One of the biggest issues I see that plagues us as a group is the fact that we are chronically divided. We make up a small corner of the hunting fraternity and can't seem to support each other or our efforts collectively. What we do is tougher than rifle hunting, and we should all be proud of that fact and I think that we should all make the effort to recruit others to take on the "hard way" to hunt. We can't expect to fight off the anti-hunting forces of the world when we can't even muster a united front. We eat our own....
I've spent the last dozen years plus promoting this wonderful activity and I will tirelessly continue.
I agree with you. But it goes beyond our normal 'between season' arguments of revolver vs. close breech, BFR vs. FA, etc.
In my opinion it's how we represent ourselves to the rest of the hunting community. I see a lot of arrogance in just the fact that we hunt with a handgun as opposed to a rifle or whatever. There is too much 'we choose harder so we are better -
deal with it!' as opposed to 'we choose a shorter barrel because it heightens our experience - can I help you try it?'.
