But if things don't change, fewer hunters equals fewer voters favorable to the rights and needs of hunters and wildlife. I often wonder if the likes of PETA will soon realize the majority of their objectives just thru attrition.
Unfortunately, your observations are likely to be deadly accurate.
But, if we'll all try to:
1. take a kid (or two) hunting whenever possible
2. support, or at the very least, not openly criticize, all legal forms of hunting, regardless of whether such form actually appeals to you or not
3. join and support as many conservation based hunting organizations as possible
4. conduct ourselves like gentlemen when going to, in, or returning from, the field
we might have a small chance of changing the outcome.