The future of the sport relies on us. We make the decisions of where this sport is headed.
So what do the folks that don't like the way the sport is headed do?
Ask 100 non hunters(not anti hunters) what they think about growing deer etc, and get back with us.
The deer don't care which method we are using.
It's not the deer we have to worry about caring it's the 80% of people that don't hunt that do vote.
Arguing with each other saying this isn't hunting and that isn't hunting is just going to make the sport go away.
What I think will make hunting go away is taking it from a family tradition to a marketing concept which is where it is at now. It becoming all about the size of the rack, not what families do anymore.
We are all hunters.
I couldn't disagree more. You don't have to be a hunter to kill a nice buck anymore you just have to have enough money to go to X ranch and have your rifle sighted in. Just make sure you killl one that you can afford. Becuase an 1/8 of an inch can cost $5,000 dollars. The guy I saw on their show the other day didn't know squat about woodsmanship and shot a monster.
I spent the afternoon yesterday sitting in the woods with my 11 yr old daughter, munching on a couple 3 Muskateers and talking and seeing a couple deer, take that over a 150 inch raised animal anyday.