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Congrats to JCmuleys as well!
Just reading some of his posts and being on his websites gives me the impression he is a real down to earth hard working guy and its good to see all that hard work, dedication and love of the outdoors get rewarded with some exposure in a well respected magazine.
I hope that JC wins the EBJ hunt next year. I would love to see JCmuleys on the Hill Ranch chasing elk with his stick in string. I love the magazine and all it offers and dream of appearing in it myself one day, but I'd be lying if I didn't say my stomach turned a bit when I watched them give the first Eastmans BOWHUNTING Journal hunt winner a rifle and then watched him smoke a rutting bull at 200 or so yard with it in September.
I am exclusively a bowhunter and I have nothing against rifle hunters and I'm all for supporting all the outdoor sportsmen and standing together for our sport. I realize it was a legal hunt and his choice and that's great, but I subscribe to EBJ only not the regular EHJ simply because I seek out other bowhunters and bowhunting info. I enjoy reading other bowhunters stories and would love to see JCmuleys hunting on the show with his bow, but to see a guy get pulled out of the hat of a bowhunting magazine and shoot a rutting bull at 200 yards with a rifle was a turn off. Would Bowhunter Magazine do that with a hunt giveaway?
Maybe I'm over analyzing the details, but I wanted to get that off my chest for a couple months now and seeing JCmuleys in magazine felt great and brought that EBJ first annual hunt with the rifle come bubbling up. In closing, it is a great magazine and I still subscribe and enjoy it, it just made my head spin.