ORIGINAL: LBR
The Wensel Brothers didn't have fame, or money, thrown into their laps. Both are college graduates, and worked as chiropractors--yes, WORKED.
They didn't have their massive knowledge of whitetails and hunting thrown into their laps either. Both have been hunters since they were kids. They have guided hundreds of hunters, and helped countless more.
Do they have premium land to hunt on? I'm sure they do--because theypay for it. They aren't raising deer in a fence, and hunt fair chase.
I'm proud for anyone that can make a living, especially a good living, doing what they love. Those men worked hard for what they have.
FWIW, I'm not friends with the Wensel brothers. I've met them a time or two, but they wouldn't know me from Adam's housecat. I don't idolize them (or anyone else), but I do respect them as hunters--just like I do Fred Bear, Ben Pearson, Howard Hill, etc.
Good Lord willing, I'll live long enough to be fat and bald and spend my retirement years chasing whitetails.
Chad
Very Well Said. Most pro hunters had to work for what they have now. Most just happened to be pretty good at hunting and got lucky while guiding or at a show or something. All it takes is meeting that right person with the right connections.
Was it RealTree Outdoors that did the ProHunter Search? I cant remember, but the winners of it were regular guys. One was a retired US Airforce Fighter Pilot who was working as an Engineer of some kind, and his the other guy was his Dad.
Besides who do you know of that has a silver spoon up their butt that says I want to sit in a tree stand and freeze my a$$ off for hours at a time and when I'm not doing that I want to be walking around the woods freezing my a$$ of instead.