You're not reading what I'm saying, we're all painted with the same brush when it comes to sporting photos. What's in the pictures doesn't matter, it can ALL be turned against us.
... So, by what some of you are saying, any sporting photo shown on the internet is damaging to our cause.
I don't think so. Just my opinion, but it's not us against the anti's. We're never going to change the minds of anti's, they're fanatics, as are we to a lesser extant. The real battle is for the "swing vote", the vast majority of Americans who have no strong opinion on hunting. Both we and the anti's are competing for the "silent majority". The anti's have shown they will use any means at their disposal to further their cause. Pictures posted on a public forum, showing no repspect for a dead animal, is just handing them ammo to use against us. We have to be smarter than that. We have to swallow some self rightousness and fight the smart fight.
I live in NY, Westchester County, home to the Clinton's and so called hotbed of liberalism and anti-gun sentiment. I tell you straight out I have never met with a negative reaction when people learn I hunt and collect guns. Sometimes they're interested, want to try some "wild game" (pen raised birds!). More often than not they're indifferent, they're not offended, or haven't been yet. They're not offended by a photo of a successful hunt, most of them are reminded of a father or grandfather that hunted. These are the people we need to keep and supplying our opponents with ammo to swing them against is just plain counterproductive.
