Originally Posted by
AlongCameJones
Very well, sir, my diplomacy needs improvement. I will strive to from now on kick those little negative words aside in my writing. Some forms of hunting, fishing, employment or other human pursuits
might take more physical work than others but I won't be specific. I now understand I can't fairly compare deer hunting and ground squirrel varminting with any other species (in regards to how tough these various sports are) since I have only done deer hunting and ground squirrel varminting and no other species taken with a gun for sport or pest control. Yes, I must be careful whom or what I knock or judge. Bad karma may come back. Some dove hunter, for all I know, might save my life someday with first aid in an accident.
Are we all cool?
No, we're not cool. Not really. You got called on being a schmuck and are now being snarky like some kid in Jr High or HS. This is a hunting forum for people that hunt and you persist in bashing different types of hunting and hunters. How tough these various types of hunting are is mainly irrelevant. If one likes to hike miles into a wilderness area with a backpack for elk or deer and then hike out with their meat, horns, etc. on the backpack, more power to them. If somebody prefers to dove hunt, pheasant, duck, geese, whatever, also more power to them. They're all hunting. Unlike you who sit at your computer and bash people as if you're anti-hunting or something. Nobody on here has bashed you for your sole deer hunt back in the 90's. Having hunted in that area before, those ranches are fenced and have trails that you can drive a pickup or quad. The pasture where your buck photos were taken looks like a horse pasture. Yet nobody on here has "guessed" that you were likely driven to a field with bucks, shot one and then were driven back to the horse pasture with your buck for one of those tough hunts you keep talking about. It doesn't matter if that's an accurate guess or not since you were hunting to your level and got a buck. However, it's pretty cheesy to bash other hunters when you know the real extent of your hunting experience.
You want to change things on this forum? Change your attitude and stop bashing people. Ask all the questions you want but don't tell people they're wrong when they only answered your questions and tried to help you. You don't have to follow their suggestions or answers but telling them that they're wrong when it's obviously worked for them already is not only pointless but also pretty dumb. Post with a bit of class instead of snark and act like maybe you might be worth hunting with for any members who live in your neck of the woods. Trying to act like you're better than other people and insulting them is never a good way to make new friends. But perhaps you've already noticed that. If so, continuing with the same failed methods reminds one of the saying attributed to Einstein--The definition of insanity is continuing to bang your head against the same wall and expecting different results.