Not that I think anyone would admit to it, but how do you think you can tell if someone is hunting for self vs trying to impress others?'' I really believe it is pretty easy to spot on the forums
I really do just hunt for myself.. the way I was taught by my father. But.. unlike dad.. I have a little too much piss in me.. and like to show-off some to a few select friends. Even you chumps sometimes. And I say chumps.. respectfully. It's just my way of talking.. no harm meant.. peeps. I try not to.. but the vanity of it all.. is a beotch. Never could figure out how dad always did it.
I never try to impress anyone, nor care what anyone else does Whacha see is whacha get - take it or leave it -no sweat off my behind either way
Maybe it is because I was not raised in a hunting household, did not hang around many people that hunted, nor currently hang around but 1 person that hunts........but I do not care. I really just ease into the woods with my bow, arrows, mismatched camo and hunt. I love it.
I hunt for fun but I will be the first to run next door to show off a monster if I shoot one and talk a little trash but I try to do this around people who know Im just playin.
When I was in my early 20's I hunted with some guys that just would'nt shoot anything. I mean it had to be a true wall hanger! I found my self trying to have the same expectations. The problem was they were getting their expectations from T.V. shows filmed in the mid-west. We just don't have mid-west bucks in AL. So for several years I let several bucks walk that were larger than I'd ever killed in AL. One in particular was a nice 140 class 10 pt. After that day I realized that I was hunting for them and not for me. I think thats what you were talking about Preacher Tony?
Doesn't bother me at all ... Isuck at Bowhunting and I know it :D There is something freeing about being honest with myself ... I rejoice with all those that are successful ... you know that, Jeff ... I am tickled you have nailed 2 .. my money is on you, always. I am talking about guys that can't seem t accept what others shoot ar even try and understan how another hunter hunts or what he hunts ....
I agree with this 100%!!! yeah people do try to impress other on here but a serous bowhunter does a lot of work all year long so he or she is successful and if hes doing that just to impress some people he doesnt know on a forum.....its pretty sad.
I haven't shot a buck since who-knows-when and I killed a doe fawn in December last year. I think its pretty obvious I hunt for fame. Look for my book coming out soon. Pending title..."Killing fawns near a food source in December". This is cutting edge stuff.
What's worse are those who hunt to impress themselves.:D They don't care what anyone else thinks, just as long as they can look in the mirror and say, "You go you Bad Ass deer killer you!!":D
I guess both. I hunt for my own reasons, but some of these reasons were CERTAINLY influenced by outside factors. Think I'd have ever just up and went to Alaska had I not admired the stories/pictures of those who have went before and envied that experience enough that I went myself? I plan to hunt all over this continent, but I probably wouldn't care in the least about that goal had it not been for others sharing their experiences and influencing me to want to do the same. I don't need the approval of others for what I do as hard or better, I just like sharing my stories (success or failure) with others so I can relive the tale again.
