Maybe this is a good time to throw out how hunting is one of the safest sports/hobbies there are. Far safer than boating, far safer than almost anything.
This despite the fact that there are hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people wandering the farmlands and woodlands in November with high power firearms. Many with little to no experience with the handling of firearms except for a few hours in a hunter safety class.
And people live. And the anti's have a very hard time finding incidents to use against us that put us in a bad light.
It's incumbent upon all of us to practice AND preach safety, and to retreat from a dangerous situation rather than escalate it.
Stay safe.
