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atlasman 04-17-2007 09:52 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 

ORIGINAL: GMMAT

Are you asking if we (as a hunting community) don't offer these spots.....because we're "jealous" of what someone else "might" kill on "our" properties?
No

LittleChief 04-17-2007 10:07 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 

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How about the stories that we hear about never telling anyone what you see or about a good buck and so on out of fear that your spot will turn into grand central station the next day..........I get that (to a point) but I wonder how much of that is really just a selfish desire to keep something for yourself and not wanting anyone else to have similar success.
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I know exactly what he's talking about. If I were hunting in a club with people I didn't know well and I spotted the buck of a lifetime just out of range, I'd think twice about goingback to campthat evening and telling them what I saw. There are people out there who would reposition themselves to get a shot at that deer. Yes, I would say that's being selfish, but I think it's a healthy level of selfishness.
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I think a better question is why has hunting communitybecome so competitive.

Because of being more competitive we have become more selfish and jealous at the same time and of each other. We use to help each other score a deer, and now we sometimes hinder folks from scoring a deer.Maybe we have lost focus on what hunting is about.
That is his point(IMO)
Good point.I don't think there's anything wrong with a healthy level of competitiveness, but some people take it to the extreme, and that always fosters jealously and selfishness. I don't fish bass tournaments, but I recently ran into a retired Chief I've known for years at the dock at a local lake. He's very competitive. He said he'd caught an 8 pounder, and I asked what he used. His reply. "I'm not gonna tell you."

GMMAT 04-17-2007 10:42 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 
I think you should take a poll and ask if people think youasked a stupid question. The answersWON'T surprise you.....but they SHOULD tell you something.

I didn't imply that YOU were stupid. I don't believe that at all. i think the question stinks, though. My opinion.


brucelanthier 04-17-2007 10:42 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 

ORIGINAL: Germ

I think a better question is why has hunting communitybecome so competitive.

Because of being more competitive we have become more selfish and jealous at the same time and of each other. We use to help each other score a deer, and now we sometimes hinder folks from scoring a deer.Maybe we have lost focus on what hunting is about.
That is his point(IMO)
The first reply in this thread that I enjoyed reading :D.

atlasman 04-17-2007 11:01 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 

ORIGINAL: GMMAT

I think you should take a poll and ask if people think youasked a stupid question.
I don't care.



i think the question stinks, though. My opinion.
I REALLY don't care..........move along then.......no one is forcing you to post here.

GMMAT 04-17-2007 11:04 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 
Remind you of an opinion on a book, then????

I need to bow out. you're doing a good job on your own.

Have a great day!

atlasman 04-17-2007 11:15 AM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 

ORIGINAL: GMMAT

Remind you of an opinion on a book, then????
No



Have a great day!
I always do.

shed33 04-17-2007 02:05 PM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 
well my brother says I put him in the little buck stands.. :DI guess I'm selfish... obtw... he missed a 150 class buck the first day I put him in a ground blind this year! and when I have HNI friends out I only put them in SPIKE BULL only areas.. :)

TJF 04-17-2007 09:46 PM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 

ORIGINAL: shed33
and when I have HNI friends out I only put them in SPIKE BULL only areas.. :)
HNI friends and Spike Bullareas?? I don't think so!!!!!!!!!! Well maybe a good plan forthe other HNI friends of yours. ;) I've got dibbs ordouble dibbs if neededon the elkthat carriedthose sheds you got in your picture!!! Your job is to keep him a live and tied uptill I get there in 08. Don't you get SELFISH and kill him on me!! :D

Tim

shed33 04-17-2007 11:50 PM

RE: Are hunters selfish??
 
sure i'll save that one JUST FOR YOU...wait till you see the mountain we have to climb from the river straight up to get into his dining room... :Dtook me 3.5 hours pretty much straight up.... imagine packing his arse out of there.. LOL


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