Hunting Hall of Fame?

Hunters are the ones who would appreciate the wall mount. We would enjoy talking to the hunter or hearing the story of how the animal was harvested. For the general public they would be more interested in the diarama scenes because they don't see the animals in their natural habitat.
Have you ever stood infront of the Bison at Calgary? It isn't the most crowded area in the building. I never had a problem going through the Victoria museum either and it has a lot of diarama type stuff.. A really intersting wildlife museum is located on the highway to Smithers. It's a geodesic dome that has everything from life sized moose and polar bear to badgers and beaver down to a little ruby throated hummingbird and it's mate.. you need about 4 stops there to actually see everything cause you miss so much.
I've been to the Spokane Sports show held in March every year and it is simply impressive. It showcases much of our craft from calling to equipment to the top 10 available of each animal group.. a 421 elk mount is very impressive. Thousands of hunters and non hunters go through there in 3 days. It even has archery and fishing for the kids exhibits. Never heard any complaints or gasps of horror from any of the attending crowd and certainly no protests.
It may not be visible year round but it certainly keeps 'em comming back. Each province has a center that could put one of these on.
 
walksalot said:
It is called Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young :)
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Boone and crockett and Pope and Young were originally set up to honour the best of the species, not the hunter.
I think it hhas gotten more than a little off-line these days.

The Weatherby trophyy is thhe type of thing that is being talked about here.

Warren Page was one hunter that won it.
I would have to dissagree with Ruark, howevr.
He is one of myy favorite writers, but did nnot hunt near as much as Peter Hathaway Capstick3rd, or O'connor, Keith, etc.
I was toold once by a very accompplished hunter and competitor that Francis Sell ws likely the best deer hunter of the time.
I think Fred Bear would make it in there, as would Chuck Adams, and Larry D.Jones, Howared Hill, and both Roosevelts.

But the criteria would be very hard to set up.
Most that I hhave mentioned here are /were fulltime writers, exceptt for a few....
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Levi Garrett said:
My vote
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Here's mine..................

The ultimate upland bird hunter. This guy never gives up! :)

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SuperCub said:
Here's mine..................

The ultimate upland bird hunter. This guy never gives up! :)

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Afater all, don't we always say
"it is the huunting , not the kill that is important"??:rolleyes: :D
Wiley E. Coyote must have invested a lifetime in his hobby!!:D :D
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Levi Garrett said:
My vote
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I also agree , levi, but I allways wondered if Mr. Fudd would actually be inducted, beccuase let's face it, although he is enthusiastic, he a of clutz , and the fact that the rabbbit - oh, never mind, I think thhat they are both entusiastic clutzes!!
Induct 'em both , says I!!:D
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Hunting Hall of Fame? Non-starter.

What would be chosen as the criteria? Biggest racks? Already done. Tonnage of meat? Tsk, tsk - greedy humans. Difficult shots? What about the misses or lost wounded, would that be deducted?
 
BIGREDD said:
What about honoring sportsmen who have contributed to the sport of hunting, and conservation?
Your post sounds like a PETA/WWF commercial Andy.
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Damn - I've been found out! I'm a PETA/WWF operative planted into Gunnutz. :rolleyes: Hope I won't be banned.
 
With all the crap on donated money going to fund the ban of firearms, it would be ironic that sportsman revealed that crap to papers and pledged to take up the fight to help the people in need around the world. We protect the wildlife, but that don't seem to help recognition.
just think of it, help starving children around the globe, while those ####tards are just trying to ban guns. I think support would be awesome.:D
 
True that but the ####storms spawned from the propoganda spread by anti gun/anti hunting activists sells more papers, get more attention and stirs up more contoversy and this is what the media feeds and thrives on.
It is a food plot sort of logic, sew what the public will be attracted to.
 
BIGREDD said:
Boone And Crockett does a great job of record keeping but they don't have a tourist attraction hall of fame to honor great hunters.
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I agree SCI; Boone & Crockett; pope & Young. There's your Hall(s) of Fame.

