Todd,
Clearly not ALL of your posts are off base, but neither are mine.
I guess it boils down to the degree of the threat.
I read a bunch of literature off of the anti's websites.
What hunters fear is the short term and immediate threats to their passion.
Bans on taking certain species, bans on guns , bans on ammunition.
Degradation to the environment is a long term thing, while infinitley important, it's
effects are not as immediate as legislative threats, therefore doesn't get the reaction from sportsmen.
Big game animals are enjoying very good populations at this time for the most part.
I get a little bent when the looney left broadcasts that Bush has decimated our game rich wilderness areas.
Certainly some republican policies are harmful.
Neither party offers utopia.