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3. Deer hunters who act as if they are entitled to shoot as many deer as possible, on anyone's land whether they have permission or not.
4. Hunters who shoot at anything that moves. If you don't know 100% that you are shooting at a real deer, you've got no business pulling the trigger.
5. Hunters that go into town with a) a deer hanging off the tailgate for all to see b) go into a store/restaurant with blood on their clothes c) go into a store bragging about the five deer they shot this morning. Many people do not understand the difference between good, safe respectable hunters and the un-safe ones if they are around town bragging about it openly.
None of this has anything to do with RKBA and is completely Off-Topic
#3: Hunters who shoot many deer
Answer: In Michigan you can get 7 licenses, as far as I'm concerned if you aren't poaching its fine to shoot all 7 every year. Also hunters can donate meat they don't want to food banks, so shooting many deer can be very beneficial to everyone.
#4: Hunters who shoot at anything
Answer: Agreed, this violates the rule of knowing your target and what is beyond it however the problem is broader than hunters. I also hate people who shoot without proper backstops in their backyard.
#5: Hunters going into town with visible deer
Answer: Going into town with a 12-point rack on your car is a matter of pride. As far as going into a town with blood/guts on you, sometimes its unavoidable and sometimes guys are just on their way home and wanted to stop at the gas station for coffee; unless its excessive learn to deal with it. Lastly people brag about deer, they brag about trucks, they brag about big-screen TV's and are so entitled to; I suggest you learn to deal with people and realize unless they are talking about blood rituals or something its perfectly within their right to be happy for an achievement.
I'll say it again. I'm a hunter myself. I like hunting, I like hunters. BUT, because hunting is a gun sport it is a very important aspect of how the general voting public sees gun ownership. I would go so far as to say, gun hunters are THE most common and visible representation of gun owners that the general public uses to form its opinion. So, I personally think it is VERY important how hunters present themselves in public.
The whole " stopping to get gas and coffee" thing is different. C'mon, I really think this is common sense and you probably agree with me, but you want to split hairs because you have taken my comments personally. I stop at a country gas station on the way home from hunting too. It is also a check station so no one there is going to raise an eyebrow if there's a little blood on my pants. If I didn't have a choice but to stop at a gas station in town, I probably would skip the coffee and just pay at the pump. I've seen full camo'd hunters go into a Denny's in town where soccer moms are eating with their children. Tallking loud about how one of them shot three times and missed before he almost pulled the triger a fourth time as his buddy took chase of the deer on his four wheeler. Real nice. It's a free country, you can do what you want. But don't come complaining 10 years from now when those Soccer Moms vote for National gun registration because their image of a gun owner is the bloody camo hunter guy who came into Denny's bragging about his exploits. Common sense. You represent gun owners if you wear camo, blaze orange, open carry, have hunting or gun stickers on your vehicle or talk about guns and hunting loudly enough for people to over hear you. If you don't give any thought to how you sound or look, you are losing us votes down the road, plain and simple.