Who said anything even remotely close to that??
Sorry, I worded that wrong. I should have said "less of a person".
Who is judging them negatively??
The negative comments are sprinkled liberally throughout this thread.
A few of them:
So the obsession is a # on a scale of measuring racks or the rack itself and not the passion of the hunt? Do you appreciate anything else around you while hunting or just grinning and bearing it and waiting for the 150class buck to show himself? Just seems a shame to me thats' what it's boiled down to these days.
I just view "scoring" as a search for validation or approval from others and a tangible way for guys to say that their deer is "better" then others.
It is mind boggling to me how some people can have this HUGE brute of a buck on the ground and still need the validation of someone else to say how good a deer it is.
It is kind of disrespectful to the animal you just harvested.
IMHO, the only reason for scoring is to one-up someone else (read: immaturity).
It's a general attitude I see that is demeaning to those who want to know just how big their buck is in comparison to others. It could be that people aren't trying to come across this way, but in many instances it reads that they are looking down on those who want to measure their buck.