Today hunters who go afield no longer are thought of simply as hunters after meat, as it always was. Hunters are trophy hunters, or they're killers or blood sportsmen or something distinctly less than upright examples of a modern civilization. It's how the rest of the world sees us. Tyrants against nature. Shooters of fake deer game wardens set up along dark country roads.
Hunters represent a segment of society most likely to have a car up on blocks in the front yard.
Or so goes popular perception. And some of this is true. And we know it's true. In defense of hunting, there is a certain understanding which hunters should, as a group, come to accept. Hunters should acknowledge the fact some of their ranks aren't altogether upright examples of civilized and honorable lifestyles.