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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5669434" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Not me. I vividly remember hunting the 80's & early 90's with hunt camps, check stations, deer drives, and all the communal comradery that came along with it. I also remember how obsessed I was with big bucks ... just like I still am today. Back then there were a select few who always seemed to get all the big bucks. They were like super star athletes, heroes who walked a different plane of existence. We all wanted to get big bucks just like they did but we didn't know how, and they weren't telling. So we killed what we could and had a ball of a time doing it. We were happy with our dinks & does but we all wanted a big buck. </p><p></p><p>These days getting a big buck isn't the unattainable pipe dream it used to be. Any hunter who wants big antlers can get all the knowledge at his/her fingertips. Buck habits, hunting wind & thermals, finding subtle edges & other terrain features are free knowledge that anybody can access. Trail cameras & digital map scouting have exposed bucks' hiding places. Killing a big buck has never been as easy & open to any hunter as it is today. We all wanted to know how those super star hunters always seemed to kill the dream bucks. And now we know. Killing big bucks means not not killing little bucks. It means not over pressuring ground like camps & drives do. It means not having an annual party to celebrate a pile of dead does & yearling bucks. Much of killing a big buck requires being a very patient, hard working, high standard, lone wolf style hunter, which is exactly what our big buck heroes of the past were but we didn't realize at the time is what set them apart from us. </p><p></p><p>I'd say it's all natural evolution, and I've enjoyed the ride. I'll continue looking forward. I have dreamed of giant antlers as long as I've known what a deer was. That hasn't changed. What has changed is my approach & outlook. I no longer hunt deer while daydreaming of a giant stepping out. I now hunt that giant specifically and in many cases have watched him grow from fawn into the trophy he is, much like waiting for a fruit to ripen for harvest. If I could give my current brain to my young hunter self, I'd have not been much fun for my friends because I wouldn't have participated in deer camp or deer drives. And I'd have been robbed of all that fun. These days the kids are figuring out how to merge both worlds where they can hang out & have fun while also killing big bucks. That's one thing I admire about <em>"The Hunting Public"</em> on YouTube. They hunt crowded public land with a group of buddies and they kill good bucks. And they're sharing how to do it with anybody. Lots of folks complain about over crowded public land but in the same breath complain about losing the good ole days. I tend to think we are living the good ole days right now. Hunting has changed for sure but I see much more positives than negatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5669434, member: 20583"] Not me. I vividly remember hunting the 80's & early 90's with hunt camps, check stations, deer drives, and all the communal comradery that came along with it. I also remember how obsessed I was with big bucks ... just like I still am today. Back then there were a select few who always seemed to get all the big bucks. They were like super star athletes, heroes who walked a different plane of existence. We all wanted to get big bucks just like they did but we didn't know how, and they weren't telling. So we killed what we could and had a ball of a time doing it. We were happy with our dinks & does but we all wanted a big buck. These days getting a big buck isn't the unattainable pipe dream it used to be. Any hunter who wants big antlers can get all the knowledge at his/her fingertips. Buck habits, hunting wind & thermals, finding subtle edges & other terrain features are free knowledge that anybody can access. Trail cameras & digital map scouting have exposed bucks' hiding places. Killing a big buck has never been as easy & open to any hunter as it is today. We all wanted to know how those super star hunters always seemed to kill the dream bucks. And now we know. Killing big bucks means not not killing little bucks. It means not over pressuring ground like camps & drives do. It means not having an annual party to celebrate a pile of dead does & yearling bucks. Much of killing a big buck requires being a very patient, hard working, high standard, lone wolf style hunter, which is exactly what our big buck heroes of the past were but we didn't realize at the time is what set them apart from us. I'd say it's all natural evolution, and I've enjoyed the ride. I'll continue looking forward. I have dreamed of giant antlers as long as I've known what a deer was. That hasn't changed. What has changed is my approach & outlook. I no longer hunt deer while daydreaming of a giant stepping out. I now hunt that giant specifically and in many cases have watched him grow from fawn into the trophy he is, much like waiting for a fruit to ripen for harvest. If I could give my current brain to my young hunter self, I'd have not been much fun for my friends because I wouldn't have participated in deer camp or deer drives. And I'd have been robbed of all that fun. These days the kids are figuring out how to merge both worlds where they can hang out & have fun while also killing big bucks. That's one thing I admire about [I]"The Hunting Public"[/I] on YouTube. They hunt crowded public land with a group of buddies and they kill good bucks. And they're sharing how to do it with anybody. Lots of folks complain about over crowded public land but in the same breath complain about losing the good ole days. I tend to think we are living the good ole days right now. Hunting has changed for sure but I see much more positives than negatives. [/QUOTE]
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