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.
I'm not trying to "spread" anything............this was told to me by a friend in that area. I have read in a few threads now about the commotion his deer caused and was wondering if there was more to the story then I knew of. Is there some kind of controversy over his buck??.........or is it just petty garbage?
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.
I give my friend the benefit of the doubt...........especially since he lives there and his information is first hand.
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 don't understand this statement..........who is jealous here?? No one has said anything negative about his deer. I asked if he was gobbling up land because that is what I was told he is doing out there............as far as the deer goes I don't know of any controversy but I see his name lumped in with others of infamy so I thought I would ask. So far no one has said it was anything other then a big deer. I think you are jumping to conclusions of your own.........while cautioning others not to do the same.
I see no "ill will" or "jealousy" by anyone in this thread.