ORIGINAL: Fat Naked Guy
gawd I wish I'd have gotten in on this sooner !
fair chase is in your own mind - I agree. But Hunting and what hunting is can be defined I believe.
in life, nothing is worth anything unless you put something into it, and the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.
People going into the fenced enclosures are getting nothing out of it.
People shooting high tech equipment and using the latest and greatest stuffs, gadgets etc are cheating what hunting is - instead of taking the road less traveled, instead of putting a LOT into it, they are instead taking shortcuts and putting LESS into it.
and in return they get less
The use of high tech equipment does not make the hunt any less worthwhile, any less memorable, or any less enjoyable.
How is it that those of us who take these "shortcuts" as you call them, are getting less out of it?
I put in the same amount of work scouting the land, hanging stands, practicing with my equipment, and everything else that goes into a hunt as anyone else. How is it that this amount of work somehow yields less than someone using primative equipment?