ORIGINAL: GMMAT
"Growing as a hunter" includes understanding that others have put in a lot of hard work and exercised a lot of patience and self-restraint to get to where they are in their management plan.
"Growing as a hunter" includes respecting the wishes of the landowner.
"Growing as a hunter" includes understanding that the wishes of the landowner trump YOUR personal wishes EVERY time.
"Growing as a hunter" incudes understanding if you're told to stay home because you can't abide by the rules set forth, that you knowingly accepted to be able to hunt there, that it was 100% YOUR own doing.
I consider those points as being a gracious guest and respecting the landowners rules. Whether it'shunting, fishing, camping, hiking or riding ATVs the guest should obey the landowners wishes.
But it was my impression, after reading the original post, that the comment about "growing as a hunter" was directed at the fact that this friend was shooting small bucks. But that's just how I viewed it. Obviously it wasn't how it was intended.
