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Old 02-12-2007 | 10:40 AM
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I think your complaint only really applies to a few of the new names in the video industry. When people like Wensels, and yes even Jordan, came along there WASN'T a video market. They risked their own money to get something on film in order to try and get some sponsors. Most of these guys loved to hunt and just tried to film what they did to share their love of hunting with others. I talked to Chuck Adams and he was telling me that he pays for his own trips, he works his butt off for 9 months so that he can hunt his butt off for 3 months in prime areas. He says it's all about priorities. He had a friend complain to him about not having the money to go on hunt trips like Chuck and Chuck told him to look out in his driveway. "That winnebago you have parked out there could pay for a couple of years of hunting." Chuck made sacrifices to save the money to hunt like he enjoys, including his marriage (IMO). I don't envy a lot of the guys who are held up as having it made. Most of them don't have the family time that I would want, or maybe even have the ability to just relax and enjoy a hunt. I do admire a lot of guys, like on here, who save and go on DIY hunts across the globe. Grousing about what others have doesn't accomplish much. Make changes in your life to be able to do what it is you want to do, even if it's just finding different magazines to read and stop watching shows that make you mad.
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