Exploitation of wildlife
I find the current trend in hunting disturbing.It seems to me that the whitetailed deer has become the victim of many hunters hunting for the sole reason of self glorification or financial gain. The hunting industry promotes this behavior by sponsoring of so called hunting shows that focus on the taking of trophy class whitetails claiming the use of their products increased the odds of success.
This attitude has led to a current generation of hunters only interested posting their success on social media to gain attention. My news feeds are flooded with these self proclaimed pro staff hunters posing with their deer and the products they used to “harvest” their “mature” buck.
Multitudes of “hunting” shows have sprung up with “professional” hunters sometimes taking two or three buck a show that are larger racked than any buck the majority of hunters have ever taken. Many of these so called hunters are going down in flames secondary to breaking laws in an effort to continue with their success. Many achieve success either by hunting game ranches, guided hunts on semi domesticated deer that have become less wild through years of low hunting pressure, game food plots...
I feel this current trend leads to dis satisfaction to the everyday hunter. Many feel they need to take these large antlered deer to feel successful. Some everyday Joe’s feel the need to cheat, lie, scam others with false claims of success, mid representation of facts all in the name of glory or profit.
On a personal note, I’ve had at least three buck stolen from me where another hunter finds the deer I’ve shot and tags it and escapes before I can catch them. We’ve had several guys on here claiming to be super hunters where the truth be known their lying through their teeth with either blatant lies or doing something illegal to achieve hunting success.
I continually see guys on here and other social media sites where after much study could say beyond a reasonable doubt that the successful hunter has done something illegal or misrepresented the facts to their claim to fame. My whole point for posting this is so the average hunter doesn’t feel threatened by others success when in fact the majority of those highly successful hunters are frauds. I hate to sound so negative but more times than not my theory is true. If something sounds to good to be true it usually is not.
I find the current trend in hunting disturbing.It seems to me that the whitetailed deer has become the victim of many hunters hunting for the sole reason of self glorification or financial gain. The hunting industry promotes this behavior by sponsoring of so called hunting shows that focus on the taking of trophy class whitetails claiming the use of their products increased the odds of success.
This attitude has led to a current generation of hunters only interested posting their success on social media to gain attention. My news feeds are flooded with these self proclaimed pro staff hunters posing with their deer and the products they used to “harvest” their “mature” buck.
Multitudes of “hunting” shows have sprung up with “professional” hunters sometimes taking two or three buck a show that are larger racked than any buck the majority of hunters have ever taken. Many of these so called hunters are going down in flames secondary to breaking laws in an effort to continue with their success. Many achieve success either by hunting game ranches, guided hunts on semi domesticated deer that have become less wild through years of low hunting pressure, game food plots...
I feel this current trend leads to dis satisfaction to the everyday hunter. Many feel they need to take these large antlered deer to feel successful. Some everyday Joe’s feel the need to cheat, lie, scam others with false claims of success, mid representation of facts all in the name of glory or profit.
On a personal note, I’ve had at least three buck stolen from me where another hunter finds the deer I’ve shot and tags it and escapes before I can catch them. We’ve had several guys on here claiming to be super hunters where the truth be known their lying through their teeth with either blatant lies or doing something illegal to achieve hunting success.
I continually see guys on here and other social media sites where after much study could say beyond a reasonable doubt that the successful hunter has done something illegal or misrepresented the facts to their claim to fame. My whole point for posting this is so the average hunter doesn’t feel threatened by others success when in fact the majority of those highly successful hunters are frauds. I hate to sound so negative but more times than not my theory is true. If something sounds to good to be true it usually is not.
