I've changed opinion of Stan Potts
 

I had a bad opinion of Stan Potts after seeing him take what I thought was an unethical shot on a monster deer a couple of years ago.
On North American Whitetail they showed his trophy rooms. The man must know what he is doing! Awsom trophys.

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Yea, his trophy room was pretty awesome. I am still kind of up in the air on Stan. I think is a good hunter but sometimes I don't care ofr his personality. I am warming up to him though.

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My buddy went to one of his seminars at the Illinois Deer and Turkey classic that was supposed to be on stand placement and such items. It turned out to be an hour of him bragging up that booner he took a bad shot on. (by bad I mean, low percentage shot) He hardley talked about what he was supposed to. So needless to say, we don't favor him too much.

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Ya I was at that seminar - wasn't impressed. I really was hoping to learn something from a "master" instead I heard a lot of braggin.

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He's always impressed me as a lot of hot air. If you got to hunt the places he does you too could have a big trophy room.;) He just rubs me wrong...... but hey, that's me.

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I agree, you watch 6 year old kids shooting 160" class deer in the areas Potts hunts in.

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My only interest has always been to enjoy a season of good hunting and being with hunting sidekicks during the hunt and at the day's end.

I have never been impressed by those that believe killing a buck only, especially a buck having a high scoring, is what bowhunting is all about and the measurement of a good hunter; and I have definitely never been impressed by renowned trophy hunters.

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I once saw a video of stan potts shooting a nice buck, he had made a poor shot with his bow and opted to wait till morning to go find the monster deer. when he found it he ran to the deer all excited he knelt down beside it. it was swlled up like a beech ball but instead of ellaberating on gutting the deer and cooling it down and getting the guts out of it he just grabbed his tape measure and started to tape the antlers, thats when i saw what he was realy hunting for. skina

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[8D] i normaly only hunt does for the meat of course i will take a 150 plus buck and we will use the meat i dont believe in wasting anything i shoot. every game animal i take is a trophy to me amd im teaching my son the same thing

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You have to say though, the deer he does shoot are great deer. Since he has had the opportunity to shoot such great bucks, he's going to have a giant trophy room. He does brag as do all hunters who harvest such big animals. I can't say I've shot anything close to the deer he shoots, but if I did I think there would be a little time for bragging. I watch the videos to get me pumped up. Seing these guys take such huge animals is incredible. If you want big deer, you have to hunt where the big ones are. He has the opportunity to do that. I don't mind the way he acts. He's a very smart guy, and knows his hunting!

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I don't mind Stan on the North American Whitetail show. Its a pretty decent show but I don't think he is a great hunter just because of his trophy room. I'm not bragging on what a great hunter I am but I've been hunting for 24 years myself and put alot of effort into Bowhunting and have gained alot of experience over the years and the biggest differnce between me and him is the areas we hunt. I could only dream about hunting the areas that he does. This is not to say that he was bragging by showing his trophys and he may very well admit that he has great places to hunt so he greats great deer.

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I wonder if North American Whitetail knows how many people have a bad opinion of Stann. I saw 1 show where Stann made it a point to pass on a long gun shot, saying it was too long. If I recall, it was only about 2 hundred yards. Maybe a little scriped P.R.?

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No matter where you live, you've got to be a great bowhunter to harvest that many mature bucks with a bow. Sure, anyone can luck into 1 or 2, but when you start getting into double digit mounts of 150 class bucks, your looking at a great hunter.

It amazes me how people cannot put their ego aside and admit when someone is a great hunter.

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double,

I do think is a good hunter. I also think he has some ego issues and not real likeable. I think that's were the majority of the "resistance" comes from. But you are correct. There of tons of guys that live in prime whitetail habitat that hunt HARD that don't have those kinds of deer on the wall. If that were the case every bowhunter in West Central Illinois should have multple trophies on the wall, shouldn't they?

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I'm gonna play devil's advocate on this one. Yeah, stan potts may have an ego issue, but just because he hunts in trophy rich areas and kills slob bucks doesnt mean its just luck. a mature whitetail is very very hard to kill. sure, you might get luck once and a great while, but to kill them as consistently as stan potts or mitch rompola or any of the archery greats, is damn hard. those guys put the hours in season after sesaon and it pays off.

Danny, its often very hard to judge distances on TV or videos. i doubt he would pass up a 200 yard shot.]

slayer

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how much did those bad boys cost him (ie, private land, canned hunts, high fenced leases etc etc)

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Thats it in a nutshell. The number 1 ingredient is having access to big bucks. I've only caught him on the Outdoor Channel once, I enjoyed the show, will hold my judgement of his personality after more viewing.

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I personally like Stan the man Potts.

I love his enthusiasm. You can see it in his eyes how much he loves big bucks. His eyes just glow when he is talking about deer hunting. He is my kind of guy.