The hunter is incidental, it is the animal that needs to be immortalized. Anybody living in Alberta, Saskatchewan or B.C. today, could fluke onto the next world record whitetail just by driving down a side road. Right place right time. This does not make the hunter worthy of anything really.


FWIW, Easily the greatest living hunter is Chuck Adams.
 
Demonical said:
I agree SCI; Boone & Crockett; pope & Young. There's your Hall(s) of Fame.

The hunter is incidental, it is the animal that needs to be immortalized. Anybody living in Alberta, Saskatchewan or B.C. today, could fluke onto the next world record whitetail just by driving down a side road. Right place right time. This does not make the hunter worthy of anything really.


FWIW, Easily the greatest living hunter is Chuck Adams.
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The hunter is incidental... WTF are you talking about Demo?

Do you think Chuck Adams has done a lot for the sport of hunting? Are his Records just incidental as well?
He is probably the Wayne Gretzky of Hunting... why not put immortalize him in a hall of fame where the public can see all his accomplishments along with a lot of other great hunters?:confused:
I usually agree with ya Demo... but I think you are missing the point.:cool:
 
BIGREDD I'm not trying to agree or disagree, that's just my opinion.

Take Milo Hansen, who shot the World Record Typical Whitetail. Old Milo was just lucky that's all. It's not like he had scouted that deer by himself and single-handedly went out and tracked the sucker down. Heck pretty much everybody in that area around Biggar knew about that buck, it was a living local legend. So Milo's group were looking for that particular buck, but so was half the hunters in that neck of the woods.

Anyway in Milo's case like I said, he was in a party of 3 or 4 guys and they were pushing bush. The deer just happened to run in front of Milo and he dumped it, but any of the other guys in his group coulda shot the deer just as easily, but Milo Hansen gets all the credit and those other guys are forgotten about. I wonder if they are pissed at all the $$$ ol' Milo is taking in off that buck? :confused:

To his credit, when he had the chance, Milo did not miss. But IMHO he was just lucky.


I just bought the Alberta Big Game Records* book. In there is a story of the Alberta Record black bear. The guy that shot it has headed out to his brother's place to look for deer and had no interest in a bear at all. In fact he had never shot a bear.
Well there were no deer in the field and he was heading back to his truck and damn here was this black bear. So he shot it with his .30-30, had no idea how big it was or anything. And the thing was an absolute monster! 22-9/16" skull on it. I know a guy who knows the guy that mounted the bear and they had to take the XXL skull mould and cut it down the center and insert an extra piece in the form... :eek:

The bear certainly belongs in a record book!

*That book is current to 2001 and someone took a bear that scored 23-3/16" in 2004 or '05.


Then you get to Chuck Adams. That sonofagun has shot 2 elk that score over 400" with a bow and arrow!! And he has the #1 and #2 Pope & Young elk in the records book. I haven't looked but he would probably have record heads listed in every single category in that book and those animals would also probably qualify for Boone & Crockett minimum scores.

Chuck Adams really is "the Man".

But we're well aware of him right!? So what would a hunting Hall of Fame do for Chuck Adams? His name will not disappear from those records books.
 
Demonical said:
BIGREDD I'm not trying to agree or disagree, that's just my opinion.

Take Milo Hansen, who shot the World Record Typical Whitetail. Old Milo was just lucky that's all. It's not like he had scouted that deer by himself and single-handedly went out and tracked the sucker down. Heck pretty much everybody in that area around Biggar knew about that buck, it was a living local legend. So Milo's group were looking for that particular buck, but so was half the hunters in that neck of the woods.

Anyway in Milo's case like I said, he was in a party of 3 or 4 guys and they were pushing bush. The deer just happened to run in front of Milo and he dumped it, but any of the other guys in his group coulda shot the deer just as easily, but Milo Hansen gets all the credit and those other guys are forgotten about. I wonder if they are pissed at all the $$$ ol' Milo is taking in off that buck? :confused:

To his credit, when he had the chance, Milo did not miss. But IMHO he was just lucky.


