Only time I ever encountered an anti hunter was during the Fargo metro deer herd reduction. I had a chip shot at a doe at 10 yards and of course I hit low under the heart, severed tendons in her leg that allowed her to run into the green space where everyone could see her, then lay there head up, unable to get back up. This lady shows up with kids and dogs. We had a very civil and cordial discussion and she took the kids and dogs elsewhere. I came back at dawn to retrieve the deer and here's this lady again, she obviously lived in the neighborhood. This time the doe was in pieces and all packed up. Again, she was really friendly and chatty.
Weeks later I got a call from someone on the Fargo park board asking me to attend a public park board meeting later that week. I show up at this meeting and here's this nice lady presenting the board with all these signatures and information about why they need to not kill the deer in the neighborhood. I then realized why I'd been asked to attend the meeting out of the blue. She saw me and I think it sucked the wind out of her sails. I learned later that she was a prominent lefty from north Fargo. I was asked to say a few words so I mentioned how she and I had met and talked about how delightful the encounter was. She agreed. I received lots of FIRM handshakes and pats on the back after that meeting. It was weird.
So here's the lesson: if there's one thing I actually like about Fargo, it's that even though there are lots of opinionated people, they're often too polite to make things political. I'm not talking about the asshat editors of the Fargo Forum, I mean the people you live and work with. There are VERY few political lawn signs in this town because everybody just wants to get along and succeed.
