As I continued researching the site, I began to realize that we as Wisconsin hunters are in a bit of a pickle. There are many people out there (and I guess I was unaware) that when it comes to hunting can be immature, fool hearted and have the nuclear potential to damage this sport in ways they have little clue. They appear to make up a fairly good portion of "hunters" and it concerns me.
Someone posted a picture of a party driving down the street with a nice buck attached to a trailer hitch gambrel skinning device of a small Neon type vehicle. This is how those choose to bring home their deer apparently. Comments flooded in about it's the "redneck way" and "Yee Ha" and so on and so forth. People posting "LOL"...
Am I too sensitive and thin skinned because I found nothing funny about it.
I found it disrespectful to the animal and damaging to the image of the WI hunter.
I posted that we need to be concerned of our "image" as hunters and be wary of the "anti-hunter" force that even as we speak threatens our existence..I tried to emphasis that this is something that needs to be taken seriously by us. Many people are "fence sitters" on "Is hunting and are hunters good responsible " issue(s). These folks have heard stories either way and don't really have an opinion until they see something stupid like this along with foolish posts supporting it.
"Fence sitters" can go either way. they don't really have opinion on hunting ...until they see crap like this. So the next time I knock on the door to ask permission - I become one of those idiots in their minds. People can be very judgmental, as you could have been 550 miles away at the time of this "unfortunate" incident but you are now guilty by "association" - your a hunter and this is the way ALL hunters act. Not true - but don't argue with a landowner.
As sportsman we need to show respect for the animal we pursue in everyway! My niece shot a huge 10 point at 15. Later I saw that she had placed Huge sunglasses and a hat on it, once taxidermy was done . Uncle Pat "schooled" her and it proudly sits in her Mother's living room for everyone to enjoy.
We need to be vigilant and these days...people are watching us. Their making decisions. We cannot afford to act the "fool" in public.
I am definitely spoiled with the caliber of sportsmen and sportswomen that grace the pages of this site. Spoiled in the sense that I look to many here - almost everyone of you, as the "upper crust" of sportsman and ladies of the sport.
The caliber of hunters that grace these pages are definitely a "cut above" in many ways!
Thank you for being safe and responsible individuals and one's that show respect and dignity for the hunt and the game we pursue. You are so refreshing to an old man with many "old" ways.
It is especially important now that hunting is a vanishing rural culture, mostly now for sport and horn porn. Voters do not sympathize with horn hunting and orgasmic fist pumping to celebrate an injury or death. A real turn off actually, even to many hunters.
I will say that I am not always all about being "PC", but this doesn't even get close to that line... It is just dumb at several levels.
What State are the plates from? They don't look like WI to me.
My major concern is not so much what thuis moroon did with transporting the deer. Maybe a 100 people of so saw that.
My issue is with the idiot tht thought this was funny and posted it to social media for the world to see. It was posted on a hunting forum and the hillbilly comments were shocking as people applauded this.
We have to wake up! Well not us, we get it, but the clowns that post this and subsequently support it with their off the wall banter.
Our sport is in danger as was are in the minority - more people do not hunt than do....and our numbers are shrinking every year that goes by! What is it, like 70%..80% of all the land in WI is privately owned? Do you and I want to be rejected at the doorstep of a landowner because of some stupid shit some idiot did when out in public. People can be judgmental and group us all as one.
To top this off, another idiot thought it would be a good idea to post on social media a trail cam picture of a doe that was shot in the shoulder. The arrow dragging along. Matted blood covered the deer's side as well.
What the hell?
What is the point? Do we want to provide the "Humane Society of America" and "PETA" with more fodder for their slide shows against hunting?
I wonder how long we'll be around and how long my kids will hunt. So sad.....
This is Wisconsin...not east Kentucky.
I like to think many are made of more stoic genes that don't need to do silly things for attention and acceptance.
So the deer hunters do get crazy and obnoxious, but it is for basically one week and many of them hunt on their own property....other types of hunting seem to come across much more brazen and bold that rub people the wrong way more than a few loudmouths in November....come mid December, you won't hear from them for another 11 months.
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The shot shows a poor placement. I get it, it happens, but why promote it through a deer mount?
