RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

Sorry bigcountry, I wasn't responding to your post. And I believe you took it the wrong way. I was responding to this:

And this:

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

Bob,
I read TBM all the time ! 15 years to be exact, Why do I wanna read about the garbage man ? cause he's the opposite side of the coin ya never get to read about 'RARELY'! I get tired of reading about guys that have the money to roam the world in adventerous hunting expiditions, some earned it and some had it all given to them, I wanna read about that regualar Joe, the welder,the factory worker,steel mill worker, the minimum wage guy, easier for me to feel happy and glad for thier accomplishments
JMHO
Tj

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

I know a fellow that is a Union Laborer/Taxidermist that often writes for TBM, if you'd like, PM me and I'll supply his e-mail.

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

There's a fellow on this board that's a regular contributor to TBM-Jason Westbrock.I think he's an accountant.Whether he's bowfishing,or squirrel hunting or whatever-he writes about it,submits his story and we all read about it.If you have a good story,write it down and submit it.Who knows,you might get published

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

I think your complaint only really applies to a few of the new names in the video industry. When people like Wensels, and yes even Jordan, came along there WASN'T a video market. They risked their own money to get something on film in order to try and get some sponsors. Most of these guys loved to hunt and just tried to film what they did to share their love of hunting with others. I talked to Chuck Adams and he was telling me that he pays for his own trips, he works his butt off for 9 months so that he can hunt his butt off for 3 months in prime areas. He says it's all about priorities. He had a friend complain to him about not having the money to go on hunt trips like Chuck and Chuck told him to look out in his driveway. "That winnebago you have parked out there could pay for a couple of years of hunting." Chuck made sacrifices to save the money to hunt like he enjoys, including his marriage (IMO). I don't envy a lot of the guys who are held up as having it made. Most of them don't have the family time that I would want, or maybe even have the ability to just relax and enjoy a hunt. I do admire a lot of guys, like on here, who save and go on DIY hunts across the globe. Grousing about what others have doesn't accomplish much. Make changes in your life to be able to do what it is you want to do, even if it's just finding different magazines to read and stop watching shows that make you mad.

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

There are still people doing that exact same thing. A few years back there were a couple of guys that I met on an Elk hunt in Colorado. They did not have a sponsored show. They put up a bunch of money to go on a few trips that fall with the hopes of picking up sponsors. If they didn't get the sponsors, they were planning on paying other shows (like $2,500 or so) to air their hunts. They then planned on using these aired shows to built up a good portfolio. These people were by no means rich and were self-funded. Never did see them on TV.

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

MEN,
Don,t misunderstand my point ! I love the Wensels ! I just would like to hear more from guys that gotta scrape, andscrounge, just to get a weekend off to go on that $500.00 trip in the next state, The Africa hunts,the Canada moose hunts,kodiak island hunts,aregetting old! Now My favorite bowhunter of all time PAUL SCHAFER was Blue collar ! hard core ! and its a shame he died so young cause that guy had a lot to offer the world when it came to bowhunting !
Tj

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

Can'tcha just feeeeeeeeelllll the love???:D



Now was that Charlie, or was that Hank (someone will get that).;)

RE: The Blue Collar Bowhunter !
 

Tj Craig I think too, that with high profile hunters, when they kill big animals they make sure its very well known.

Do you know who Roger Rothaar is ? Did you know he's killed more big bucks with a recurve than most compound shooters ever will, and I don't think any of the land he hunted was ever leased, and much of it was public grounds ? I'm talking 180"-220" bucks and bigger.

I don't think he wanted to do a whitetail tour, or make alot of videos, or use his name to start big hunting outfitting places etc.

My point is ...... he's a blue collar type hunter in the way he did his hunting.

So are many other guys - but you won't hear about them because they aren't high profile.

That Wensel buck, Woody ...... a dandy, but I bet there were 100 bucks bigger than him (score wise) killed the same year and you didn't hear about them.

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Buster,
Yep Roger r. Is deffinately a great if not the greatest bowhunter of all time, Read all his books. Great Blue Collar type of guy, I don,t think his son is following in Dads foot steps though.
Tj