ORIGINAL: GMMAT
It's kinda like hunting in a 10 acre enclosed pen for a 200" buck, Bruce.
Don't come back here telling what a torrid hunt for the mammoth, monsterbeast was......and how much you endured to bag the patriarch of the forest.
You're only kidding yourself. In MY opinion.....when a man goes after an animal with a certain weapon......."I" would like to see how "bad" he is. Would I go bear hunting with a bow? Sure. Put me in a tree and I'll take my chances. Would it cheapen it "for me" if there was a PH there with a gun to use "just in case". Yes. That would take a LOT of the thrill away for me.
Would I get an even BIGGER thrill down on the gorund witht he bear? YOU DAMNED RIGHT I WOULD. Am I willing to go "there"? Maybe....maybe not.
My opinion. You're entitled to yours.
Ever seen those guys catching sharks bigger than their boats????
You don't think hunting dangerous game is "hunting" just say it. If you don't agree with it it's wrong. You've made that clear enough in posts in the past.