ORIGINAL: BigJ71
ORIGINAL: GregH
Even if you were able to hunt someone elses (HNIer) spot, could you really expect the same results? Why or why not!
Simple.....no
Why? Well even if it were an equal learning curve the fact still remains that some hunters ARE indeed better than others...sorry but this is true. I know of some hunters that have been at it longer than I that couldn't hunt their way out of a zoo and I also know others who are much younger and have less experience than I who just seem to "get it" and are successful hunters............And we all hunt the same land.
So, no even if I were able to hunt another HNIer's land I would never EXPECT the same results. Mine might be better and they might be worse, no matter how long I hunted it.
Ding, Ding, Ding, we finally have a winner and it only took 13 pages. Everyone is not equal and it is pretty myopic to think that they are.
I think to answerMatt's question, youneedto know, "Did you kill a P&Y buck?"
The guys that are killing big bucks every year are above average hunters. I don't care if they live in the middle of the big boys, they are still getting them on the ground year in and year out. How many licensed bowhutners are there in Illinois? What it the success rate for bowhunters? According to the logic in this thread everyone living in the state should take a P&Y deer every year, end of discussion.I would bet guys that hunt the same public land the Chuck Adams shoots world record critters on would tell you that type of animal doesn't exist in their area.
Were it really that easy to slay monster deer year in and year out 95% of this board would move to Illinois and have a TV show. Mature whitetails are hard to kill bottom line. You can read all the magazines books, and TV shows in the world but unfortunately this isn't a spectator sport. Like most things, much easier said than done.
Were everythin equal we would call it socialism. Been tried, doesn't work, why? All is not equal, never has been and never will be. Some are better at this than others.