I think this is more about people than it is about archery. If you are a decent person and an ethical hunter I would be proud to to stand and call you my fellow hunter. I don' t care if you hunt with a recurve bow or a spear. However if you are a jerk then I just don' t want to know you. The person that wrote the article posted by Charlie P is obviously more concerned with his own agenda than archery hunting. He is bias, prejudiced, and full of crap. There are people like this all over the world. This jerk just happens to be spouting off about our sport.
The point I' m TRYING to make here is the name calling and gross, innacurate generalizations and misinformation are being fired in both directions, by both parties. If anything, that article should be taken as a warning to all of us. This idiotic garbage has got to cease and we have got to reach an understanding among ourselves.
I still don' t hold out much hope that will happen. Somebody will go digging around and pulling up dirt that was swept away several years ago, just to keep the flames fanned. Just like what happened here on this thread.
You are right Arthur. Probably never going to happen There are idiots all over the world. There are bound to be some that find their way on to this forum.