Sorry, little slow today. I feel so stupid.

Dont worry about it. Its hard to catch sarcasim over text

Aint that the truth. [&:]

Well as far as I knew we were not talking a high fence operation.

You guys remember, I think it was a guy from Mongomery Gentry, that bought a pet bear to shoot and air it on a show, actinglike it was a wild hunt. That was in Southern Minnesota, it was all over the news here.

What are the odds he got caught? I really hope there are no other incidents like these goin on.

I didn't catch the sarcasim either. We can be stupid together.

On a real guided elk hunt, no. A guided elk hunt on public, or even a lot of private land, there are absolutely no guarantees that you will shoot a record book elk or even see one. I am not talking about the elk hunts where you stay in a cozy lodge in town, drive out to the woods or prarie and glass miles and miles of land from the truck.

Besides that, you are paying the guide to keep you safe, keep you from getting lost miles from anywhere, pack hundreds of pounds of gear into the back country, provide horses and mules, pack out meat, etc... etc... Things most people would not be able to accomplish.

What this thread is about is sitting in a shooting house, picking out a specific deerandshooting it. Deer like the ones being discussed here have been trained to eat at the dinner table every single day of their lives from birth. You just have to sit there for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple in the eveningand pick the one you want.

The exploitation and commercializationof bone growing on an animalshead has gotten absurd. Don't get me wrong here, I like a large set of antlers too but to pay thousands and thousands of dollars just to sit there and wait for deer "X" to show up is absolutely ridiculous.

I was trying to remember who it was. His mistake was checking it in. I guess it's legal otherwise.

I also heard about the Pittsburg Steeler from the early 70's who went hunting on a farm and was told to shoot what ever he wanted but don't shoot my cows. Well after all day and no kills he says screw it and shot a cow. I LMAO when I heard it. I never could find a story on it. Any of you old farts know about this?

Thank you bigbulls, I was curious and thanks for answering, we are not at odds in the least. Appreciative.

I'm all about dropping the hammer on a mighty buck BUT....just going out to ONLY kill a buck and nothing else just doesn't sit well with me. Sometimes I just have to turn those shows off because that's the ONLY reason the guy is out there.

I'm just as thrilled/thankful/ecstatic to smoke a doe with my bow.

I think my signature line says it all,

"The rich... who are content to buy what they have not the skill to get by their own exertions, these are the real enemies of game." -Theodore Rosevelt's Principals of the Hunt