toSecond Ammendment concerns but from my vantage point the biggest threat to the future of hunting is not loss of access to guns but the disapearance of placesfor average peopleto hunt.
Caldoc