Originally Posted by horse1
Originally Posted by callnum
Shrap only hunts private and if you notice only shoots what he can drive to. His opinion and experiences really don't matter. He hunts in a vacuum.


I don't understand how living and hunting the same state your whole life and being able to cultivate relationships that allow you opportunity somehow renders your opinions and experiences invalid. There are things that can be bought and others that can only be earned. The things that must be earned seem to really make the "buyers" of the world indignant.


Don't you think that gaining access to ranches is in the 'bought' category wheras pushing into remote areas of public land is more in the 'earned' category?

No gripes against any of the ways that hunters may use to get an easier hunt. That could be buying ranch access or bartering for it, hiring guides or outfitters, hunting high fence or low fence, waiting 20 years for a prime tag, convoys of machines and horses that the average guy can only dream of, depredation hunts, Ranching for Wildlife hunts, etc.
As far as I am concerned all is fair as long as you don't misrepresent it.
The trouble is that almost everyone misrepresents it.
How many times to you ask someone about a nice trophy on a wall and they almost always leave out the part about the help they had to obtain it?
Often times those I would consider in that 'bought' category are the loudest about talking themselves up.