The suggestion that hunters' love of the bush is questionable continues to be bandied around by the one eyed 1080 supporters continually trying to justify their foolishness in believing that scattering toxic poison over our bush and streams is a great idea. Yes it would be nice to have our endangered creatures doing well, but to suggest that the sound of a rare bird at dawn is far more important than families living on natural healthy unfarmed food, [that many could not otherwise afford] is a matter of opinion.

Julie Graham needs to be reminded that the majority of hunters have a huge love and respect for our bush and outdoors and it is an insult to many of us for her to try to use the 1080 debate to discredit us and distort the facts. I carried two hinds out of the Kaimai ranges last week which I got in a very beautiful area of bush I've only recently discovered. Julie and her friends should be patting me on the back instead of insulting me as I probably do more for the preservation of the bush than they do. For her information I took very little pleasure in the killing of these two beautiful animals, however I got a great deal of pleasure in being in the bush for a couple of days and carrying home good quality, chemical-free meat for my family.

It seems likely that Julie's lust for the indiscriminate and cruel killing of animals is far greater than most hunters!

M Kirkham, Whakamarama.