King, there's a decline everywhere in hunters. When I was a kid, we played with BB guns, and a little latter when around 12 our dads would let us go bird hunting with shotguns. What would people say now a days if a 12 year old was riding his bike with a shotgun over the handlebars ? Kids now like to play video gamesor sit in front of a TV. Life is different, but not better in some respects in my opinion. Paul