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Hunting...Too Commercialized?
Uploaded on March 21, 2009Does anyone feel like hunting has become too commercialized? Scent blocker clothing, camo clothing, 1001 rifles and bows to choose from, rattling bags, buck calls, doe calls, climbing tree stands, food plots, and countless tv shows.
What ever happened to the time when you put on your wools, swampers (footwear), grabbed your good ole 30-30 and headed into the wooods for the enjoyment and to put food on the table for you and your family?
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It's gone along with good morals.
Nate
I think it is to commercialized. All that stuff and most of it you do not need. I feel sorry for the new hunters who think they need all of this stuff and go out and buy it.
True you do not "NEED" majority of the things that are ou there today, but it does help. Im not saying that "all" of it is needed, I mean Ive even seen chewing gum that masks your breathe!
But the stands and calls, the blinds and new rifles, they all are here to aid the hunter.
I agree that things are very over-rated and I would love it if we could go back and use SOME of the older methods, but I can tell you this much, Im not trading in my compound for a recurve and Im sure not replacing my Thermals for some old-skool type wool. Im sorry, but some things make it easier to take a trophy.
As I see it, the problem is that people think they can compensate for poor hunting, fishing, or outdoor's skills with more gear and more expensive gear. I can see if a guy gets to a point where his skills have taken him about as far as they can and the only way to get better is with better gear. Case in point are all the expensive high powered (by that I mean all the magnum cartridges, etc.) rifles with all the big scopes on them hunters use to compensate for not going to the range and getting good at shooting, understanding ballistics, etc. Granted, you will never kill elk with a .30-30 at 400 yards and once a person’s skill gets to the point where they are beyond the ability of their rifle then go and buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope. But don’t buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope to make up for the fact you can’t hit the broad side of a barn at 100 yards with iron sites.
As I see it, the problem is that people think they can compensate for poor hunting, fishing, or outdoor's skills with more gear and more expensive gear. I can see if a guy gets to a point where his skills have taken him about as far as they can and the only way to get better is with better gear. Case in point are all the expensive high powered (by that I mean all the magnum cartridges, etc.) rifles with all the big scopes on them hunters use to compensate for not going to the range and getting good at shooting, understanding ballistics, etc. Granted, you will never kill elk with a .30-30 at 400 yards and once a person’s skill gets to the point where they are beyond the ability of their rifle then go and buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope. But don’t buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope to make up for the fact you can’t hit the broad side of a barn at 100 yards with iron sites.
I almost have to laugh when I watch one of these so called hunting shows and right after the shot, next thing you know it turns into a commercial.
First thing he's telling you how this brand gun and this brand scope did the job for him.
I have had the same hunting guns and bow for over 25 years and you would be amazed that they are capable of still taking game.
I have a knife that was passed on to me that is over 50 years old. I have a world war 2 compass and a thermos that was my Grandfathers and all this equipment still works great.
My advice is get out in the woods and enjoy & stop worrying about all the stuff you see in magazines and TV.
Commenting on Bearclaw67's comments "I almost have to laugh when I watch one of these so called hunting shows and right after the shot, next thing you know it turns into a commercial."...It's sounds like a driver after he wins a NASCAR race when he starts thanking all his 36 sponsors. lol
Nothing says that you have to buy. If you do not that is great more power to you. Those things will not make hunter automatically better, but that stuff can give people some piece of mind and that in itself can make a person more comfortable in the woods. Do you think that back inthe day, if the technology was their they would not have used it?
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I think it is to commercialized. All that stuff and most of it you do not need. I feel sorry for the new hunters who think they need all of this stuff and go out and buy it.
It's gone along with good morals.
Nate
I almost have to laugh when I watch one of these so called hunting shows and right after the shot, next thing you know it turns into a commercial.
First thing he's telling you how this brand gun and this brand scope did the job for him.
I have had the same hunting guns and bow for over 25 years and you would be amazed that they are capable of still taking game.
I have a knife that was passed on to me that is over 50 years old. I have a world war 2 compass and a thermos that was my Grandfathers and all this equipment still works great.
My advice is get out in the woods and enjoy & stop worrying about all the stuff you see in magazines and TV.
Commenting on Bearclaw67's comments "I almost have to laugh when I watch one of these so called hunting shows and right after the shot, next thing you know it turns into a commercial."...It's sounds like a driver after he wins a NASCAR race when he starts thanking all his 36 sponsors. lol
True you do not "NEED" majority of the things that are ou there today, but it does help. Im not saying that "all" of it is needed, I mean Ive even seen chewing gum that masks your breathe!
But the stands and calls, the blinds and new rifles, they all are here to aid the hunter.
I agree that things are very over-rated and I would love it if we could go back and use SOME of the older methods, but I can tell you this much, Im not trading in my compound for a recurve and Im sure not replacing my Thermals for some old-skool type wool. Im sorry, but some things make it easier to take a trophy.
As I see it, the problem is that people think they can compensate for poor hunting, fishing, or outdoor's skills with more gear and more expensive gear. I can see if a guy gets to a point where his skills have taken him about as far as they can and the only way to get better is with better gear. Case in point are all the expensive high powered (by that I mean all the magnum cartridges, etc.) rifles with all the big scopes on them hunters use to compensate for not going to the range and getting good at shooting, understanding ballistics, etc. Granted, you will never kill elk with a .30-30 at 400 yards and once a person’s skill gets to the point where they are beyond the ability of their rifle then go and buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope. But don’t buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope to make up for the fact you can’t hit the broad side of a barn at 100 yards with iron sites.
As I see it, the problem is that people think they can compensate for poor hunting, fishing, or outdoor's skills with more gear and more expensive gear. I can see if a guy gets to a point where his skills have taken him about as far as they can and the only way to get better is with better gear. Case in point are all the expensive high powered (by that I mean all the magnum cartridges, etc.) rifles with all the big scopes on them hunters use to compensate for not going to the range and getting good at shooting, understanding ballistics, etc. Granted, you will never kill elk with a .30-30 at 400 yards and once a person’s skill gets to the point where they are beyond the ability of their rifle then go and buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope. But don’t buy a .300 Win Mag with a quality scope to make up for the fact you can’t hit the broad side of a barn at 100 yards with iron sites.
Nothing says that you have to buy. If you do not that is great more power to you. Those things will not make hunter automatically better, but that stuff can give people some piece of mind and that in itself can make a person more comfortable in the woods. Do you think that back inthe day, if the technology was their they would not have used it?
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