Apprentice Hunters - Should They Share In The Spoils?

Either you are part of the team or not. Everyone shares the work and the rewards.

Young folks lack experience but have good backs. An apprentice that packmules the gear/meat out deservers their fair share.
 
ronecol said:
You obviously didn't read the thread or even the preceding post. Talk about going off half cocked.
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I did read it and a whole bunch of preceding and following posts. Sounds like I understood it just the way you put it out there. If you meant something different then you might want to think about going back to school to finish your English credits so when you write something you express its meaning properly.
Personally I think your thread and its question at the conclusion show a complete lack of intelligence on your part and if I was one of your grandkids reading this I'd decline hunting with you and go do my own thing once fully licensed.
 
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the spank said:
I did read it and a whole bunch of preceding and following posts. Sounds like I understood it just the way you put it out there. If you meant something different then you might want to think about going back to school to finish your English credits so when you write something you express its meaning properly.
Personally I think your thread and its question at the conclusion show a complete lack of intelligence on your part and if I was one of your grandkids reading this I'd decline hunting with you and go do my own thing once fully licensed.
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On the contrary, it may be your reading skill that needs improvement. It's obvious as evidenced by the comments from the intelligent people who responded that there should be no difficulty understanding my post.
 
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Why is there such childish behavior and condescending remarks. All these keyboard warriors that will attack a guy drumming up conversation. Can an opinion not be stated without petty comments.
Just answer the flipping question. If you agree says so, if you disagree, same thing.

dont attack a mans family dynamic just because you disagree with his question.

is this how you address people In Your day to day lives?
 
Here's a simple solution. All you have to say is "Claimed!" Nobody needs to get all Darwin on each other in the party.

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I am of the vein of if the contribute even for a day or two they get something. Maybe not a full share but something they can call their own. In the past some of the younger guys have had life and jobs get in the way of the annual deer hunt and only been able to hunt a day or three. they still walk away with a full share cause as I told the rest of the boys. Give a little now and they will be more than willing to step up when we get old. Guess what that day is getting closer every year and it was meat well spent in my opinion
 
Now there is a new definition for cheap bastard, amazing some guys just need to screw over ever one they come in contact with, my advice to the two of them, is not to go into business with there grand father.
 
Grock-co said:
Now there is a new definition for cheap bastard, amazing some guys just need to screw over ever one they come in contact with, my advice to the two of them, is not to go into business with there grand father.
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Thank you and he thinks I am unintelligent because I read this thread the same way as many others here. I'm sure glad I had a great mentor in my Grandfather. Nothing like the OP's dumbass idea would ever have crossed his mind.
 
I sure hope these kids get out hunting with folks who'll give them a better experience than what the op is setting them up for. Good way to ruin their attitude towards hunting is to start worrying about shares and percentages of meat. It's sad that your already more worried about splitting up what you're not guaranteed. Maybe focus on getting them outdoors and enjoying the hunt first.

To the op, this sounds like a problem best discussed within your group, not online.
 
chisholm said:
I sure hope these kids get out hunting with folks who'll give them a better experience than what the op is setting them up for. Good way to ruin their attitude towards hunting is to start worrying about shares and percentages of meat. It's sad that your already more worried about splitting up what you're not guaranteed. Maybe focus on getting them outdoors and enjoying the hunt first.

To the op, this sounds like a problem best discussed within your group, not online.
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Well said!!
 
Once again a very beneficial thread.

Again shows who here I would hunt with and who I wouldn't.

I am such a loser, I let my nephew take his first deer home in it's entirety , half was mine!!!! :rolleyes:
 
I'm still trying to figure out if the OP is trying to get a larger share because of the kids, or trying to get a larger share by keeping it away from the kids. Or maybe its to get a larger share for the kids/family/extended family?

Fair is whatever the group thinks is fair. One person wanting everything could make him the biggest jerk around, but in different circumstances he might be the most popular guy in camp. Its easier than trying to give it away later.
 
Dogleg: I think it is pretty clear what the OP is angling for. Most of the hunters on here use the term "share" when apportioning the meat. The OP describes them as "spoils" which I think gives you a little bit of insight into how he perceives the situation. Just a friendly reminder of what the word "spoils" means and why I am annoyed by this thread:

spoil
(spoil)
v.spoiled or spoilt (spoilt), spoil·ing, spoils

v.tr.
1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin: spoiled the dish by adding too much salt; spoiled the party by getting into an argument.

2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency. See Synonyms at pamper.

3. Archaic
a. To plunder; despoil.

b. To take by force.
v.intr.
To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food. See Synonyms at decay.

n.
1. spoils
a. Goods or property seized from a victim after a conflict, especially after a military victory.

b. Incidental benefits reaped by a winner, especially political patronage enjoyed by a successful party or candidate.

2. An object of plunder; prey.

3. Refuse material removed from an excavation.

4. Archaic The act of plundering; spoliation.
Phrasal Verb:
spoil for
To be eager for: spoiling for a fight.

Maybe that isn't what he meant by his terms and we are supposed to "imply" his true meaning as he keeps accusing everybody in the thread but it is pretty interesting how everybody has said the same damn thing in this thread and the other one started by Ruger22. Namely - "talk to your party" and this is still something that he thinks is worthy of a more fulsome discussion...
 
I must say I am unfamiliar with the idea of "shares" in terms of divvying harvested game.
Perhaps it simply isn't a tradition here. Later in life so to speak I encountered hunting buddies baiting deer with apples .. When I heard about it I thought it was an an anomaly -- but turns out lots and lots of people in these parts guard a pile of apples all day.

In terms of game harvested, We only get one tag in NB -- bucks only. Sure hunting partners of mine have guifted me some meat before and vice versa but if say 5 of us in a camp had 2 guys fill tags ... That's 2 guys with full freezers or meat they do with as they please and that includes handing out some venison to whomever they please in quantities they determine.

When my young fella shot his first deer a couple of seasons ago -- he dressed, dragged, skinned his own deer. He also was right beside me boning out the entire animal... And he made all the jerkey too. He was not only willing but proud to deliver choice cuts to our hunting crew -- but no one was expecting their share.
A moose hunt might be a little different I dunno .... but there's a better chance of being drafted into the NHL than drawing a moose tag in NB.
 
be2man said:
The apprentice will be hunting with you on your tag and under your supervision with one gun between you and within arms reach. IMO you would be welcome to share as much of your share with your apprentice as you liked. If I was party hunting with my Buddy and his apprentice daughter and I shot a deer I wouldnt think he would be expecting 2 thirds of it.
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really though this^^ is the answer.
 
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