Here's some quotes from the board, recently. I think hunting for the "Challenge" has been and will be alive and well for a long time.

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“I have to agree with him that hunting is personal, and that we cannot dictate our values to others.”

“Nice, way to stack em up old school style. Good luck on laying the smackdown on a longbeard. That is an ultimate challenge.”

“I trophy hunt for the personal challenge.”


“I am never satsifed, I'm just a driven individual when it comes to deer hunting. I am a trophy hunter and hunt for the ultimate trophy (and that too is very personal, situational, and subject to change). Reaching stage 5 doesnt mean you are at the end of your hunting career, and considering yourself a stage 4 doesnt mean you should no longer take trophy deer. But, I view them as goals and dreams because I am always looking to improve. Again, just a thought.”

“even though I don't have access to big bucks on a daily basis I have shot quite a few deer and now find myself more interested in the "method" as he puts it......which has landed me smack in the middle of traditional archery. I like the romance of it andthe challenge and also hunting with good friends and the entire experience is more important to me than beating myself up over having to shoot trophy animals.”

Hunting for the challenge is why people choose to hunt turkeys without a blind......take a deer from the ground........passon that 1.5yr old buck ......that jake.......pass on that doe fawn.

.......hunt with a bow......