I don't hunt. I have many relatives who do. They scare the heck out of me. They act all normal until they talk about hunting. Then a strange twinkle in their eyes, something wicked seems to surface when they talk about making the kill. Almost like someone having an orgasm. Scary stuff.

Most of my hunting relatives abuse their animals as well. Don’t know if it’s related but the same twinkle appears in their eyes when they kick the dog.

Lets just say I would not speak ill in front of them if you catch me drift.

In not trying the generalize hunters based on my relatives. I’m sure there are good hunters out there.

Once my mother was impressed about how a particular uncle really knew dogs (yah, one of the dog kicker). I told her the only thing he knew about animals was how to kill them and make them scared of punishment and that I would never lend him my dog to learn tricks (Like she implied). Arrgh I get the chills just thinking what he would do to my well behaved chitsu.