I think what you are perceiving as a double standard is more of a reaction from those who are less selective being tired of being made out to be second class citizens, also even a genuine concern for the hunting heritage
What exactly is the heritage of hunting? Teddy Rooslevelt who is one of our Icons was a Trophy hunter was he not? It was the sport hunter who saved hunting. Most of those guys were not hunting for food. They were hunting for recreation as I do today. Our "heritage" hunters before that sure did a fine job on the buffalo. Is this the hertiage you speak of?
If heritage means hunting for food than we have some issues there also. Whitetails were about wiped out in our "hertiage" days than
I thought the Heritage hunting startred in the 30's, anything before that had nothing to do with "Heritage ". It had to do with eating
and not starving to death.
Going out and shoot anydeer for some extra venison is great. Hunting so your family can eat is a whole other story. My Grampa lived through the great depression, deer hunting for them had nothing to do with "hertiage". It had to do with not starving to death[
] Just think about the pressure we feel today when we shoot a buck(any). Now think about if you had to kill a deer that night so your family can eat. No "Hertiage" there[&:]
The deer are now farmed and land is now over managed into unhealthy ratios
I have no idea what land you are talking about. QDM is about having the right number of deer. Now if you are talking TDM(Traditional Deer Management) you have Michigan pegged
Not the farm part
I step into the woods,I want it to look like woods, with as little trace of man and his influence as possible, with the deer herd being as wild and dependent on natural forage as possible.
I think we all want that, but good luck. Most of the land in lower 48 has been touched by man. Just think there was 1 deer per sq mile in Northen MI before we logged it. At one point it was high as 40 deer per Sq mile. I love to hunt Northen MI because it looks untouched by man, but deer are there because of man.
I or most here do not look down on anyone. Go read some post there are some who do, but most of the "look down on feeling"is from people assuming they were being ragged on. Because someone said "I won't have shot him" So what some guys would have not bought a dodgeI bought. Should I act like a 2 year old when some ask why I did not buy a Chevy
Come to think of it Preacher beat me up pretty bad
Sorry I do not buy the protecting the "Hertiage" of hunting argument. I myself have no idea what the "Hertiage" of hunting is[&:]
If it is hunting for food, well there was no honor or fair play there. Do you think a hunter waited until the deer was broadside before they shot?The Indians or early settlers put an arrow or bulletanyway they could. Ran the beast down until it tired out than finshed it off. Ran them over cliffs, back them into corners and stoned them to death.
If we are talking "Hertiage" hunting after Teddy Roosvelt days than Trophy Hunting is a part of hunting "Hertiage"
I ask this question on another thread.
If a hunter has a fork buck in his sights and ready to drop hammer on him, then hehears a twig break and sees a 150'' 10 will he shoot the "better" tasting deer or wait for the old tough meat 150'' 10
?
I do agree with a lot of what you say, I just do not buy the hertiage of hunting argument. I would prefer the Teddy Rosvelt era myself. When sportsman fought to protect hunting. So we can hunt for recreation and enjoyment. I amthankful for the choice I have to shoot a big one or little one.
I have read were the "Trophy" guys gets lamb basted, but I guess that is OK. It is all about the hertiage of hunting[8D]