I can agree w/ Spanky only to an extent... Yes, people see the "black rifle" on CNN almost everyday, In the 60's it was the M14, before that it was the M1 Garand... Before that, there were pictures in the paper of a doughboy carrying an 1903 springfield, Before that it was lever guns, and before that it was muskets , before that, bows...
My point? Throughout history, almost every type of weapon used to kill a man, has killed wild game (With the exception of grenade launchers, tanks, rockets, canons ect...) What Swampman needs to realize, is that we need to police how we act, before, during and after a hunt. It doesn't matter what your carrying to an Anti, They are still going to see you as a wild eyed, crazy, blood drinking hunter. They don't care if an animal is killed w/ a rock, or a $2000.00 AR variant... What hunters REALLY need to police are the guys that come driving into town w/ a deer strapped to the hood of their vehicle by which the deer has a cigar hanging out of its mouth, sunglasses on, a ball cap, and a beer duct taped to one of it's hooves...