I read about as much of this as I could stand. I got to here (below)

You can't be (whether you want to, or not.....nor can anyone else)....the sole arbiter of someone else's hunting experience. Who cares what you (or I...or anyone else) considers hunting? It's for the person experiencing the "hunt" to decide how to view it.

Someone mentioned "elitism". SPOT ON!

Todd....string up your recurve and let's go kill a few deer this fall. Wait....you don't what????

Nevermind.

(now...doesn't THAT sound silly?)

In the eloquent words of Mr. Rush Limbaugh......"Having an opinion, in and of itself, is nothing noble......if your opinion is dead wrong".

You mean this one?



Want me to help you dig that foot out of your mouth?

Why would I need to do that? And hey...nice bow. What kind is it? Specs? Are those beaver balls?

I think I killed 5 with mine, last year. I've got pictures.....but, posting them wouldn't make me feel any better about posting something stupid in the forum. And besides....I didn't (post anything stupid).

(nice deflection, though)

p.s. Got any pictures of one you killed with a knife? I saw Tred do it on TV. Told me he does it the hard way. Whatcha think he'd think of people hunting over food plots from a tree stand? You don't hunt from a stand......do you? Where does the elitist stupidity stop? Hand to hoof combat?

I got $50 on the deer.

I've finished one with a knife but never killed one outright with it. So Tred has me there and is free to voice any opinion about my style of hunting he so desires. Cause you see, when you are secure in what you are doing you don't need the affirmation of others. The loud screaming of some on here seems,to me, to be exposing their insecurity about what they do. Otherwise they shouldn't give a rip what I think since I have consistently stated that it shouldn't be made illegal.

You would be welcome to come hunt our land. Any stick bowman has my respect. My family has some fine hunting lands along the Alabama river and deer, turkey and hogs are quite plentiful. And as you might imagine you will not see a fence anywhere. LOL!

With no disrespect intended, Todd.....that road runs in both directions.

Post up a link to your hog kill thread. I like reading them. I haven't killed a hog with mine (yet). Was scheduled to go in May....but too busy.

Back to the topic...........

Bear Grizzly, 50lbs, Easton Legacy arrows, and back at that time a 150 grain Wensel Woodsman on the tip. Yes those are Beaver balls on the string. I now use a Zwickey No Mercy 2 blade head. Going for a little more penetration when big boar hogs are also in the mix.

I was serious about the link (to the story). I'd like to read it.

Nicely played Jeff, speak your mind and then kill 'em with kindness. I wish I had your ability to matter-of-factly stitch words. Sadly, my irish hot head and a heavy work load hinders my ability to calmly and rationally expressing my thoughts-not to mention absorbing material presented.

The bottomline, I doubt any of us are here for the purpose of ripping on people. On the contrary, we are here to draw valuable information, to learn, and teach wherever applicible. I lost sight of those objectives, and for that I am truly sorry.

Todd, please accept my apology. We erroneously made a lot of assumptions about each other. Would you please give me the opportunity to get to know you better? Like Jeff, I would love to have access to your successful pig hunting link. I truly feel you and I are more alike than we are different. Maybe through friendship we can bridge our differences-it helps knowing you are a bowhunter. I'd like to give it a try if you are willing.

Nicely said. We are all here to have productive discussions and some times we get a little hot under the collar. It takes a big man to apologize so a lot can be said for your character. We are all of the same flock just not all the same but we should stick together. We are all about 95% of the same mind and some times the 5% gets ugly that we are different on.