Thanks for beating me to that post. Right on about the kids. Just as important is the need to support organizations that support inexpensive access.

Notice the HSUS comment about being "pragmatic", meaning not wasting their time on hunting, but rather on issues that "even hunters find egregious". Translation - Joe public doesn't believe hunters are all that bad. Time to join HSUS and keep it that way. If only one in 20 hunters joined, we could be the majority of the HSUS and could drive their agenda as humane hunters. Never gonna happen, so the hunting orgs need to take on some animal abuse issues.

The NRA should be so pragmatic. I am and will stay a member, but our image needs work.

It is a balance -We don't want the forestscrowded with hunters, but we need to keep the numbers up or face losing influence.

The bottom line is that most endeavors that don't offer instant gratification are fading away. I can't help but wonder if the hunting TV shows are doing more harm than good. While they are trying to promote hunting (well, OK, hunting products), I think they send the message that if you don't get a trophy animal in 30 minutes, you don't belong in the club.