smokepole,
I made hunting part of my vocation because I knew then I'd do it as much as I wanted, along with writing, the two things I wanted most to do when young. Believe me, it did NOT come easy, and was just as conscious a choice as your decision to hunt the way you like.
I don't know who the "you guys" are you mention. I also don't know why you go on and on about how you prefer to hunt, when I don't think anybody on this thread who travels to hunt ever mentioned anything specifically about you, or your preferences.
My comments concerning people who've expressed contempt for pay-for-lay hunters were about some OTHER people on the Campfire who HAVE expressed contempt, in one way or another. I hadn't read anything like that from you.
