I can't possibly imagine keeping secrets from my brothers or dad about our hunting land for the selfish reasons of wanting to have everything for myself [:'(]

I love to share everything about each day we all had in the woods.........I can't even count how many memories and stories we have that still bring a smile to my face even though they happened 15 years ago. We laugh our butts off every year telling stories that we all have heard 1,000 times already........that is a treasure about hunting I would never give up.

How anyone could be upset if another family member gets a deer and not them is mind boggling. Every day I go in the woods I hope that all my partners (friends and/or family) have a safe hunt and harvest a deer........Sure, I don't want to get skunked but I love to see other guys have success as well. A couple seasons ago I had 3 in the freezer before anyone else even got 1.........I used to go to my stand and hope I DIDN'T get offered a shot!!

Wanting everything for yourself and not being happy for others and their success sounds very greedy and dripping with petty jealousy.


Don't get me wrong..........I hunt mostly public land and the worst mistake we ever made was dragging a trophy my brother shot out to the road while it was still light out. That was in 1999 and we are STILL fighting the crowds of guys that either saw or heard about that buck and where he was shot. We used to see 1 or 2 other cars near our area and now it is a parking lot.

It's not a great idea to go and tell everyone you see about where the big boys are...........but if you can't even share that info with your family and close friends without fear of backstabbing then you have bigger issues to deal with