ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
ORIGINAL: bigjim12
ORIGINAL: _Dan
ORIGINAL: bigjim12
Dan,
what if you were offered something that you wanted to hunt but had never had the chance to? As for me, i have always wanted to go elk hunting, but have never gotten the chance to go. now if i were to get an invite from a friend who said "i have got a ton of land and all you have to pay for is the tag, would you like to go? there is one thing though, you cant shoot the 6X7 bull that is running around. i have been chasing him for 3 years now." i personally would still accept. i have a chance to get a great animal with only one rule. ican kind ofsee how that is being selfish, but he has been pursueing the same animal for a while. i know it is a little diffrent senario but would you not accept?
That would be a very tough choice, but I would decline that as well.
First, someone telling you not to do something that they would do is no friend. If I were to harvest that bull, he had better be happy for me.
Second, I am a trophy hunter. I shoot plenty of does and end up with enough meat at the end of the season. I can't fathom hunting with someone who would put restrictions on my opportunity of a lifetime for their selfish gain.
Like I said earlier, I would NEVER invite someone to hunt with me and then put restrictions on them thatI would not follow. Thus, I would expect to be treated the same way.
Thats a good point and i can see where you are coming from on that. I guess it would be a little selfish of him to do that but what kind of friend would you be if he had mentioned a certain animal that he had been hunting and youwent off and shot it? but, your right, a true friend would be happy that you got such a great animal. good point
That swings two ways though. If you were a true friend would you really shoot the bull your buddy, the one who invited you there, is lusting after? Does shooting a trophy mean that much so that you would take it away from your friend? Or would you pass on that bull and hope to tag something else? True friendship isn't a oneway street.
You are right Bruce. The door does swing both way. That's why as "the guest" a true friend would probably voluntarily decline to shoot the specific animal he knew his buddy was after, although he did not have to. Thus, giving the chance for both firends to be gracious towards one another.