Re: New hunters, shooters and outdoors people
On another note...I never became a hunter, fisherman or trapper by choice, it was just our peasant family's lifestyle. The three activities mentioned were part of who we were and how we made ends meet. We never considered them to be a sport, rather just earning a living, along with growing a large garden, having some livestock such as milk cows, chickens, bird hunting dogs and a plentiful orchard - marketable apples, peaches, cherries etc.
Big family with five siblings meant scraping by anyway we could - money wise. I never went skeet shooting till much later in life. Dad would have tanned my hide for the waste of good ammo. Behind our property stretched crown land for miles...plenty of room to hunt without ever seeing anyone. Ethics were inborn and we were taught from birth to follow the rules regarding thrifty management of all our wild resources and respect for our environment.
They'll never end hunting...may make it illegal, but they'll never really kill that way of life!