Another take on the "stages" of a hunter....
04-09-2008, 07:23 AM
#141
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
RE: Another take on the "stages" of a hunter....
As for my part in this, I have no excuses just a long work day followed by the fact of with this cast on my arm I can't even twist the top off of my own beer.[
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04-09-2008, 07:27 AM
#142
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast, Va
Posts: 3,965
RE: Another take on the "stages" of a hunter....
Jeff, Im not telling you that you are wrong for taking up the trad bow, in fact when you posted that you were going to do it I said cool. I still can't believe that this has turned south for all of us. I just stated my opinion about using hunting as a mechanism or fuel to challenge yourself, whether that be gun, bow, knife whatever.. I just believe that hunting is more than just getting fix afor a challenge, it is who we are as men and or women and it connects all of us to our past as early man. You know I teach history and I have to teach about early man andhow hesurvived, which included hunting to stay alive. It is personal I know, but it is wrong to look at hunting soley as a challenge so we can feel we accomplished or overcame a challenge by killing something. For me it is way to connect to that, it is a challenge in itself already, there is nothing wrong broadening your horizons, I commend you for that, but are you hunting for the challenge or are you hunting because it is what stirs you? Do you what you want, use it for a challenge then, I still think it's wrong to use it to meet your goals as a challenge. I do not expect you to change your mind, nor do i want to change your mind. You asked how we felt about it, and I simply told you.
04-09-2008, 07:35 AM
#145
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southeast, VA
Posts: 2,119
RE: Another take on the "stages" of a hunter....
I guess Deep Thoughts & Misinterpretations Forum would'nt fit so they just went with Bowhunting Forum for the title. By the way, any one have anything useful on that topic, actual bowhunting? No, oh well maybe tomorrow.
04-09-2008, 07:39 AM
#148
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: Another take on the "stages" of a hunter....
ORIGINAL: NEW61375
I guess Deep Thoughts & Misinterpretations Forum would'nt fit so they just went with Bowhunting Forum for the title. By the way, any one have anything useful on that topic, actual bowhunting? No, oh well maybe tomorrow.
I guess Deep Thoughts & Misinterpretations Forum would'nt fit so they just went with Bowhunting Forum for the title. By the way, any one have anything useful on that topic, actual bowhunting? No, oh well maybe tomorrow.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2754724
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04-09-2008, 07:39 AM
#149
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
Posts: 6,453
RE: Another take on the "stages" of a hunter....
No true offense taken VA.. it's just right here..
You made (or I interpretted it as) You were among a different class of hunters as you have been in the woods during changing times.This expirience made you appreciate things differently. While I share some of this belief. I do hunt better bucks, (call it rack hunting, trophy hunting, whatever) for the challenge.
So while we come from similiar backgrounds and home-raisings, our goals now have evolved differently. No right or wrong..just different.
I thinkyou couldlearn something from me and many otherson the hunting side of this tradtion if you were listen. Remember Jeff, guys like myself, Jim. Dan, Schultzy, can remember when deer were not so numerous, and when I was young and beginning I grabbed on to advice from the old guys and soaked it up. We have seen it when herds were much smaller 15-20 yrs ago
So while we come from similiar backgrounds and home-raisings
, our goals now have evolved differently. No right or wrong..just different.