Turtle, what I have trying to say is the new poachers of today have much more to gain by the poaching of ilegal bucks and selling them for profit, there are buyers for them. The average hunter like us who follows the rules have very limited chances to make money for hunting. In the event we harvest a gigantic rack and all is legal and good, use it for whatever you want. My point has and continues to be that poachers have money on their minds when shooting big rack bucks. Poachers are poachers! Industry has promoted a lot of the greed and will continue to do so. Ego doesn't pay the poacher bills. This could be a geographic issue, because the money for bucks is well known in the midwest. But I totally agree with the overall concensus, we are what we are, how others judge us, keeps us in check in the integrity, honesty, and credibility department. We must to the best of our ability do whats right 100% of the time, if that happens, we never have a reason to look over our shoulder. |