#1761261 - 02/02/10 08:58 AM
When the word "trophy"....
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@fulldraw
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means something different to each individual, how can anyone say trophy hunting will be the demise of hunting? Anyway you see it, everyone is a trophy hunter because what they harvest is a trophy to them. In my opinion, if you harvest a deer just to kill it with no other benefitting factor then you are not a hunter. This is what will be the demise to hunting!
Here is something I hear a lot. A guy says, "I'm not a trophy hunter, I will shoot any mature deer." Is this deer not a trophy to this guy? If not, what in the he11 is he hunting for? Just to kill a deer to kill a deer does nothing for our sport. Why is it so hard for hunters to except that each individual has their own agenda when hunting? The state does what they see is right. We as hunters may not agree but we should be thankful that we can hunt.
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#1761279 - 02/02/10 09:05 AM
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Coach
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A trophy hunter is not defined by what is a trophy to to any single hunter...heck, I've killed some trophy does...Instead it is defined on the record books.
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#1761285 - 02/02/10 09:08 AM
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BigWes50
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My personal opinion is that every hunter that chooses to shoot a buck rather than a doe when does are legal to harvest are trophy hunters!
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#1761302 - 02/02/10 09:17 AM
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Yodel Dog
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Webster's definition of trophy: something gained or given in conquest or victory esp. when preserved or mounted as a memorial . Take note of these 7 words when preserved or mounted as a memorial.
Edited by Yodel Dog (02/02/10 09:21 AM)
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#1761319 - 02/02/10 09:24 AM
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tndrbstr
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means something different to each individual, how can anyone say trophy hunting will be the demise of hunting?
When somebody makes that statement they are often refering to folks outside of the hunting community...
The larger % of the non-hunting community usually have a much more one dimentional perception of the word Trophy...It tends to take away from, or lessen, the legitimate biological reasons to controll or manage wild life thru hunting.
The quest for The Trophy in many non-hunters eyes, and some hunters, seems to devalue not only the undesirable animals and the species as a whole but also the sport in general.....jmo
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#1761329 - 02/02/10 09:28 AM
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@fulldraw
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A trophy hunter is not defined by what is a trophy to to any single hunter...heck, I've killed some trophy does...Instead it is defined on the record books.
Exactly, marketing has taking the term trophy hunter and manipulated it to create this false term. Therefore, marketing and all the other words that has changed the way people view hunters are the cause. In the real world, trophy hunters shoot what makes them happy. I don't care what the record books say, I have several bucks that would make the record book. In my opinion, all the marketing in the hunting world has done more harm than anything.
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#1761376 - 02/02/10 09:52 AM
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To each their own
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#1761450 - 02/02/10 10:36 AM
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My personal opinion is that every hunter that chooses to shoot a buck rather than a doe when does are legal to harvest are trophy hunters!
i would call them DEER hunters.
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#1761465 - 02/02/10 10:44 AM
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Bottom Hunter
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Webster's definition of trophy: something gained or given in conquest or victory esp. when preserved or mounted as a memorial . Take note of these 7 words when preserved or mounted as a memorial.
so, by this definition, a trophy wife is not a trophy wife unless ...oh forget it......!
To me, a trophy is something that you took great pride in achieving.....
BH
Edited by Bottom Hunter (02/02/10 10:45 AM)
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