I had a coffee-corner conversation with a colleague at work today, "what are you doing for the holiday?"
"I'm going up north to scout for moose and do some fishing."
And she asked where and what is involved, etc.
My colleague related she'd moved to Maine for work and mentioned she'd had a mooseburger when she lived down in CT. Loved the mooseburger and, when she knew she was coming to Maine, was looking forward to being able to get moose meat in the store.
Which led to a brief conversation about the illegality of market hunting and why. The farm-raised nature of the venison and ducks found in supermarkets. All of which she accepted as reasonable.
And a promise (contingent on my getting a moose) that she'd get a good quantity of moose meat.
Opinions get moved, one person at a time. And polite conversation, done with due regard and respect for the non-hunter and their (likely-over-domesticated) sensibilities, is the way to do that.
