Hunter numbers up, reversing two decades of downward trend.

[digonswine]

6. It is different based on location-

I am in central/northern Wisconsin, and you can trust me, it is different here now.
It may be different where you are, but I will absolutely not hunt on public land here.
I have had many bad experiences with dipshits that do not know how to handle a gun and that I do not trust. It takes one drive to know who does and does not respect the power of a gun. My experience has demonstrated that most folks handle their guns with more carelessness than I care for.

And here--folks spend countless dollars on stands, guns, roads--way more than than it would cost for a lifetime of eating even the best cuts of beef.

That's just here.

That being said, I still take a gun into the woods!-not for protection, either.