Thought this Ohio Beacon Journal story was interesting, sort of along the lines of my Red States/Blue States and Business Culture post earlier (which has been surprisingly popular, according to FeedBurner).
I’m from Texas where hunting is just a part of the culture. My father and brother’s idea of bonding with my new husband is to take him out deer hunting. I’m not a hunter myself, nor do I encourage it, but I’m aware there are a whole lot of people out there that do engage in this “sport.” (Some of my favorite family members are hunters ;-)) Still, we don’t often hear about it in the news except where it concerns presidential candidate photo-ops or terrible horror stories.
(Though while surfing Google looking for a link, I did come upon this great headline in the San Jose Mercury News: Hunters almost never deliberately shoot others. Good to know!)