FrenchBrie
New member
I was surprised by the number of us who took up hunting as adults. You often hear how so few kids are taken hunting by their parents now and how the hunting population is getting older and older. Hunting has a very primal appeal and someone who will just try it can easily get hooked.
I think hunting suffers a little from competition with golf. I think there are a lot of common elements--the outdoors, walking, the creativity, the spontaneity, all the crazy, unpredictable situations that come up.
Another longrun problem is the animal rights people like PETA. There is a lot of anti-hunting sentiment out there, particularly in the Eastern US (I live in Michigan and surprisingly there is a lot of anti-hunting sentiment in the more populous southeast part of the state). We used to have a limited dove season here pushed by the DNR but the anti-hunting people, including our female governor, got a referendum on the ballot and we lost dove hunting.
I think hunting suffers a little from competition with golf. I think there are a lot of common elements--the outdoors, walking, the creativity, the spontaneity, all the crazy, unpredictable situations that come up.
Another longrun problem is the animal rights people like PETA. There is a lot of anti-hunting sentiment out there, particularly in the Eastern US (I live in Michigan and surprisingly there is a lot of anti-hunting sentiment in the more populous southeast part of the state). We used to have a limited dove season here pushed by the DNR but the anti-hunting people, including our female governor, got a referendum on the ballot and we lost dove hunting.