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I would not pay the average prices that you see advertised out there.
There are private ranches out there that don’t do a lot of advertising that offer some great deals.
This year I shot a 206”, never dreamed I’d ever do that, but I couldn’t pass up the deal. Also on that hunt we shot a 154” and 175”. Both of those were dream deer as well and we paid “working mans prices” for deer of that caliber. Now with being said, that opportunity will probably never come again.
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Originally posted by flywise View PostGood hunters don't pay for trophy deer....they sacrifice and earn trophy deer
Originally posted by hchntr View PostI would not pay the average prices that you see advertised out there.
There are private ranches out there that don’t do a lot of advertising that offer some great deals.
This year I shot a 206”, never dreamed I’d ever do that, but I couldn’t pass up the deal. Also on that hunt we shot a 154” and 175”. Both of those were dream deer as well and we paid “working mans prices” for deer of that caliber. Now with being said, that opportunity will probably never come again.
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I wouldn't spend more then a hunting lic. costs. $ 45.00 I believe they are right now, here. It just don't interest me in the least, that if I spend enough I could kill something " big". But seems this is the way " hunting " ( have a real hard time typing in hunting right there, shooting it should be) is headed, sad but true.Last edited by critter69; 02-10-2018, 07:35 AM.
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Originally posted by hchntr View PostI would not pay the average prices that you see advertised out there.
There are private ranches out there that don’t do a lot of advertising that offer some great deals.
This year I shot a 206”, never dreamed I’d ever do that, but I couldn’t pass up the deal. Also on that hunt we shot a 154” and 175”. Both of those were dream deer as well and we paid “working mans prices” for deer of that caliber. Now with being said, that opportunity will probably never come again.
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Hunter recruitment loss is due to several factors. Today's society of increasing snowflakes is one of them. It was once tradition that people hunted and took their kids, and it continued that way up until the mid 70's and early 80's. Now, most kids are more into their electronic devices than the outdoors. Personally, I blame the parents for that...
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Originally posted by JonW View PostI see lots of members posting $5,000 and up day hunt buck kills, so that seems to be pretty common.
Leases are very expensive (not saying they're not worth it), so I'm teaching my kids to hunt as much public land as possible. Sure, they'll have to work harder at it, but there are opportunities to hunt out there if inches of antler and bragging rights aren't high priorities.
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Those kids will have earned far more bragging rights shooting a 1st year spike on public land than they ever would writing a check for a 200” deer.
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Originally posted by Hawkpuppy 1 View PostHunter recruitment loss is due to several factors. Today's society of increasing snowflakes is one of them. It was once tradition that people hunted and took their kids, and it continued that way up until the mid 70's and early 80's. Now, most kids are more into their electronic devices than the outdoors. Personally, I blame the parents for that...
The loss of that tradition has as much to do with landowners capitalizing on the hunting value of their property as any other factor. In west Texas, right up into the early 90s, a man could gain access to take his kiddos hunting by a knock on a door and a handshake. Not knocking the landowners, but I’ll also not try to foist blame on parents who couldn’t afford to pay for what had been free (or very nearly so) their whole lives.
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Originally posted by Sika View PostTrophy hunting is not the reason for the decline in hunter recruitment
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