I had come to hunting when it was accepted as a natural part of a boy's upbringing. My own son or daughter would be brought up in a world of suburban sprawl and organized play.

As an overprotective modern parent who gets nervous when my kids ride bicycles to a friend's house, I would not teach my children to hunt if I thought it were dangerous.

If you give a youngster a tennis racket or a soccer ball or a baseball bat, you can teach him or her about sportsmanship and competition. If you give a boy or girl a gun, you teach that child about life and death.