Curious Conversation at work.

[Maxx Black]

Charlie I commend your ability to have a calm,logical conversation. Well done. Some people are Very hard to reach , and for you to even get her to see your side of your conversation without dark glasses is a bonus.

Maxx

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Thanks for the kind words. 5 years ago I would have been intimidated by all the NO and anti hunters that surround me.

Now I take the opportunity to talk about hunting every chance I get regardless of the audience.

I think if we hold a CALM and collected conversation, show respect, intelligence and not try to force our stand point down throats of people, as a collective group, we can better our image.

This is also true about telling other "hunters" to "shut up     " when they are talking loudly in public and saying things that would make people look at us like a bunch of red neck idiots shooting at anything that moves for the sole purpose of pleasure of killing.

[PaddyMac]

"Madam, I believe strongly in animal rights. I am an animal, an active participant in nature, and I have as much a right to hunt as a redtail hawk who surely gets as much joy from hunting as I."

--Me.

[Wary Buck]

I tend to approach these conversations like Rob W. mentioned on page one, by pointing out their leather purse, or that sudsing agents in beer are animal by-products (so I'm been told), or leather upholstery in their car, etc.  And that, yes, if they don't want to actually do the killing themselves, I don't have a problem with that.  But don't chastise me because I'm willing to, as Rob said, cut out the middleman.  

Or I try this logic.  Should animals have the same rights as humans?  (YES, they'll say).  Okay, wolves kill deer, right?  (YES).  Well, if animals have the same rights as us, we should have the same rights as them since we're just animals, and therefore I have the right to kill something to eat it.