I don't think Scott expects...or WANTS, for that matter, to be looked up to as a mentor by anybody.....I will give him a hell of a lot of credit though for working his tail off for the bucks he shoots. Is he the best hunter there is? Certainly not, but then again.......is there such a thing? I would use several things to describe him, but a self proclaimed bowhunting legend, arrogant, or a know it all certainly aren't any of them....He is a knowledgeable hunter, no doubt about that, but in my mind what makes him even "smarter" is the fact that he realizes he isn't as good as he can be, and he questions almost everything. He is a student of the sport, if you will.

I believe what he gets upset about is the philosophy that location is EVERYTHING.....Maybe the public views it that way, and maybe to some extent it's true....But in his case, he works hard to LOCATE them in the first place, then hunt them smart and he WILL smack one....

This is why corporate hunting ticks me off so badly....It's become a business, and it's no longer a leisure activity. EVERYONE looks to the guy that shoots monsters year in and year out........TV (horn porn, I call it) has brainwashed folks into believing you MUST kill a book buck to be worthy of being called a hunter. WHATEVER!

I give Scott a hell of a lot of credit. Granted, I know him better than most folks on this forum, so I don't mean he's the only one who does this, but he works damn hard for what he gets. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him, because while he's good at it, he's also got a level head about him in that he knows he has lots to learn, and he's not the end all of buck hunters....He is always willing, in fact he ENJOYS, sharing what he knows and has learned. He takes an aweful lot of pride in his ethics (both work and play) and IMO that's what makes a successful hunter..........