RE: hunting becoming a competition
I don't care what others think, and will tell them so.
I hunt for a lot of reasons, but I kill for the meat. period.I don't care what kind of rack it is as long as it's legal. I can't eat a rack. If it's a big buck, I'm only excited because I'm getting more meat. Heck, maybe if I do see a monster buck I'd be excited to a degree but that's only because not many come from where I get to hunt even these years after the change in the min. point regulations. (frankly, from what's heard around the back rooms, most of the one's with a large rack "dissapear" well before the rifle season)