“:)” usually is taken as “in jest” or “for fun” etc.
As for hunting, I gave that up as a teenager when I used to hunt rabbits and squirrels.
Once when we first met, my son-in-law asked me “what do you have all those guns for - hunting.”
I looked at him dead-eye and told him “I didn’t buy those guns to kill no Bambi.”
Sorry FRiend ...totally missed the smiley face. :) As for the statement your son-in-law ...I bet he treated your daughter very well after that.