Coming from the Midwest, I've never run into a hunter that didn't bring home and eat whatever he shot. Or pass out venison sausages to the neighborhood. When I was little, my Dad made ends meet by going out and shooting pheasants in South Dakota, the largest thing he ever hunted. I still remember biting into those damn B-Bs.

Even big game hunters or game wardens culling herds use the meat, often sending it to charitable institutions. In Africa, culled big game feeds local tribes.

Much conservation is funded by hunters and fishermen.

As for the candidates, I don't know if Bush hunts much at all, and Kerry just pretends to.