most small game hunters are either hunting waterfowl, since the early goose season here in michigan starts the first of Sept. Archery deer opened Oct,1st. and duck hunting opened last saturday. Small game has taken a second seat to a lot of different types of hunting. Don' t get me wrong there are still a lot of small game hunters out there.

I' m still out in the woods hunting squirrels, grouse, and woodcocks. And rabbits, but I don' t hunt them until after the first few good frosts. A lot of my passion has went into predator, and varmint hunting. And I personally think....and this is only my opinion, That a lot of the younger teens and young adults really don' t care about hunting. Hunting and trapping has taken a real shot, since PETA, and the other anti-hunting groups have hit a lot of the schools. Putting in all this BS into the heads of our young people. Hunting and trapping, fishing is still the best and will always be the best way to conserve our heritage of hunting ect,ect.

The young teens and young adults now grow up in a family where usually both mother' s and father' s work. And it seems to me that not enough of the parents get involved with their kids like they should. Either they don' t have the time or else they just don' t care. I was luck enough to grow up with a family that loved hunting, trapping and fishing. And I passed that on to my son and daughter. And now they' re passing this down to my grand kids.