Originally Posted by Pwyse
Originally Posted by kyles
I think everyone is right in their own eyes The jealousy in bass fishing during tournaments made me quit them. This obsession with growing a monster is ok if that is what you want. But going by the happy smiles on people's face when they just get to kill a deer. They need to just quit . A buddy of mine took kid on one of the cancer hunts. The other guide kind of shamed the boy for what he killed. Some of yall need the talk he got from my friend. Do the deer belong to the state or landowner?


Anyone who would shame that kid needs a butt chewing.

But I will shame a grown man that’s been hunting and killed for years and years that gets in our club, signs our rules saying he will follow them, and then breaks them. And he deserves it. Whether it’s about killing a deer to young or leaving little Debbie snack wrappers in the shooting house. A rule is a rule.

Yeah. That guide needs fired and publicly humiliated. But, apples to oranges on the comparison. That kid was hunting a special place because of special circumstances and not everyone has that chance. It was for him and he should enjoy it how he wants. Comparing that situation to the every day hunter/manager and the challenges they face on private property are not really the same. On private property, there are so many different objectives and every one hunts for difference reasons. What brings one a smile will not another, and vice versa. Some are killers, some are managers, some are watchers, some are trophy hunters, some are a variation of QDM, some bait, some don’t, some rifle hunt, some bow hunt. With the modern technological advances in equipment and its usage, with relaxed regulations, longer seasons and legalized baiting, there’s not a way for all of those types to coexist given land use patterns. Caring about this trend is NOT being a whiner or crybaby. Caring about the resource is what everyone should be concerned about over their personal satisfaction. I don’t get this mentality that concern is whining. I do what I do because I love to help ppl reach their objectives, whether that be a first time hunter smiling over a spike or a trophy manager holding a 160”. They’re all important. There should be a way that folks with all the various objectives have a way to enjoy hunting.