Mike Rex
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Mike Rex
So what is the deal with this guy?? What was the debate over his buck about??
The information I have on him is second hand through a friend of mine who lives in Athens County Ohio. (Man is he crying tonight I bet).......He doesn't have very many good things to say about him and he is about as mild mannered as it gets.
From my understanding of him (Rex) he has some pretty good resources and he is going around leasing up everything he can get his hands on even if he doesn't hunt there.........just so no one else can. This has caused not only limited hunting options for many people but also driven up the price of land itself in that area.
Is this accurate and/or is there more to his story and something about his buck from the other year??.........or is he just some guy that caught a bunch of heat for shooting a big deer?
The information I have on him is second hand through a friend of mine who lives in Athens County Ohio. (Man is he crying tonight I bet).......He doesn't have very many good things to say about him and he is about as mild mannered as it gets.
From my understanding of him (Rex) he has some pretty good resources and he is going around leasing up everything he can get his hands on even if he doesn't hunt there.........just so no one else can. This has caused not only limited hunting options for many people but also driven up the price of land itself in that area.
Is this accurate and/or is there more to his story and something about his buck from the other year??.........or is he just some guy that caught a bunch of heat for shooting a big deer?
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RE: Mike Rex
I don't have a clue as to who Mike Rex is, but it reminds me of a guy around here who is leasing land so he can sublease it to hunters or sell hunts. Sounds like this Rex fellow is trying to keep the land free of hunters so the bucks will get even bigger. What a way to grow a record buck.
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RE: Mike Rex
Is this accurate and/or is there more to his story and something about his buck from the other year??.........or is he just some guy that caught a bunch of heat for shooting a big deer?
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RE: Mike Rex
ORIGINAL: Germ
Bingo
Is this accurate and/or is there more to his story and something about his buck from the other year??.........or is he just some guy that caught a bunch of heat for shooting a big deer?
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RE: Mike Rex
While the story very well may be true (I don't know), I would caution against spreading ill will against a fellow hunter like Mike. Everything I've ever read about the gentleman points to him being first class, and without knowing for sure, I would give him the benefit of the doubt.
Don Higgins devotes a whole chapter to the jealousy that arises in the hunting community when someone takes a big deer in his recent book... At this point, I'd have to wonder if that's not what's happening here.
Don Higgins devotes a whole chapter to the jealousy that arises in the hunting community when someone takes a big deer in his recent book... At this point, I'd have to wonder if that's not what's happening here.
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RE: Mike Rex
I just don't understand why people have to start jumping to conclusions! Is it people being jealous, or are they just being stubborn? Mike shot a tremendous deer, one we all wish we could have shot! Well we didn't shoot it Mike did and congrats on a georgous deer! Even if he is a outfitter does that mean that he isn't allowed to hunt? If you had the money and resources to lease all the land you could and manage it the way you wanted then you would, simple as that!
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RE: Mike Rex
ORIGINAL: Greg / MO
While the story very well may be true (I don't know), I would caution against spreading ill will against a fellow hunter like Mike.
While the story very well may be true (I don't know), I would caution against spreading ill will against a fellow hunter like Mike.
I don't know what you mean by "ill will".
Everything I've ever read about the gentleman points to him being first class, and without knowing for sure, I would give him the benefit of the doubt.
Don Higgins devotes a whole chapter to the jealousy that arises in the hunting community when someone takes a big deer in his recent book...
I want to read that book this winter........sounds interesting.
At this point, I'd have to wonder if that's not what's happening here.
I see no "ill will" or "jealousy" by anyone in this thread.
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RE: Mike Rex
ORIGINAL: SRBowman
I just don't understand why people have to start jumping to conclusions!
I just don't understand why people have to start jumping to conclusions!
What "conclusions" were jumped to in this thread??
Mike shot a tremendous deer, one we all wish we could have shot! Well we didn't shoot it Mike did and congrats on a georgous deer!
If you had the money and resources to lease all the land you could and manage it the way you wanted then you would, simple as that!
All I asked was if that is what he is doing...........do you know?