I just bought the Alberta Big Game Records* book. In there is a story of the Alberta Record black bear. The guy that shot it has headed out to his brother's place to look for deer and had no interest in a bear at all. In fact he had never shot a bear.
Well there were no deer in the field and he was heading back to his truck and damn here was this black bear. So he shot it with his .30-30, had no idea how big it was or anything. And the thing was an absolute monster! 22-9/16" skull on it. I know a guy who knows the guy that mounted the bear and they had to take the XXL skull mould and cut it down the center and insert an extra piece in the form... :eek:

The bear certainly belongs in a record book!

*That book is current to 2001 and someone took a bear that scored 23-3/16" in 2004 or '05.


Then you get to Chuck Adams. That sonofagun has shot 2 elk that score over 400" with a bow and arrow!! And he has the #1 and #2 Pope & Young elk in the records book. I haven't looked but he would probably have record heads listed in every single category in that book and those animals would also probably qualify for Boone & Crockett minimum scores.

Chuck Adams really is "the Man".

But we're well aware of him right!? So what would a hunting Hall of Fame do for Chuck Adams? His name will not disappear from those records books.
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Doens't He also have a grand Slam on sheep?
Adams is good, but does most of his deer hunting from a tree stand.
He once stated in Bowhunter magazine that his hat was off to anyone who could take a mature buck on the ground, Fred Bear did it regularly, so does Larry D. Jones and a host of others.. Both of them use stick bows, BTW.
I think the criteria would be very difficult to formatt, but Adams Hill, Jones, Doroughty ,Schu, Page, Fitz, Sell, keith, O'Connor, and a whole bunch of others would be shoe ins!:D
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Doens't He also have a grand Slam on sheep?
Adams is good, but does most of his deer hunting from a tree stand.
He once stated in Bowhunter magazine that his hat was off to anyone who could take a mature buck on the ground, Fred Bear did it regularly, so does Larry D. Jones and a host of others.. Both of them use stick bows, BTW.
I think the criteria would be very difficult to formatt, but Adams Hill, Jones, Doroughty ,Schu, Page, Fitz, Sell, keith, O'Connor, and a whole bunch of others would be shoe ins!
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Yeah and there are lots of others who deserve a place where they can be recognized for there achievements that did not go into a record book but benefited the sport of hunting in other ways.
It isn't just the record book that would determine your eligibility for something like this. Aldo Leupold comes to mind.
 
Redd, I have read this thread and understand what most have replied on here as well as your idea.

What the problem that stands in the way is where do you draw the line in a "Hunting Hall of Fame"

It seems that some have a sour spot for Outfitters/Guides. I'm not sure what this would have to do with a hunting fame unless they are a personal hunter that is successfull themselves in taking record animals all the time. As far as big money clients taking the game well The shooter is the one that sets the field and the difference in a successfull guide is having game in front of people not that they are record book size. This is going to be more of an issue in the area's the Outfitter's/guides are.

Accomplishments,seem to come to mind here , something that has never been done or is very seldom done.

Another thing that I think about is most of these accomplishments tend to be American. Hunter for years in the USA have kept track of hunting records and this is where most of the publicity of hunting is made public. I was told back last year at Bass Pro in TO that the reason they do not have any hunting pictures of hunters and game in the store is that Canada does not have any professional hunters.

This falls into an opinion that I have about this sort of idea and that is it would be drawn as catering to the USA and their hunters. Not knocking some of the organizations that we have here , but most of them only self promote themselves not the hunters in Canada that have done some sort of acomplishments in the hunting world.

I like the idea , but I think you need something that could draw the line in all directions. This hunting sport has gone from enjoyment of a day out for the normal fellow to getting larger in the money field. The average hunter has a hard time competing in the sport now. Chuck Adams didn't do all these hunts with $10.00 in his pocket. B&C and P&Y has made it that an average hunter can somehow be a part with the precedents they have set. This maybe something that needs to be concidered with an idea like this.

That line that I heard from Bass Pro has been eating at me for sometime , because we as Canadians do have accomplished hunters, but there is no way they will ever be recongnized with what kind of media attention they have across the boarder that tends to float into Canada....BT
 
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