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RE: Are hunters selfish??

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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?

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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."

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.

RE: Are hunters selfish??

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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.

RE: Are hunters selfish??

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ORIGINAL: GMMAT

I think you should take a poll and ask if people think youasked a stupid question.

I don't care.

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i think the question stinks, though. My opinion.

I REALLY don't care..........move along then.......no one is forcing you to post here.

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!

RE: Are hunters selfish??

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ORIGINAL: GMMAT

Remind you of an opinion on a book, then????

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Have a great day!

I always do.

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.. :)

RE: Are hunters selfish??

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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

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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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ORIGINAL: shed33

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 off there.. LOL

And you wonder why Tyler is coming along.

What sizeof a pack frameshould I buy him??? Keeping in mind... he might also need to haul my arse of the mountain too!! [&:]

Tim

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I AGREE WE ARE SELFISH. I HELP OTHERS WHO DON'T HAVE OPPERTUNITIES I HAVE BUT THEY HAVE PHISICAL CHALLANGES IF YOU ARE ABLE BODIED THEN GO FIND A SPOT TO HUNT, DON'T BE LAZY OFFER TO LEASE LAND

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I have allready put a post on here but afterwards a thought came to mind. What bothers me about deer getting hit by cars is no one stops to make sure they are actually dead.My husband was coming home from work and found one still alive. He didn't have anything with him so he had to wait 45 min. for a patrol man to come and put it out of it's misery.

The last one we found we were coming home from up north. My husband was hunting with his grandpa so this time he was prepared. The doe was laying in the middle of the road and I held the flashlight so my husband could check to see if it was alive. She was and he drug off the road shot her, took us home and picked up his truck and went back for her. Both times we got a tag for them so they didn't "go to waste"

I don't think people care about the danger they put others in when they just leave a deer in the middle of the road. That is what probably bothers me the most. At least hunters aren't just leaving deer, they put the deer to good use.