I don't find him threatening. I do find him amusing (sometimes in the "train wreck you can't turn away from" sort of way). I think he and Uncle Ted are in the same class. Staunchly believe in what they are doing and don't care much how others see them. You have to admire that at some level.
Bingo.
As for the "Hard Way" That's bunk.
We are talking hunting, here....not fishing.