I agree Turtle. I'm not out there to make $$. That being said if I was fortunate enough to take a buck that could bring in $$, without selling it, I would do so in order to maybe go on that hunt of a life time. Once in a while I start to think about how much it costs per lb for a turkey, then I stop cause it just sounds stupid. The hunt is the main reason and I can't put a dollar value on that.
Like I tell my kids, sometimes its hard to do the right thing. Sometimes its not what you want to do, but right is right and anything else isn't. In this world the only thing you truly have is your word and your integrity, everything else can disappear so you don't want to ruin the only things that are yours and yours only by choosing to do the wrong thing. We all make mistakes and how we take ownership of those mistakes shows who we are. Its to easier at times to choose the wrong thing but the consequences are huge to your integrity and your word.
People get wrapped up in all the things going on that some just forget this. Others just don't give a crap.
These are the guys that ruin it for the rest of us. These are the guys that make people think that making $$ is bad or wrong because it pushes them in the wrong direction. They don't give a crap about right or wrong. These are the guys that non-hunters see, making them lump all hunters in that don't give a carp crowd.
I went through the bow hunters safety course with my son recently. I didn't have to but I did. They said some thing that really bothered me. They basically were saying as a hunter we should fly low under the radar. Keep a low profile. Don't attract attention. I couldn't disagree more. I think good hunters should be more vocal. Stand up and say the slob hunter is not what hunting is all about. I make it a point to let people know that I'm a hunter and give them the reasons why. I try to show them that these slobs aren't what its about. Maybe this silence form the good hunters has helped these poachers get away with their way of doing things. Maybe we need to stand up and be proud to be a hunter and take back hunting from these slob hunters and poachers.
Booger! my soap box just collapsed.
