Your comment is interesting in light of what we experienced yesterday. We have moved to a rural area and stopped at the grocery store. Before we even got out of our car we heard obvious gun shots. Rolled down windows and they were coming from the woods adjacent to the grocery store. People in the parking lot were milling around as usual. We were carrying and got out of our car and walked into the store. I comment to my husband about the ambivalence to the gun fire. Hubby replied “deer season in Alabama”.
People hunt in the woods next to my house. It can be a bit annoying but I hate the deer even more
Confirming your take.