THE ORIGINAL POST WAS ABOUT THREATS TO HUNTING IN GENERAL, AND NOT THREATS TO HANDGUN HUNTING IN PARTICULAR. FEWER HUNTERS MAY BE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO HUNTING, SO IT IS IMPOTANT THAT WE STICK TOGETHER. WHY DO WE HAVE FEWER HUNTERS? WE ARE BECOMING MORE URBANIZED, WITH FEWER PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS, URBANIZATION OF RURAL (HUNTING) GROUNDS, OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND, IN MANY PLACES, THE COST OF HUNTING. IN TEXAS, WHERE MOST HUNTING LAND IS PRIVATE, GOOD HUNTING LEASES ARE PRICEY, AND MANY BEYOND THE REACH OF TOO MANY.

I AM GLAD I AM A HUNTER, BUT I AM PROUD THAT I AM A HANDGUN HUNTER, AND YES IT IS HARDER THAN RIFLE HUNTING. BUT I ADMIRE GOOD RIFLEMEN, PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE, KNOW HOW TO MATCH RIFLE, CALIBER AND LOADS TO THE QUARRY, AND CAN SHOOT. I DO NOT KNOW THE STATISTICS BUT WOULD GUESS THAT EXCEPT FOR THE AR GUYS 90+% OF RIFLE DEER HUNTERS HARDLY EVER PRACTICE, JUST USUALLY SIGHTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.

YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK ON THIS TOPIC, BUT I GOT SOME FOOTBALL TO WATCH.