I'm embarrassed that in a hunting forum, we're all too darn worried about who's gonna see it and put it on CNN...
It's unfortunate that we have to be concerned about this stuff, I fully agree.
However, this is not stupid paranoia. Right or wrong, it's strategic in intent.
It's a fact that prairie dog hunting has been under attack, and also that groups like HSUS (PeTA in business suits) have had some success here and there. E.g., mountain lion hunting was banned in California some years back -- more lions are now shot than before, but now DFG pays "professional hunters" to do it instead of collecting high tag fees as revenue, an now they're only shot
after they've attacked people. They've also succeeded in blocking dove seasons in some states -- ridiculous to any of us here in the West where dove hunting is taken for granted.
I had a boss once, an old hippie type, a smart guy but not so smart, who had a "car phone" back when they were very expensive. It was portable (briefcase type), but he left it in his car, even though our workplace was in a high-crime area and auto break-ins were commonplace.
We asked him about why he didn't just bring it in to the office rather than leaving it on the seat, and he said, "I refuse to live in fear."
Within a few weeks, he went out and found his window smashed and the phone gone.
Maybe he didn't "live in fear", but he was still a dumbass.
