smitty
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After having read numerous posts made here on MM, specifically about SFW/MossBack/Denny Austad/Antelope Island, I have come to this conclusion.
Most people are jealous of others that have more money than them, and are able to pay for hunts. And instead of thinking about what really matters they let rage and hate build up till they spew out some incredible rant about how so and so is evil and they should take their money and go home.
While I have observed and tried to see both sides of these topics, I feel that we are fighting each other over something that we all love. And seeings how I'm a little bored, I decided to post this and hope that some people can relax and get over something that is meaningless.
Here are some of the thoughts I've decided are important to me.
Money doesn't make you a good hunter. But it can sure buy you a huge trophy.
Hunting is not a competetive sport.
Is a 250" mule deer worth $300k to me? Nope.
Is a 250" mule deer worth $7k to me? Nope.
If Randy Ulmer/Denny Austad/Cameron Hanes/Michael Waddell kill a bigger buck than me, does that make them a better hunter than me? Nope.
Do I measure my "greatness" as a hunter in the number of book animals I've killed? Nope.
Do I believe SFW/RMEF/MDF/SCI/NAHC are good or evil. Nope. Do they all do good? Yep. Do they all manage their/our money ethically? Nope. No special interest group does.
Here's what I do believe. I believe that our hunting heritage has become a joke. To see so many grown men act like they are entitled to the biggest animal on the mountain, and should be able to kill said animal at all costs, is going to be the ultimate down fall of the sport of hunting.
No wonder I prefer to hunt alone, in areas that I've scouted myself.
I more than likely will never be rich like some of the hunters out there, and there are many more than Denny Austad. But in the event that I did, I wonder what my hunting life would be like? I probably wouldn't buy high profile tags and go on high profile hunts, but I sure as hell wouldn't apologize to anyone for having the ability to do so.
Anyhow, carry on with all the hating and jealousy. It can be entertainng at times.
Most people are jealous of others that have more money than them, and are able to pay for hunts. And instead of thinking about what really matters they let rage and hate build up till they spew out some incredible rant about how so and so is evil and they should take their money and go home.
While I have observed and tried to see both sides of these topics, I feel that we are fighting each other over something that we all love. And seeings how I'm a little bored, I decided to post this and hope that some people can relax and get over something that is meaningless.
Here are some of the thoughts I've decided are important to me.
Money doesn't make you a good hunter. But it can sure buy you a huge trophy.
Hunting is not a competetive sport.
Is a 250" mule deer worth $300k to me? Nope.
Is a 250" mule deer worth $7k to me? Nope.
If Randy Ulmer/Denny Austad/Cameron Hanes/Michael Waddell kill a bigger buck than me, does that make them a better hunter than me? Nope.
Do I measure my "greatness" as a hunter in the number of book animals I've killed? Nope.
Do I believe SFW/RMEF/MDF/SCI/NAHC are good or evil. Nope. Do they all do good? Yep. Do they all manage their/our money ethically? Nope. No special interest group does.
Here's what I do believe. I believe that our hunting heritage has become a joke. To see so many grown men act like they are entitled to the biggest animal on the mountain, and should be able to kill said animal at all costs, is going to be the ultimate down fall of the sport of hunting.
No wonder I prefer to hunt alone, in areas that I've scouted myself.
I more than likely will never be rich like some of the hunters out there, and there are many more than Denny Austad. But in the event that I did, I wonder what my hunting life would be like? I probably wouldn't buy high profile tags and go on high profile hunts, but I sure as hell wouldn't apologize to anyone for having the ability to do so.
Anyhow, carry on with all the hating and jealousy. It can be entertainng at times.