Good lord. I come from a family and a culture of hunting. Venison and elk and moose have all graced our table.

But--- I've been reading some of the gun talk articles and I am repulsed at the, not casual, but rather, oblivious mind set that accompanies the killing of birds that no one is gong to take home and cook. I'd bet anyone that most of those dead birds end up in a garbage can.

It's true that pheasant and quail and hummingbird, for gods' sake, have or had their turn on our 'upperclass' tables but I'll bet you that not one in a thousand ends up there now.

Why not skeet shoot? I did a lot of target practicing when I was young and I too like the coordination of eye and hand it takes but why must the target be alive?

As to the kind of "hunting" that Cheney was doing-pfffttttt!