Here's an alternative idea. Just be glad the other person IS hunting unless they're doing it irresponsibly or illegally. Show how you feel about hunting by doing what you do. There's always going to be a one-upper, no matter what you've hunted. Nothing short of a solo griz hunt, or tracking a wounded cape buffalo in the long grass is going to impress them - and even not then sometimes.
Idk about what other people consider “real hunts” but I guarantee you they ain’t going where I go and doing what I do and taking home these 200” bucks! The first thing that has to happen to take home a 200” buck is the buck has to exist… it would be like going shopping in the middle of the ocean for flour and milk. I’ve killed some nice bucks where I hunt but those monsters just ain’t there. For me a mature 9 pointer with a symmetrical rack is a monster! A 10 or 12 is nonexistent! I’ve found that the bucks around here have nice, symmetrical racks but they just don’t get huge!
I hate to comment twice but you covered a ton on this video! I had a guy comment on one of my videos where I painted a deer skull with fluorescent paint. He said I was “disrespecting the deer”.. what about when I shot it in the heart with a 30/30. Guess that wasn’t disrespectful at all… 🤣. IMO if you really “respect” a deer you’d just shoot it with a camera and not a gun. I guess I don’t respect deer because I blast em!
You're fine with what you've done. To show respect to the animal is to give thanks that the Great Spirit presented the animal for you to take. Traditionally you show respect by using every part of the animal and nothing goes to waste. The Fur, the Bones, the Organs and of course all the meat. To kill an animal and leave it laying to rot, well that's kinda disrespectful. Then again, if another animal comes along at night and eats it you could say it's not wasted. To me what's disrespectful is to wound an animal and then taunt it as it's trying to escape. I had a former friend that clipped a Whitetail in it's spine with a high shot. As the buck was trying to drag it's body away it was in pain and grunting loudly, as my friend was poking at it with his rifle while laughing and taunting it. The rest of us were screaming at him to shoot it in the head and end it's suffering, but he kept taunting it. So, I walked up and shot the deer in the head. He was pissed cause the head shot ruined the skull so he couldn't mount it. I told him I didn't give a shit, and we never spoke again. I don't need friends like that.
Unless you’re chasing deer and bison with hand made spear while wearing a loin cloth then I don’t really care what you think is real hunting and what is not. Technology changes and people use that and their brains to hunt as efficiently as possible. Who gets to draw the line?
Its not being envious of what others have its about how unfare it is now that the working man cant kill a dear unless hes born into some land or daddies money.. Monetized deer hunting is just unfair. God gave all of us these deer not just the rich here in TX.
The way we hunt here in Texas is NOT hunting! Thats due to laziness on part of the hunter the other is the rich man and high fence mafia have taken over.. The lack of public hunting land here in Texas make it impossible to pack in, stalk and hunt, skin and 1/4 and pack out. At least a two day hunt. Charles Beatly style.. i envy the hunters up in the north east and the vast amount of public hunting. Those dudes hunt for real, is here in tx ambush of corn 100 yrds away with a 300 WM!
It is a fact that there is not as much public hunting land, regardless of the size of states, as there is in other states. Upper west and midwest not only have more BLM land, but it is wide open. You have to shoot longer range because there are not a lot of trees to hide in. For example, in Texas, there is a drawing for mule deer hunt at the Caprock Canyon SP near Turkey, Texas (south and a bit east of Amarillo.) Most of the year, there is not hunting. It is just a a state park for hunting and hiking. So, mostly scrub brush, no dense forest to hang tree stands in. As opposed to east and northeast Texas, where it is a forest primeval. And the sight lines are shorter. The other problem is that not much of the public land allows rifle hunting. Only during drawn hunts. Cooper WMA is archery only except for the drawn management hunts. Most of the public land is archery only. Also, counties can have different rules. Grayson County does not allow crossbows without a doctor's note but Fannin County does allow crossbow, no note. The other problem with hunting on public land that I have found is deer drive hunting. Mostly from people from other cultures. 4 or 5 guys go in and one is the posted shooter. The others walk through the woods trying to pressure deer to the shooter. And this can ruin it for anyone else. Deer are not smart, they are skiddish as hell. But they know what time of year it is. Back before the chinaman in the WH, when a lease was affordable, one of my colleagues would go out in late spring to early summer to do clean-up and brush work on his lease. He could sit in his camp chair and drink a beer and deer would be within 20 yards paying no attention and browsing. Same spot in November? Ghost town.
Been watching your episodes it’s some good shit. Thanks for the info and comedy.
That’s why I love Texas so much, reminds me of Africa…😂
The answer I believe is as simple as predator vs. prey! Things with forward facing eyes tend to be a little more inelegant!
"To hunt is not to kill but to kill is to have hunted ." Some guy a long time ago.....
