ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
Look guys you can't blame the outfitters to me thats like blaming the taxidermist ....all their trying to do is feed their family's and do something they love to do ...personally I blame the Bill Jordans ...Jackie Bushmans ...Mike Waddells of the hunting world ...they have SO publicized HUNTING with their TV shows that NOW EVERYONE wants to get that MONSTER buck ....which fuels theoutfitters with clients...supply and demand is the key and ALL these @#$%^ TV shows are mostly to blame IMHO
dd
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO D.D. ole buddy, ol friend, ole pal does this mean your idea for a show is
now KIBOSHED?
Hopefuully ya change your mind and get it going...
I agree with the fact everybodies into killing a big rack bucks but I don't think its because of shows, I personally think its because thses bucks offer huge returns in money, endorcements to the average hunter..
One can basically become a celeb over night...Hence the reason we now have not just the Boone and Crocket record book / Pope and Young but we have the SCI standandrd as well amongst others.....
I mean even replica racks of record breakingungultes are selling in the thousands of dollars......
My great uncle from England came over to visit my Dad and my uncles, and was telling us, our mounts that we have in our house (no intention of getting rid of at any cost) would go for thousands of CANADIAN dollars, and not one of themNETTED theofficial B&C min although a few gross over andcame close..
Even antler sheds are going at a high price went to a custom furniture shop outside of town, and a bench seat framed from moose and elk and elk antlers was selling for $2000
Antler chandiliers not much less..
These things sell and sell fast and he makes a crap load of money doing it......
With all racks I got, I'm thinking maybe I should attempt to fabricate some furniture up and selling it at a 1500% percent mark-up........
Bottem line all this stuff makes for people looking for animals with big racks..
If you can't make money by shooting a new world record, you can make money making furniture...
But getting back to the piont, I havn't lost my place to guide outfitters yet, but I have talked to them,
and they are under extreme amount of pressure to produce big animals with big racks for their clients..
I am good friends with many.....
It is happening More so now than ever before , and I can honestly tell you, it ain't a fun job and honestly I think I'd hate hunting pretty fast if Iwere one..