All good points here but... I believe it all boils down to opportunity.
Very few folks (not just kids) are near to decent hunting grounds anymore and as the population density and the demographics of this country continues to change, that will become even harder to reverse.
The cities continue to grow and the rural areas seem to empty out. You' would think that would lead to better outcomes but... the politics and then the economics of it all do not seem to support that end.
Hunting is a cultural thing, not just a pastime, and it's values.and social constructs are not being passed on in volumes that are substantial enough to sustain it IMHO.
It will linger in some regions (and in some families) but the opportunity to walk afield with a fine gun will become more rare with each passing generation. The wealthy will be the last to do it.
A diminishment of the liberties we were all promised at our birth here but that we have failed to maintain for the last 30 years or so.
Mores the pity.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 08/16/26 07:29 PM.
