Atlas, hard times fall upon many people. You obviously have been "fortunate" to not have anything bad happen to you. I have been "fortunate" as well. That being said, I understand your approach in that you worked hard to get the things that you have. So have I, and I wouldn't have it any other way. But there are others that have worked just as hard as you and I that are not as "fortunate". Bad things can and do happen to good people, often crippling them financially. Some people are not intelligent enough to work in a job where they make a lot of money. The world still uses laborers, often in low paying positions. Some of these people are too lazy to work for anything else, while for others this is all that they can manage. You can tell the difference between somebody that wants to work and somebody that doesn't. So why bash the guy that does his best, but still can't afford a place to hunt? You make it sound that you would prefer that guy not even hunt. This may or may not be your intention, but that's what I gather from what you have posted so far. Sorry, forgot to add. I doubt that anybody is going to come to my house asking to hunt when they don't even have a mode of transportation or a weapon.
Your dad's limitations don't bother me in the least. It's your arrogant attitude that is rubbing people the wrong way. I'm glad that you are getting to spend time in the woods with your dad. At the end of the day big antlers are just a bonus. It's the time and memories spent with family and friends that you will look back on and cherish the most. Happy hunting to both you and your dad.
I never meant the lesser money route was somehow degrading.........I grew up as middle class as it gets, blue collar through and through. What I said was the article is BS because it acts like if you just "work harder" you will kill bigger bucks. In reality all you need is better land. I wouldn't stay in NY to kill the 150's to win that bet
Cheapness is not a sense LOL So you would dig the basement yourself by hand or would you buy or rent a backhoe??
No........not at all. Getting prime land is all you need to do to kill bigger bucks. My distaste for mooching off others has been twisted by some into sounding like something else entirely.
They can take stuff and or damage your land as well as get hurt or killed and sue you. You're not giving your tangible (as if land is not tangible lol) stuff away......you're just letting them use it when you're not. The list of reasons to butcher on your own is longer then this thread.
Six figure student loans paid back at stiff interest. My dad was in the steel mill for 37 years and mom worked at a candy and ice cream shop. No silver spoon here.........just hard work, values and goals. And for the record, I look down on no one..........that is foolish.
That is the worst advice I have ever seen written. Please don't pass that along to anyone at a young age.
Respect the back life quoted, and if the last statement is true than it is merely your delivery brother that needs assistance. I love brutal honesty, but even it needs crafted with respect. Situations are all different, and need respected. I currently can't afford a place of my very own titled land...but I work my butt off to keep what I do have through working for the landowners, proper liability release forms, thanking them in actions and gifts as I can afford....the entire time I work a full time job with the outlook of expanding into something very "good" (in the worldy money sense of the word), a part time job to help justify spending money from time to time on non-essential items (bow, cameras, food plot seed and such) and currently operating a website dedicated to those hunting small acre parcels.... .....you view me as lazy and wrong for not yet being able to own my own place so be it....
So you say that all you need to kill bigger bucks is prime land? No knowledge, woodsmanship, studying topo maps, habitat improvement, QDM, practice, sweat off your brow, etc? I have access to prime land, and I promise, that is not all that it takes to consistently kill big bucks.
I don't think he really believes any of that crap. I've always believed that he just likes to argue and he has no problem playing the devil's advocate in order to keep himself entertained.
It's economics. Not every person can be wealthy. If every person had a million dollars, then nobody would be wealthy. If everyone had a billion dollars, then nobody would be wealthy. In order for some to have wealth, others need to lack it. There will always be disparity, even if every person works as hard as they can. You are delusional if you think every person in the world is able to be wealthy. The economy does not work that way.
Thought this was ironic to cross my Facebook news feed while this thread was active. Applies to money, time, knowledge, fill in the blank. The only thing keeping you from killing big bucks is you...
I would also agree that you can't kill what's not there, but I think a big thing that is often forgotten is defining what is a big buck. Here in NC we aren't likely to have many Iowa class deer, but there are still older bucks to be hunted and the occasional 130 or 140 class (and sometimes more). Knowing the area you hunt is a big factor to defining expectations. But if John Eberhart can kill mature bucks on public land in Michigan, they can be found almost anywhere (though they won't be boomers everywhere). And as for me, this year I am going to work at nailing down good entrance and exit routes and concealing my stands better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
