I have a good friend who grew up in Idaho, taught school his whole career in AK, who took some summer courses at one of the liberal universities (I'd have to ask him again which one)in CA.
He relayed to me that during one class, they were discussing the use of animals, habitat, etc in teaching a unit. He mentioned at an opportune time, that he owned firearms and hunted. According to him, he was basically torn apart by the majority of the class. He stood his ground, but of course, was not able to sway any on his beliefs. They had no desire to hear what he had to say about it. In their view, he was knuckle dragging troglodite, that didn't deserve to be teaching our children.
I would have to say that, in large part, many gun owners and hunters keep their firearm collecting and hunting interests to themselves to avoid just this onslaught from those on the left.
I'm fairly certain if he had been in a similar situation at an Alaska or Idaho university, this wouldn't have been an issue.
