Backwoods boy. What a great signature on your posts. I couldn't agree with you more. Hunters are the original Greens! Ever since the days of Teddy Roosevelt hunters, hunting organizations, and outfitters have been contributing more towards conservation, habitat preservation, and species management than all the other so called "conservation groups" combined. What does the Humane Society or PAWS do to conserve habitat, improve the livelihood of all species in the forests and wetlands - NOTHING!
Most hunters are middle class working people who spend their hard earned dollars helping to preserve habitat for everyone and for future generations. Without our dollars and efforts there would be no Wild Turkeys, no Ruffed Grouse, no Ducks and Geese to hunt. No deer and elk to watch in those forests.
Do we get any thanks from the hikers that enjoy watching these species? Of course not. The hikers, liberal media, and anti-gun nuts deride us, criticize us, berate us, and treat us like monsters. It's time to go on the aggressive and make our voices and our votes known. We need to start electing candidates that understand the value of the hunting culture and begin changing the terribly wrong impression that so many have of hunters.
