You will be kissing their ...if they become the majority. And if they become the majority (if they aren't already), attitudes like this will not help our cause.

And someday, they won't give a ... about what you think, if they don't already. Congratulations, that attitude could help marginalize the opinions of hunters.


The bottom-line is that hunters can be our own worst enemies. It is acceptable to be politically correct to preserve our hunting traditions.

I'm a graduate student in law school and am probably one of the few hunters in the room. I would speculate that I am the only bowhunter in the room. Hunting has come up several times in our classroom discussions of liability, etc. And I stand there and defend hunting in front of 75 other really, bright, ambitious nonhunters. And I can't stand there and say "Kiss my anything." I can't say "I don't give a crap about your opinions." That is simply not the way to approach the problem. Instead, with a little mutual respect, we can have mature conversations about hunting. And you would be surprised as to the number of individuals that are open to hunting. In fact, because of what I have said in class, a couple of students have offered to let me hunt their land. Those privileges and opportunities were the result of not being disrespectful and being politically correct.

There is a time and place for everything. Yes, saying 'harvest' instead of 'kill' sort of desensitizes the whole process. But most people sort of get the idea. Something is killed. Something dies. Whack 'em and stack 'em is sort of desensitizing in the other direction.

Sorry for the rant, but it is our responsiblility to beaware of how are actions are perceived. That doesn't mean we have to change them, but we can't exactlysay"To heck with them" either.