A cheaper model was stolen from an area that I had scouted. I saw a couple of real nice bucks and sat the cam up on a Friday. I went back on Wednesday and it was gone.
I like to use the term that "Someone Sold Their Soul for $84.99", because that was the cost of the Bushnell camera.
The entitlement mentatlity and lack of moral value is climbing amongst our hunting community.
I had quite a conversation with an ifisher that doesn't have much nice to say. After bashing him a couple of times and him bashing me, we started to talk on email. Although I don't agree with a lot of what this guy has to say or his eliteist attitude, I do agree that a lot of hunters are not societies best representatives.
I talk to almost every hunter that I come in contact with and I gotta tell yah, I am disappointed in their lack of knowledge concerning their sport and some of the unethical things that spew out of their mouth. I am no longer surprised when someone loses a trail cam, or I hear that they just missed a bow shot at 90 yards, and although I am starting to have a preconceived notion about each hunter I approach, I do keep an open mind and know anyone can change.
With that said, I am no saint and have a history like most people. I still make mistakes, but stealing another persons property is disgraceful.
I have run across several bowhunters this year at road closures early in the morning or late in the evening and most of these guys have their stuff wired tight. I ran into several on the eastside at the RV Park I stayed in and I couldn't believe some of their stories. I found myself asking questions like: isn't that a little far to be shooting (90 yards)? or how many have you wounded this season? The troubling thing is that these guys and gals talk like this is just as common as Kool Aid. It wasn't comfortable to talk to a truck full of guys and ask some questions that really put them on the spot, but I just couldn't help myself.
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