I'm not the type who feels the need to get the last word, and it's obvious you guys worship this dude for some reason and I don't intend to try and change your mind about that. For the benefit of the rest of the generally ethical hunters who frequent this forum, I feel compelled to ask you, what would it take to knock you off this guy?s jock? Is this kind of thing new for him? Nope. Is it a situation where this guy used to poach and cheat (us), but now he's turned over a new leaf? Nope. Is it a situation where the guy has been doing things right and made some kind of easy mistake like any of us could make? Nope. Is there any shortage of evidence or ambiguity as to the levels this guy will stoop to put himself over? Nope. What's the ratio of lies/truth cheat/work steal/earn that you would find acceptable 20%, 50%, 80%? EVEN assuming, as you do, that every buck he killed and didn't get caught cheating at was a buck he took legally- crunch those numbers. WAIT-NO! Screw it- you win. He?s the best hunter ever, the man is a stud, if only the rest of us had a drop of his ball-sweat to put in our eggs maybe we could kill a big buck too.
The real reason I decided to get myself back in this ludicrous conversation is your implication that when a guy is repeatedly caught doing something (anything) wrong, it's only because ?THEY? are trying to bring someone down. HORSE$HIT! There are places where you'll find lots of folks who share that attitude- They?re called prisons. The only one trying damn hard to screw up Kirk Darner?s life is Kirk Darner and I for one won't be made to feel judgmental for simply noticing. Americans have been made to believe in the past decade- that it's ?not our right to judge?. My contention to my fellow MM members is that it's not only your right- it's your responsibility to make judgments about people based on their repeated actions and behavior (and opinions).
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