This is NOT hunting as I know it. Not in the real world where most of us live and hunt.

It does inspire us to go out looking for those "awesome" "monster""truly magnificent animals".
But the fact is that they are raising these deer --for profit-- and rarely, ifever, will wesee any of that calibre.
Call it management? Yes the term applies, butthere is a portion of this that isjust business.

I always listen closely for the slip-ups when they refer to deer hunting as"the industry".

I quit subscribing to a certain magazine thatalso put out videos of the "master hunter" who isout enjoying himself using products that seemed to have been donated or supplied for free,by the company that made them, in return for a plug in the video.
Not to single anybody out 'causemost of them are guilty.

"Thanks to blah blah blah for the use of the their great newwhatchamacallit with automatic yada yada yada..."

I just feltthat buying thier magazines and junk... that I was financing these guys to go out and do things for free that I probably will never be able toafford.

So you're thinking: Man! I would love to shoot one like that! Well, get youself a deer hunting gadget and mass produce it. Then get yourself on a video and just sit back andwait for a bunch of suckers to finance your recreation.If you do have to buy your own stuff orpay for a canned hunt... you can always claim it as a business expense.

My problem is that I'm a fan of the deer. I like watching the deer.
I must admit also that there are things you can learn and use that are laced in with the commercialism. (Sort of like the sugar coating on a bitter pill.)


...end of rant...