http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer wrote a little song years ago and I still can't get the lyrics out of my head 50 years later. It was called the hunting song and here are the lines:
"I always will remember,
’twas a year ago november,
I went out to hunt some deer
On a mornin’ bright and clear.
I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.
I was in no mood to trifle,
I took down my trusty rifle
And went out to stalk my prey.
What a haul I made that day.
I tied them to my fender, and I drove them home somehow,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.
The law was very firm, it
Took away my permit,
The worst punishment I ever endured.
It turned out there was a reason,
Cows were out of season,
And one of the hunters wasn’t insured.
People ask me how I do it,
And I say, there’s nothin’ to it,
You just stand there lookin’ cute,
And when something moves, you shoot!
And there’s ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred guernsey cow."
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I feel as many others do, this was a terrible and stupid act on the part of the hunter. I used to hunt and understand the hunting aspect but there is no excuse for what happened in this case.
I now wear a lot of orange during hunting season but still am haunted by the lyrics of the Tom Lehrer song, it is often oh so true. Be aware of where you are and be on the defensive when there are others with high powered rifles in the area you might choose to go hiking in.