This is a crazy question in my opinion. I really don't think we can compare hunting in terms of hunters against other hunters. It's not like tennis, where you can match them up. I do recognize that some hunters make more and bigger kills than others, but I'm not sure that that is the point at all. To me, hunting seems to be about me and nature, in the specific local that I find myself. There are too many factors, such as land management, crop rotation, genetics, disease, game laws, population density, and qdma to make a fair comparison about the deer themselves.

When I hunt, it's about me and the deer. Yes, I am proud of other hunters. Some of them have even acheived celebrity status within our ranks. If you are asking about which celebrity we like the most, that would certainly be entertaining.

I personally don't care about shooting all the various types of legal big game. Turkey and deer are fine for me. However, I appreciate someone's goal to do so. Chuck Adams certainly earned my respect for being the first to do so.

I guess I just don't know how we could compare who is the "best" or even why we would want to add that sort of competitive spirit and elitism to our noble hunting tradition and discourse.

You probably didn't want that sort of response, so I apologize.

To answer your question, SGT. Ken Bennett is the best hunter ever. He got me into the sport and taught me much of what I know. He's serving overseas on behalf of our country right now. He's the best I know because he brought me into a sport that I needed and took the time to nurture me in it. Thanks Ken.