Whats up with the ego?
03-23-2008 | 03:58 PM
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RE: Whats up with the ego?
Exactly Dan, too much of "mine is bigger" "o yeah, well mine would be bigger if it wasn't for.. yada yada yada"..... who really cares? Just go out and hunt. Yea, I love seeing other peoples kills, and I will post my own, but not in an attempt to make myself out as a great hunter. I could care less what others think of my hunting skills, they can waist their time trying to figure out how to be a "better hunter than John Doe" and I will sit in my stand soaking up everything around me!
03-23-2008 | 03:59 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Whats up with the ego?
Seriously, all these posts lately about being the "man" and trying to proove your the best dang deer hunter to ever step in the woods.... they are getting old. Who really cares? What do you have to proove and does it make you feel like moreof a man toproclaim that you are thegreatest deer hunter of all time? There is way to much chest thumping going on. I know that I am nowhere near the best hunter on this board or even in my general area but I couldn't really care less at all. I just love getting out there and hunting, I don't do it because I have something to proove or so I can showoff about being the "great white hunter". Last time I checked, the hunt was between you and the deer, not a contest between several people to see who is "the best". Hell, I seem to remember a few years ago that everybody was up in arms about a certain organization that was trying to turn hunting into a sport. People were blowing up because they were turning hunting into a contest, but that is all I have seem to been reading on here lately. Its starting to show me why CharlieP, ArthurP, and Davidmil don't join any hunting contests. Okay, I am getting off my soap box, ya'll continue!
Face it, you're just jealous like I am. 
03-23-2008 | 04:04 PM
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RE: Whats up with the ego?
Well, I think it has gotten a little out of hand. I mean not just on the site, but the entire lure of deer hunting. I mean, there are some chest thumpers on here, or those that need to be stroked, but mostly I see it on tv and mags. people that pay big bucks to hold some bone that they had no previous connection with. I mean every deer I have killed has some connection to me or importance, they were all in Va, they were all within 20 minutes of home, they were all killed and shared with friends. Not killed 3 states over on some leased property that an outfitter has and I never scouted or even cared to scout. It just is rediculous. I mean guys want to be apart of some frat of big buck killers and they will pay for it. Or worse, some guys want to become MATURE buck hunters and killers over night. It's like if you kill a big buck you're in and if you don't you're not. I have killed several big bucks and many of you know this,.... SO what? Doesn't make me a better hunter than Schultzy or Mean or anyone on here for that matter. I mean I read some of these Mature buck threads and it's like total puke for me. I respect many on here and their achievements are impressive, but don't exclude guys who have not done this and/or even care too. I don't want to read about someone bragging about what they have killed over and over again. Show us and get ya props and let it go!!
03-23-2008 | 04:04 PM
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RE: Whats up with the ego?
The thread was intended to be a learning tool.
If you are the most accomplished hunter on your hunting grounds.....what make you successful (vs. what the "others" are doing)?
If you aren't.....what are the most successful doing that you aren't? Might be as simple as....."they get to hunt more than I do"....which is valid.
But it's a chance to learn.....SPECIFICALLY.....what makes the same ground.... more fruitful for some.
If you are the most accomplished hunter on your hunting grounds.....what make you successful (vs. what the "others" are doing)?
If you aren't.....what are the most successful doing that you aren't? Might be as simple as....."they get to hunt more than I do"....which is valid.
But it's a chance to learn.....SPECIFICALLY.....what makes the same ground.... more fruitful for some.
Walk me through that process.
03-23-2008 | 04:08 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Whats up with the ego?
If you read the 9 pages of "Are you the Man" I doubt you'll find one thing that will help you become a better hunter or the man that you didn't already know unless you've been living in a glass bubble.
03-23-2008 | 04:10 PM
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RE: Whats up with the ego?
Exactly David. It's filled with page after page of people trying to tell me what I meant.....instead of trying to use it as a learning tool That's why I posted the follow-up.
And STILL it gets misconstrued.[&:]
And STILL it gets misconstrued.[&:]