harter66

I read that too . Those People are the same ones that would get all bent if you if you or I suggested
packing all our beverages in returnable glass ,all our meat in paper ,and nothing in styrofom or plastic.

Just for the record my kids have been hunting and hicking and camping since they could walk far enough to do it . And only 2 of seven have ever declined to go or been even a little chunky . The last3 are 2nd marrage. So the benefits out weigh the risks and that self absorbed clueless twit can kiss my furry 4x4buck mount .

Steven McBee

they say this while their out doing drugs and getting addicted to porn and other crap while were just addicted to hunting,which is a good thing since it teaches good morals,ethics,determination and hard work can all come together to give an experience more thrilling then getting high or anything else that goes on today

Rory/MO

ya people like that really get on my nerves

trouthunter

People like this fella don’t get on my nerves, but make me sad. It shows the true illiteracy of our fellow countrymen of a “sport” as old as man itself.

davs2601

Stuff liek this has always irritatated me.....to each his own, but dont look down on the hunting community for doing what we love and passing it on to our youngsters no matter what age they may be. We should all write dear abbey letters about bonding should be done in the woods not infront of a television or computer.

They gentlemen that responded to the letter was from Walters, Ok. My grandfather used to be the service manager at the John Cordess dealership that used to be there. Small world

907Alaska

X 2, 100%

PreacherTony

No it's not becoming desensitised ....it's learning that all people do not think alike and not letting someone else's small mind rule your thoughts .... who gives a rip what they think .....

Rockyr281

Just a little background and note to this idiot!!My dad took me out hunting for years as a child and after many training sessions and the Hunters Saftey courses. (so I was prepared) It was great to have him take me out and learn about nature, the wild and just to bond father/ son in the bueatiful mountains of MD., and PA. Now At 41 I get to return the favor with my son who is turning 5 in Aug. He loves being outdoors and seeing nature and all the animals we watch in the mountains. He went out last fall with me and we just sat some evenings and watched, hawks, rabitts, fox, and deer walk and play in the woods without us even diturbing then. Best of all was all the bonding we did and questions he asked about what we were expierencing.... He can't wait to go out this fall and he definitely knows the difference between shooting a gun or bow for sport/ management of wildlife and those kids who are killing people with guns everyday!!! What bonding did they recieve.....

Gundeck

I guess those Plains Indians throwing buffalo hides over themselves to get closer to the herd was not camouflage. More babble from the uninformed. With the deer population three hundred years ago, how hard do you think they "hunted" for animals?

quiksilver

I don't really understand what's so hard to understand about the letter to the editor.

Seriously, does a 4-year-old need to be out there hunting? Is it really good parenting to drag a toddler out there and hand him a deadly weapon and urge him to kill things.

...and if Dad honestly believes that he can only bond with his son over a steaming dead deer carcass - that's just pathetic on so many levels...

Seriously - we're talking about a 4 year old. That's a kid that hasn't even been to Kindergarten yet. He can't even understand how to play Playstation. He may not even be able to tie his own shoes. And this jackass is trying to convince everyone that it's a great idea to arm him and drag him around the wilderness on a killing spree during his formative years? WTF.

Honestly, this kid should be playing teeball and learning his ABC's.

Sorry bro, but I don't think a 4-year-old in a treestandis forming a bond with anything. If anything, he's damaging his psychosocial processes through isolation and violence. He has no clue what he's doing insofar as habitat and population management. Maybe he makes dad proud if he kills something. But Dad's pride comes at the price of permanent psychological damage of the youngster.

Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.