Lately it seems that most people on this board have been on pins and needles about anti-hunters. It seems that everyone is trying to be politcally correct. People are asking for posts to be removed because they are "fuel for anti's".

WHAT IS UP WITH THIS???????

I am a hunter, I go out in the woods with the intentions of KILLING an animal. I don't care who is offended by it, it is what I enjoy and love, and nobody is going to make me change my mind. I am not ashamed of what I do, and I am not going to bend over backwards to please anti-hunters. Screw them. I am not going to change their minds, and they sure as heck aren't going to change mine.

Come on guys, we don't harvest deer, we harvest crops. We KILL deer. It is what hunters do, and it is nature. We are animals and it is our natural instinct so why try to hide the fact behind these politically correct terms????? Are you ashamed of what you do? If you have go around trying to keep it a secret that you are a hunter, or you try to hide the fact that you kill animals behind words like harvest or bagged, then why even hunt?

I know, I know, anti-hunters are a threat to hunting. I can sorta understand why people don't want any conflict with them. But, I must ask you, if avoiding conflict means that you are going to try and hide your love for hunting, is it worth it?

Anti-hunters try to break up hunters into different groups, so that they can target certain groups at one time. They will try to stop hunting with dogs. Next it will be hunting over bait. Then muzzleloading. Next is archery. Finally, once they have narrowed it down, they will try to stop all remaining hunting seasons. But, another thing that they are doing is trying to make hunters look ashamed of what they do. Think about it. If PETA was to go to court against a bunch of hunters who were trying to hide their passion for hunting because they wanted to "avoid conflict", who is going to win? A group that is determined, or the group of hunters that acts ashamed of what they do?? We look weak when we keep backing down so we "avoid conflict".

I am sorry for ranting here, but, I for one am sick of it. I am a HUNTER, I KILL animals, then, I take them home, clean them up, cook them, and eat them furry little critters. Simple as that. I am not going to hide it. I don't care what others think about it, I am proud of what I do, and I am not going to act like I am not, simply to please a certain crowd of people who will always try to stop me from doing what I love.

Lets face it guys, anti-hunters REFUSE to listen to reasoning and NOTHING that you can say is going to change that. You can give them FACTS about population control, about how if hunting was stopped, animals would starve from overpopulation and spreading diseases. They just DON'T CARE. As long as I am not out their shooting animals, they don't care about what happens to these same animals. They refuse to look at the whole picture, so, I ask you, why try to teach these people anything? It is just a waist of time. I can see talking to people who don't hunt and aren't anti-hunters, the people who don't have a side. Yes, maybe talking to them about this would work, but, I am talking about the full blown anti-hunters. Like I said, nothing is going to change their minds.

So, in closing, I just want to say that I am sick of cattering to others. I am sick of seeing people act ashamed of hunting. If it is your passion, then why act ashamed? I am not going to change who I am, or change how I express what I do. I am not going to stop wearing clothes with hunting logos just to "please the crowd".

SCREW THE ANTI'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest!