travishunter3006
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Websites and forums like MM have been tremendous founts of knowledge and resources for learning. I have made great friends and had awesome hunting experiences which were directly related and created on this Website. There are a few forums I follow that have lead to great information sharing and even a few successful hunts.
I have handed over my fair share of information regarding hunts, dates, laws, verbiage and everything else hunting related when people have petitioned for help. Most of us have posted a time or two asking for help on an LE hunt or looking for general access points etc. so I have compassion for those seeking help. What chaps my crack, though, is when a first time poster comes on asking for help but appears to feel entitled to the information he is requesting. More than once these types of posts have gone unanswered or the first couple of replies are "boots on the ground", "get a map" etc etc. The OP then comes back on with a sarcastic reply and is pissed off that he didn't get the answers he was looking for. Their response is how I justify my claim that they feel entitled to answers.
The best hunting spots I have in my hunting bank were earned. I have been taken on hunts and have been semi-guided, if you will, by friends or a family member but those are normally short-lived hunts and not a year-after-year situation.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of talking by phone with a fellow from the Midwest about a NR Wyoming hunt. This guy reached out to me and explained what some of his obstacles to scouting were and we ended up talking on the phone. I wish I could have given him more information and if I could join him on his hunt, I would. These types of connections have been fantastic and also create a network of hunters all across the united states.
So, this begs the question... Are we really helping these one-and-done posters that come on with an entitled attitude when we give them information? Would a guy be better off getting no information and hitting the mountain completely unaware and uninformed? Are we really just withholding information because we are selfish and want the animals for ourselves or do we do it because we know the value of hitting the ground running and learning everything from scratch?
If I have come off sounding self-righteous or a hypocrite then my articulation skills are to blame as I have been the recipient of info but also the deliverer.
I have handed over my fair share of information regarding hunts, dates, laws, verbiage and everything else hunting related when people have petitioned for help. Most of us have posted a time or two asking for help on an LE hunt or looking for general access points etc. so I have compassion for those seeking help. What chaps my crack, though, is when a first time poster comes on asking for help but appears to feel entitled to the information he is requesting. More than once these types of posts have gone unanswered or the first couple of replies are "boots on the ground", "get a map" etc etc. The OP then comes back on with a sarcastic reply and is pissed off that he didn't get the answers he was looking for. Their response is how I justify my claim that they feel entitled to answers.
The best hunting spots I have in my hunting bank were earned. I have been taken on hunts and have been semi-guided, if you will, by friends or a family member but those are normally short-lived hunts and not a year-after-year situation.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of talking by phone with a fellow from the Midwest about a NR Wyoming hunt. This guy reached out to me and explained what some of his obstacles to scouting were and we ended up talking on the phone. I wish I could have given him more information and if I could join him on his hunt, I would. These types of connections have been fantastic and also create a network of hunters all across the united states.
So, this begs the question... Are we really helping these one-and-done posters that come on with an entitled attitude when we give them information? Would a guy be better off getting no information and hitting the mountain completely unaware and uninformed? Are we really just withholding information because we are selfish and want the animals for ourselves or do we do it because we know the value of hitting the ground running and learning everything from scratch?
If I have come off sounding self-righteous or a hypocrite then my articulation skills are to blame as I have been the recipient of info but also the deliverer.
