Originally Posted by
Steve863
I honestly could care less how these Texas boys try to defend their way of hunting. They may think it makes them great hunters just because they manage the land with food plots , QDM practices and such. All I know is that if they were sent to hunt in a more natural deer environment where the deer weren't known by their first names like they are on their Texas ranches they would probably shoot JACK. On the flip side, the hunter from Maine or the Adirondacks who might only see a few deer per season would have NO problem killing a deer on a Texas ranch. I think it's NO contest on who the real hunters are between these two scenarios.
I couldn't disagree more. The guy that runs the tecomate ranch is a lifelong wildlife biologist and whitetail expert. He could go into any whitetail deer habitat and tell you more about them than you could imagine. I don't think he'd have a problem fillin his tag anywhere. Getting a trophy is another story. That takes time to get to know the area and the deer that live there. He's been hunting the "real" way most of his life. Now, that he has the money and resources, he wants to grow trophies. I think that's great. It is an absolute fallacy that the success he has on his ranch makes him a poor hunter elsewhere. The jealousy on this topic is incredible.