omarrh

I agree with most of the comments; but not with the approach used. I am a teacher and obviously a hunter (or I'm in the wrong site). I prefer to educate the "antis" than to criticize them.

My approach is usually to explain what would happen to the deer population if it wasn't controlled, including over-population which would lead to starvation during winter, etc. I emphasize our role as conservationists and so on. If this doesn't work, I use the clean, healthymeat approach vs. processed, chemically altered meat that most (including myself) eat most of the time. At last if they still give me a hard time I remind them that I own a rifle and can easily pick them off at 100 yards. This usually ends the arguement with a laugh; but in the process I've given them food for though.