The man knows more about deer than I do and is probably a better shot. My gripe with him, and many others, is that he sees NO problem with high fence hunting, baiting, feeding, or anything else as near as I can tell. I just shut off the TV a few minutes ago when a 200" monster walked past one of these nimrods and he did not even get excited. I guess it was not the deer that he bought.

Don't get me wrong, I know that there are places where baiting and feeding are acceptable due to local conditions. I have more trouble with the high fences but I can see where a land owner might want one if the neighbors shot every deer with a nub on its head. (I have heard of a Texas owner who fenced just one side of his property because of the neighbor in that direction.) I would like them to tell me when they are inside of a fenced area rather than pretending that they are great hunters. They are shooters, not hunters.

To me hunting is having an existing knowledge of the land you will hunt and deer movement on that land, getting up in the morning and preparing for the day's weather, checking the wind, then going to find an ambush spot or start a still hunt from there. I am not opposed to cameras that tell you what is on the property, nor am I opposed to permanent blinds, but I feel that hunting is making these decisions for oneself and not knowing the deer personally from pictures. The person who places a blind is the hunter. If you are following a guide, he is the hunter, you are the shooter. All of us do both though, guide and shoot. I've started people hunting just as I was started. I also have learned from a pro. It is just that I feel most like a hunter when I am alone, making my own decisions. Hunting with a partner and a camera is something new for our group though and helps make it all a little more social.

Bob