Here's an alternative idea. Just be glad the other person IS hunting unless they're doing it irresponsibly or illegally. Show how you feel about hunting by doing what you do. There's always going to be a one-upper, no matter what you've hunted. Nothing short of a solo griz hunt, or tracking a wounded cape buffalo in the long grass is going to impress them - and even not then sometimes.
Idk about what other people consider “real hunts” but I guarantee you they ain’t going where I go and doing what I do and taking home these 200” bucks! The first thing that has to happen to take home a 200” buck is the buck has to exist… it would be like going shopping in the middle of the ocean for flour and milk. I’ve killed some nice bucks where I hunt but those monsters just ain’t there. For me a mature 9 pointer with a symmetrical rack is a monster! A 10 or 12 is nonexistent! I’ve found that the bucks around here have nice, symmetrical racks but they just don’t get huge!
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I hate to comment twice but you covered a ton on this video! I had a guy comment on one of my videos where I painted a deer skull with fluorescent paint. He said I was “disrespecting the deer”.. what about when I shot it in the heart with a 30/30. Guess that wasn’t disrespectful at all… 🤣. IMO if you really “respect” a deer you’d just shoot it with a camera and not a gun. I guess I don’t respect deer because I blast em!
I think you can respect something yet still dispatch it .
I think painting it’s skull isn’t disrespectful at all.
You're fine with what you've done. To show respect to the animal is to give thanks that the Great Spirit presented the animal for you to take. Traditionally you show respect by using every part of the animal and nothing goes to waste. The Fur, the Bones, the Organs and of course all the meat. To kill an animal and leave it laying to rot, well that's kinda disrespectful. Then again, if another animal comes along at night and eats it you could say it's not wasted.
To me what's disrespectful is to wound an animal and then taunt it as it's trying to escape. I had a former friend that clipped a Whitetail in it's spine with a high shot. As the buck was trying to drag it's body away it was in pain and grunting loudly, as my friend was poking at it with his rifle while laughing and taunting it. The rest of us were screaming at him to shoot it in the head and end it's suffering, but he kept taunting it. So, I walked up and shot the deer in the head. He was pissed cause the head shot ruined the skull so he couldn't mount it. I told him I didn't give a shit, and we never spoke again. I don't need friends like that.
The world is full of fudds and karens. What they deserve is a blank stare and a nice round of STFU.
I’m a Midwest bow hunter. I don’t consider hunting. I sit in a tree and shoot deer are not as basic as it gets damn good at it to.
What if both of you were on camera
Unless you’re chasing deer and bison with hand made spear while wearing a loin cloth then I don’t really care what you think is real hunting and what is not. Technology changes and people use that and their brains to hunt as efficiently as possible. Who gets to draw the line?
You don't hunt deer????.... Why the hell not!!!!????
Its not being envious of what others have its about how unfare it is now that the working man cant kill a dear unless hes born into some land or daddies money.. Monetized deer hunting is just unfair. God gave all of us these deer not just the rich here in TX.
The way we hunt here in Texas is NOT hunting! Thats due to laziness on part of the hunter the other is the rich man and high fence mafia have taken over.. The lack of public hunting land here in Texas make it impossible to pack in, stalk and hunt, skin and 1/4 and pack out. At least a two day hunt. Charles Beatly style.. i envy the hunters up in the north east and the vast amount of public hunting. Those dudes hunt for real, is here in tx ambush of corn 100 yrds away with a 300 WM!
It is a fact that there is not as much public hunting land, regardless of the size of states, as there is in other states. Upper west and midwest not only have more BLM land, but it is wide open. You have to shoot longer range because there are not a lot of trees to hide in.
For example, in Texas, there is a drawing for mule deer hunt at the Caprock Canyon SP near Turkey, Texas (south and a bit east of Amarillo.) Most of the year, there is not hunting. It is just a a state park for hunting and hiking. So, mostly scrub brush, no dense forest to hang tree stands in. As opposed to east and northeast Texas, where it is a forest primeval. And the sight lines are shorter.
The other problem is that not much of the public land allows rifle hunting. Only during drawn hunts. Cooper WMA is archery only except for the drawn management hunts. Most of the public land is archery only. Also, counties can have different rules. Grayson County does not allow crossbows without a doctor's note but Fannin County does allow crossbow, no note.
The other problem with hunting on public land that I have found is deer drive hunting. Mostly from people from other cultures. 4 or 5 guys go in and one is the posted shooter. The others walk through the woods trying to pressure deer to the shooter. And this can ruin it for anyone else.
Deer are not smart, they are skiddish as hell. But they know what time of year it is. Back before the chinaman in the WH, when a lease was affordable, one of my colleagues would go out in late spring to early summer to do clean-up and brush work on his lease. He could sit in his camp chair and drink a beer and deer would be within 20 yards paying no attention and browsing. Same spot in November? Ghost town.