A US survey of sportsmen some years ago indicated that the majority of hunters are slobs. In my own region, I am not aware that their sense of stewardship of the environment, on public lands or their own, is something to write home about.
I acknowledge the good work of Ducks Unlimited, and of other organizations improving wildlife habitat, but my view, perhaps too cynical, is that it seems too much like put- and-take. We grow them to shoot them, it seems.
I do know that hunters generally are not held in high esteem. Anyone with a deer on a car is considered gauche. No one shows neighbours a bag of birds unless they're sympathetic and there are no kids around.
I'm an old hunter and don't apologize or equivocate, knowing there will be an end to hunting as we know it in our time. The slide has been going on for years, and the growing interest in shooting at clay things is symptomatic of the trend.
I wish I could be positive in answering your question.
