ulysses,
That may be the case for non-hunting public where you are, but around here people know I hunt and tell me to shoot all them (blankety blanks). They don't like the deer at all. They drive in constant worry of hitting deer, and several people have hit more than one deer in the past year. The deer come into residential areas and eat expensive landscaping. Believe me a guy that shoots 4-5 deer around here is thanked, not persecuted. The most important thing to understand is that circumstances and views can be VERY different from area to area.