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The other hunter mentioned. Fake personality. Would chase your wife back in the day and try and convince you it was in your best interest. He elk hunted one time on the ranch I frequent and took a very nice bull. Scentlock paid for the hunt, every penny of the $18K hunt. His only obligation was to cover the guide’s tip. I know the guide personally, see him every year. The guide was tipped by him $125 ( he told me $125 one time, $145 a second time). Ten percent of the hunt would have been $1,800. Pissed him off naturally. Every year I see him or hunt with him he always says “If you see Mike, tell I said to kiss my ass!” I am admittedly not the best tipper, though I would tip better than that assuming the hunt went well. That said, your friend holds a permanent grudge due to a bad tip? Or, was your friend's wife and/or the fake personality also involved? I am reading your post as in the bad tip was all in all what pissed off your friend/guide. No my guide buddy busted his hump all week to get Waddell a dang nice bull and he was severely stiffed on the tip. I told him he should have just given the $125 back to him and told him “You need this more than I do”. He agreed…
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I have pretty much quit watching the hunting shows on TV. For the most part, they fall into one of two categories............well known hunters who get to hunt in places that the average hunter will never have a chance to hunt, or some egotistical goober that thinks he is an expert. I got tired of hearing the excuses for gut shooting an animal, and then the hunter acting like an idiot when he finds it the next day, jumping up and down and high fiving his entourage.....when he should be ashamed that he let an animal suffer.
I'm sure there are still some good shows out there, but they are few and far between. What it all boils down to for me, is that I'd rather be out in the field doing it, that sitting in my recliner and watch someone else do it.
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I have pretty much quit watching the hunting shows on TV. For the most part, they fall into one of two categories............well known hunters who get to hunt in places that the average hunter will never have a chance to hunt, or some egotistical goober that thinks he is an expert. I got tired of hearing the excuses for gut shooting an animal, and then the hunter acting like an idiot when he finds it the next day, jumping up and down and high fiving his entourage.....when he should be ashamed that he let an animal suffer.
I'm sure there are still some good shows out there, but they are few and far between. What it all boils down to for me, is that I'd rather be out in the field doing it, that sitting in my recliner and watch someone else do it. The only one's worth watching IMHO are Jim Shockey and Steve Rinella. Neither do canned hunts or high dollar leases, they both seem like good responsible hunters who respect the land and it's wildlife. That's just my impression of course, ymmv.
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