No need to act like a pack of wolves smellin' blood. I hate thet as much as anythin' . I took offense to the " hillbilly" references folks were usin' because they didn' t like what thet boy was sayin' . At first, I don' t think he was sayin' anythin' worthy of the kicks he was gettin' . When we came down hard on ' im, he got a lil' outta line tryin' to fight back. The one positive thing here is that I had no idear hunters could be so indignant about a threat to resources posed by poachers. I pretty much thort mos' were consumers of wildlife, but didn' t really care what happend to it. Kinda makes me warm an' fuzzy to know there' s dedicated sportsmen on this site. So let' s jus' let it alone. K-boy probly ain' t a poacher. Maybeso he' ll learn sumthin' ' bout what we all stand to lose if people look the other way. Its happend before. Remember, Kentuck was a wildlife paradise before settlement. Timber bison, woods elk, beaver. Like I said, there weren' t no deer season for many years ' cause there weren' t much in the way of deer even. I' m thinkin' we' ve turned the corner now. I don' t think the message needs to be pounded into anybody here. Talkin' conservation ain' t bad, an' there' s gonna be some strong opinions, I reckin' . Let' s jus' try to keep it fit for wimmins an' chilrin' .

Now let' s talk ' bout people who brag about makin' a tuff shot on game, then tell how it got away anyway. Met a feller at the trailhead with that story. All his buddies got bulls. He said he knows he hit one but it got back up an' ran off. I asked how far he tracked it. Didn' t even try, ' cause it was late. This feller was with a " professional" guide. The guide was maybe 22, an' looked like he' d been in the mountings maybe a month. What really gits my back hair on end is thet the feller was more concerned with how others saw his shootin' abilty than whether they thort he was a ethical sportsman. I ain' t afeared to say it for all the world to see. I ain' t much of a marksman. I do ok, but I ain' t near as good as some who I know. Ain' t even as good a shot as I used to be when I spent lots of time practicin' . But I never wound game, and I allays got a full freezer.