WOW!!!

[fnfredux]

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[DM]

That's the "spider bull", and i'm NOT impressed at all...

Why?? Because this guy paid "teams" of guys to find the bull for him... They took a month, blocking roads ect.. to keep others out, so no one else would shoot it... Once they found the bull, they followed it, and radioed to bring in the "shooter", notice i didn't say "hunter!!!"

BTW, he shot at it and missed it the first time, and the team had to go find it again and call him back for the second shot!

DM

[flatwater]

I have a friend in Ohio that raises white tails. He had a huge buck he called big boy. World class antlers , done with his breading, So he put him up for sale. A guy from new york city paid him 25,000.00 for him. A month after he left a friend of his from New York mailed him a news paper article showing this guy with a dead big boy claiming he shot it somewhere in upstate New York. The fortunate thing is to many new big boy and the transaction that took place. A number of them called the news paper with "the rest of the story"

[Hampster]

So..DM... who's the guy in the picture?

[Hampster]

flatwater.. according to another story in this section he could have sold it in Mexico for a million.. lol...

But.. that is sot typical...

[DM]

So..DM... who's the guy in the picture? *

I forget his name, but his son was on a loooooooong thread on another forum trying to defend the way his dad took the bull...

I think that bull cost that guy something like $200,000.00 by the time he got it...

It sure is sad to see what hunting has become!

DM

[Hampster]

Well.. that's too bad..

[deeker]

DM, you old trouble maker. Where is my rifle??? Send it.

This elk was shot about a 100 miles from where I live. True about the guides. He is a crook, and will get his in time.

Gives the rest of us hunters a bad name though.

[Catalpa]

I have to say I have never understood why some people shoot 'trophies'. *It just seems ridiculous to nail some dead animal up on your wall and smugly sit there and say "I shot it". *So what? *You want a medal? *You're proud because you shot a beautiful animal in the prime of it's life, just to nail it to the wall?

In my opinion (which, with a couple dollars will buy a cup of coffee) it's senseless to shoot something unless you're going to eat it, being thankful to have the meat, or it's something dangerous that threatens your home or family. *For instance, I have to shoot raccoons that tear up my porch and growl and hiss and pick fights with the dog. *

I have no respect for guys like this.

[duckidaho]

Looks like it would be awfully tough eating. Russ

[Whtail]

I decided 30 yrs ago to hunt & fish for the meat for my family eats. If the deer that I harvested had a rack? Great, easier to drag. The big ones make alot a burger and sausage.
Truth is, the smaller does taste better and my family is more likely to eat this wonderful, natural bounty.

I recently watched a "Hunter" on TV, from the comfort of a heated, RV w/snow track, run down a Polar bear with dogs until the bear was so tired he literally couldn't lift his own head.
Then while surrounded by dogs and being harasses from several directions by these dogs, this oh so brave hunter, approached on the blind side and placed his a lethal arrow shot from 20 yds.

Trophies are for bowlers and Little Leagers

[flatwater]

Good post WHtail, I couldn't agree more

[Watonga_Jim]

This reminds me of the wild boar hoax a few years back with people that think they are hunters. What a load of crap.

Jim

[silvergramma]

i wanna see the wall its hanging on lol

[Kyhome]

whtail you got that right bowlers and little leagers I like that line. meat to eat not look at should be the first reason to be hunting i think. as a second option, or bonus they want to hang the mount on the wall I have no problem with as long as was an open in the wilds hunt and not some pen raised critter getting shot for a fee.

[rdbrumfield]

Reminds me of the Teddybear.

Do you remember where it got it's name.
Well, President Theodore Roosevelt came to town and was known as an avid hunter. Of course the town put on it's best to show him a good time. After dinner they asked if he would like to go on a bear hunt. Bully of an idea, well they took him to a young bear that was tied to a tree.
He looked at that and put his gun away, this is not a hunt, it is murder.

[silvertip]

I have to agree, the trophy is the animal, not the rack.
A doe can be a trophy if it is your first deer, or if you had to work harder to get it than any other animal you have ever taken.
A trophy is defined by the hunt, not the rack.

Over many years of hunting for example, I have taken a lot of elk. 90% have been dry cows. (cows with no calf).
The meat is spectacular.

My brother drew a tag in an area managed for "Trophy" elk, and he took a large 7x8 bull. That meat was so tough and strong he had to have the whole thing made into sausage and burger to eat it! :P

I hunt for meat. If a good buck or bull blunders into me, I won't turn up my nose, usually, But I am picky about my winter meat.

A few years ago, my wife and I were hunting with a good friend of mine. We jumped a bunch of elk in heavy timber. I managed to run across their line of escape and was standing there as a very nice 5 point bull came by at 30 yards. This was opening of rifle season, not too long after the rut, and this guy was in rough shape. Skinny, looked worn out. I let him go. Same for the smaller 4 point that was following him. But the little 2 point bringing up the rear was fat as a hog! He filled the freezer nicely. ::)

Point is, you don't eat the rack, but the rack on the wall is a way to be transported back in time to the moment of the hunt every time you look at it, IF it was fairly earned. ;D

[silvertip]

I have to agree, the trophy is the animal, not the rack.
A doe can be a trophy if it is your first deer, or if you had to work harder to get it than any other animal you have ever taken.
A trophy is defined by the hunt, not the rack.

Over many years of hunting for example, I have taken a lot of elk. 90% have been dry cows. (cows with no calf).
The meat is spectacular.

My brother drew a tag in an area managed for "Trophy" elk, and he took a large 7x8 bull. That meat was so tough and strong he had to have the whole thing made into sausage and burger to eat it! :P

I hunt for meat. If a good buck or bull blunders into me, I won't turn up my nose, usually, But I am picky about my winter meat.

A few years ago, my wife and I were hunting with a good friend of mine. We jumped a bunch of elk in heavy timber. I managed to run across their line of escape and was standing there as a very nice 5 point bull came by at 30 yards. This was opening of rifle season, not too long after the rut, and this guy was in rough shape. Skinny, looked worn out. I let him go. Same for the smaller 4 point that was following him. But the little 2 point bringing up the rear was fat as a hog! He filled the freezer nicely. ::)

Point is, you don't eat the rack, but the rack on the wall is a way to be transported back in time to the moment of the hunt every time you look at it, IF it was fairly earned. ;D

[remington]

To me the hunt is not for antlers. Not even for meat ultimately. What I am hunting for is something a little deeper. True I am grateful fro the meat. It is all the meat we will get for the year. But there is peace not know by modern man in the woods. A fulfillment not know by your average man or woman in pursuing their next meal literally. You breath differently, you look differently. You find a new respect for life as a whole. Not to say that you turn tree hugger. Absolutely not! But you see that for one thing to live, another must die.