I had a good friend relate a conversation he had with another friend (Idiot) of his a couple of weeks ago.
The conversation went something like this,
My friend "Did you hear about the big buck that Big Reds gang shot last year? Tony's wife shot a huge ten point with a 24" inside spread!"
Other Guy (Idiot), "Yeah well they were just lucky, that gang shoots anything that moves!"
My friend to his credit gave this idiot a well deserved tune-up about talking trash and related the story to me out of respect.
Now just to qualify, the Idiot that made the smart ass comment is involved with the industry at the commercial level and many here would know the name and group of individuals he is involved with. We see each other often and we both deal with many of the same people in the industry. He quite obviously has never made a comment like this to my face, but I know his type and I would bet dollars to donuts that he is flapping this nonsense to others as well!
Here is the crux of it... the idiot in question and his family and friends are young hunters that fancy themselves "Trophy Hunters"! They measure themselves by big racks only and look down on meat hunters or management hunters as less worthy than themselves.
They have no children or women hunting in their small group and they sign up vast chunks of property and shoot only big bucks. They give no thought to management or the landowners desires to control population.
Whereas our group hunts and manages large properties for all wildlife and as desired by the landowners.
We do shoot Does and Fawns depending on the area and many other factors. The seasoned Hunters in our group have shot many Trophy Whitetail but are very selective about when and where they fill a tag. More often than not we will let the deer walk and put a youngster or new hunter in a position to shoot his first deer.
This year we are adding a 12 year old Girl an 18 year old Woman and a 13 year old Boy to our group. The Women and Children under 18 will out number the Adult Men this season!
Don't get the wrong idea... I am not putting the Idiots down for being Trophy Hunters... I went through that phase many years ago and there is nothing wrong with it... it is just a personal choice!
I am just slamming them for being critical of another valid type of hunting and other hunters!
I apologize for the long post... but I am venting.
My point is this is far too common an occurance in our sport! Why do some of us feel the need to criticise other hunters... and I am not talking about ethics here! I am talking about being critical of other types of hunting, or just plain bull#### due to jealousy.
What should I do about the idiot in question... I should probably ignore it... whatya think?
The conversation went something like this,
My friend "Did you hear about the big buck that Big Reds gang shot last year? Tony's wife shot a huge ten point with a 24" inside spread!"
Other Guy (Idiot), "Yeah well they were just lucky, that gang shoots anything that moves!"
My friend to his credit gave this idiot a well deserved tune-up about talking trash and related the story to me out of respect.
Now just to qualify, the Idiot that made the smart ass comment is involved with the industry at the commercial level and many here would know the name and group of individuals he is involved with. We see each other often and we both deal with many of the same people in the industry. He quite obviously has never made a comment like this to my face, but I know his type and I would bet dollars to donuts that he is flapping this nonsense to others as well!
Here is the crux of it... the idiot in question and his family and friends are young hunters that fancy themselves "Trophy Hunters"! They measure themselves by big racks only and look down on meat hunters or management hunters as less worthy than themselves.
They have no children or women hunting in their small group and they sign up vast chunks of property and shoot only big bucks. They give no thought to management or the landowners desires to control population.
Whereas our group hunts and manages large properties for all wildlife and as desired by the landowners.
We do shoot Does and Fawns depending on the area and many other factors. The seasoned Hunters in our group have shot many Trophy Whitetail but are very selective about when and where they fill a tag. More often than not we will let the deer walk and put a youngster or new hunter in a position to shoot his first deer.
This year we are adding a 12 year old Girl an 18 year old Woman and a 13 year old Boy to our group. The Women and Children under 18 will out number the Adult Men this season!
Don't get the wrong idea... I am not putting the Idiots down for being Trophy Hunters... I went through that phase many years ago and there is nothing wrong with it... it is just a personal choice!
I am just slamming them for being critical of another valid type of hunting and other hunters!
I apologize for the long post... but I am venting.
My point is this is far too common an occurance in our sport! Why do some of us feel the need to criticise other hunters... and I am not talking about ethics here! I am talking about being critical of other types of hunting, or just plain bull#### due to jealousy.
What should I do about the idiot in question... I should probably ignore it... whatya think?
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