All good points and examples.....However, some of your most unethical and unsafe hunters are bowhunters..think about it, a bowhunter..is silent, stealthy and otherwise undetectable. Now firearm hunters are going to always have a bad vibe with the public for the simple fact of the "firearm". People associate them with carnage and violence. But some of the worst poachers and killers do there damage with a bow or crossbow. Now I hunt with both, and would rather take a animal with my XI Lagacy over my 3 1/2 remington any day. And if they outlawed gun hunting tommorow I wouldnot loose a bit of sleep over it, but I see were all hunters can improve and evolve to make our "pass time" a little more tasteful.