I just got back in town from my first trip to northern Missouri with John Bender this past Friday. Based on your post, it appears that I had quite a different experience from what you had. I will give you a brief synopsis of our hunt so we can compare notes. We hunted from November 3rd to the 8th. The beginning of the trip was warm weather, and the tail end was starting to get cold, and with that we began to see some great rut activity. Ours was the only group in camp (4 of us) and I found the accommodations to be excellent. There are very comfortable beds enough for 8 men, there is a full kitchen with sink, dish washer, fridge, dining table, living room with tv and a bunch of hunting videos and a washer and dryer. I was surprisingly impressed by the home cooked meals each evening.... A few of which were, shrimp, prime cut steaks, pork chops & meatloaf (all with a side and a veggie). Each morning, two of us in our group would follow John to the stands that we would be sitting, while the other two would ride with John or his son. I appreciated the idea of being able to drive my own vehicle to and from our hunting location, so if and when we needed a vehicle we didn't have to rely on somebody else. The stands were comfortable and set up correctly. Out of our group, 3 deer were shot (2 bucks & 1 doe), and several younger bucks and does were passed up. This hunt was my fifth Midwest whitetail deer hunt, and I was very happy with my decision to hunt with John Bender. Not only would I hunt with him again, I have actually already booked two upcoming hunts with him (a turkey hunt in 2013, and a deer hunt in 2014).
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I know a number of people he has screwed and one had his rights revoked because John Bender told him he was legal and he wasn't.
Same guy said that Bender scared him when a giant whitetail jumped up out of a ditch and Bender was yelling at him to grab his rifle. My buddy wasn't about to be a part of that so he didn't do it and he said that Bender had fire in his eyes and venom in his voice when the deer finally ran off and he started cussing my buddy
Stay away from that clown
John Bender is the most unethical, crooked , lying piece of garbage I have ever met. I can only hope that this ruins him, financially and personally!
That dentist you are referring to was NOT his business partner and his statements helped put Bender away. He was subpoenaed to testify and was looking forward to doing so. He was a victim in this fiasco as well, he trusted that what Bender told him was true and he was legal. Bender SCREWED him out of a lot of money
FWIW that "dentist" that you mistakingly refer to as his "partner" feels the same way you do. He wishes he would go to prison for a long damn time.
brbrooks, he is waiting sentencing for the Lacey Act charges, if he hasn't been already. I was told the date of sentencing, but dont remember it now.
You claim to have your facts straight yet you didn't even get the date of your hunt right, I had to tell you that too. I am not trying to be ugly here but the "dentist" you refer to didn't plea out of anything and he was never a partner of John Benders. He trusted John when John told him they were legally hunting with a "landowner tag" It was a horrible deal and he is happy to that John Bender is getting hammered. I hate to see anybody give false statements about the "dentist" as he is a damn good guy and somebody I consider a friend
Look, I am not trying to give you a bunch of grief so let me just say thanks for calling the authorities and helping to hammer that piece of trash Bender