First off, I second the Rest In Peace thought, Little John.

OK, suppose I buy your line of logic. Then it follows that we should give up any sport that someone could be killed in? How about giving up going to concerts because you could be killed driving to them. In fact I would bet that there is more danger doing that than hunting. Once you add up the gas, insurance costs, maintenance, tickets, etc. it would be much cheaper to just buy the CD, eh?

I think your post was written when your emotions were at a certain place. Hunting is a very old endeavor. Our essential nature is to hunt. Some don't express that part of their nature, some do. It all depends on your life experiences to date. I am a hunter. It is a part of who I am. I hate accidents that take friends unexpectedly, no matter what they were doing.

Mick