[Ruff Hunter]

I have difficulty finding youngsters who have much interest in hunting these days. It seems like the vast majority of kids now have no interest in living what Teddy Roosevelt described as "the strenuous life", even if upland bird hunting isn't really all that strenuous. So many are addicted to on-line video gaming. I had my 15 year old nephew from Connecticut with me for most of the summer and no matter what shooting, four wheeling, hiking, fishing, etc., activity we were engaged in here in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, he just couldn't wait to get back to the house to log onto his video gaming site and play at it for hours. I was shocked to later learn how common that is amongst teenagers and young adults these days; they even have a name for the addiction and expensive specialized clinics to treat it. That video gaming thing is starting to feel like the scourge of the 21st century...oops, there I go again, starting to sound like my grandmother did back in the 80s.