I don' t care for him. Just because he is a celebrity that endorses hunting doesn' t insulate him from being an idiot, which he is by the way. He has an incredibly smug and arrogant tone about him that I can' t stand. As far as whether he helps or hurts us, well as far as the anti' s go I don' t think he has any impact. They hate hunting and would whether he existed or not. As far as his abilities to influence politicians I once again don' t think he helps or hurts. I' ve seen him on numerous talk panels and found him to be ignorant and inarticulate. I cannot fathom how he has garnered this reputation as a great spokesman. I know 8 year old kids who could debate him into a crack in the wall. Where I feel he hurts us is with people who are neutral about hunting. He personafies the very image of the unethical, uncaring, yahoo goober that hunters have been saddled with years. In fact I' m certain that the only reason talk shows have him on at all is to add a touch of Jerry Springer style controversy to their shows. The things he brags about in this book are proof positive of his ignorance and blatent disregard for the ethical killing of the game he hunts. Bottem line, if this guy couldn' t play a guitar no one would give a rats A$$ what he says. If he had to survive on brain power he would be pumping gas somewhere.