What's sad is an adult hunter who rails against AR but since they have to abide by it demands that it be imposed on kids. He wants the good old days for himself but would deny a youngster the chance to shoot that first buck that he would shoot if given the opportunity. he would deny a kid the chance to take a smaller first buck. a chance, he himself, had as a kid.

Since Wingy, Uly, whoever he is today has all but named me here and suggested it's about my kids, I feel it important to note that my 15 year old has not shot a buck yet but has passed up some small, but, legal to him, bucks while he waits for a good one. So it's not about MY kids. Its about the drastic reduction in youth hunters.

Many here have said that we need ALL hunters. Well guess what?
All hunters will die someday and the only way to keep the numbers up is if we make the effort.

Special seasons and easier standards are only a small help but they also are statistically insignificant to the deer kill and it ought to be a cost we're willing to bear.

The best thing we all could do to help keep kids interested is to take em out in the woods. I know way to many hunting adults who just dont take their kids even when dad is going and the kid wants to go. If you dont have kids take a nephew, grandson, neighbor etc.