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What I am trying to say is that most hunters are targetting a trophy..and why not. An old buck with a large rack signifies a much smarter and wary animal than a young buck. So, obviously there is a greater sense of accomplishement. Americans are noturiously competetive, in all regards. So, why does hunting differ. just because a hunter is out for a trophy, doenst mean he isnt enjoying hunting. Right ? It doesnt mean that he is some unethical guy who lacks the morals that hunters should have, does it ?

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ORIGINAL: kickin_buck

It had to do with the way Drury pays for footage, or more specifically, if they pay for footage. Please know, that not every piece of footageyou see on their videos was done by a "Drury Person". My buddy was employeed by Drury, they used a ton of his footage, but refused to pay because their was no kill at the end. I can understand not paying him for footage they won't use. However, to use the footage and not pay, pretty shady. Also, you should talk to some of the land owners around them in Northern Missouri about tresspassing and other ethical subjects. I believe you will see them in a whole new light. I know this is a business for them, just another reason why I don't really care for them, or any other T.V hunting shows.

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ORIGINAL: outdoorsmen

Droptine, i see your point and agree with you.

i like terry and mark, the other jokers i don't care foras much. i have more respect for mark and terry then the rest of the crew. I'd love to have terry and mark as a mentor, their experience and abilites far outway the other crew members.
besides from what i understand any joe blow and send in footage. the pay back was a mere $1000 for a good big buck kill and only a couple hundred dollars for a doe. now i got that from one of the team members about 9 years ago when i called him trying to get involved. so realisticly how many "big bucks" does the average joe blow kill a year? In my home state of illinois it's a max of 2. so i'd need to hunt out of state for more oportunities. then you have your taxidermy bill to deal with. and it would take about 3-4 years just to pay off the high-def video camera you bought to film the hunt.
so i guess my point is, is getting on tv really that important to you? if you're looking for recognition for being a "big buck killer" or "master hunter caused you made it in a video killing a big deer" wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to just send in you picture of your once in a lifetime 170" buck to your local newpaper?

all videos now have high standards of buck size. i would bet that 99% of us will never see the size of deer in our lifetime that the drury boys kill. hell they pass on deer that are bigger then most of us ever see. why???cause of location, location, location. if we had enough money to buy a huge piece of land in a prime county and have the equipment to farm and food plot and manage the herd we could have big deer on video too.

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