Amen, there are a few exceptions, but overall you are spot on. Back in the day the old timers were gruff and tough because they had to be to survive. now a days a lot of them are just aszholes to be aszholes. as one of the youngest in the group I often hunt with I can say I am blessed for the guys I get to share a camp with. I wouldn't call them "old timers" but they are older than me by a generation. I've hunted enough states, and guided in a few to see that a lot of what I would call "old timers" are straight up azhats. perhaps it's the type that gravitate to guided or canned hunts (done both) who knows, but I now the type of which you refer.
Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
