>LAST EDITED ON Nov-29-12
>AT 10:50?AM (MST)
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> I was on the Strip
>(13B)for the first time this
>year during a hunting season.
> I am in the
>max point pool and hope
>to draw some day I
>wanted to get a "feel"
>for what happens there.
>It is definitely different than
>what I had anticipated and
>nothing like any other place
>I have hunted.
>
>I ran into Travis (cactusbull7) with
>his client on the second
>day of the hunt and
>would have to say he
>was a complete gentleman.
>
>All of us have our own
>opinions of what is ethical
>and unethical so each one
>of us has to decide
>what we choose to do
>in the field. If
>a participant is not breaking
>the law then generally we
>should accept it even if
>we disagree or will not
>take part in that activity.
> As long as there
>is a demand for 200
>inch bucks (which there always
>will be and probably to
>get worse as time goes
>on) every legal tactic possible
>will be deployed. At
>the end of the day
>it comes down to the
>hunter. As he/she gazes
>at the buck on the
>wall he/she has to decide
>if they are happy and
>content with how that animal
>fell. If it was
>spotted by artificial light and
>then killed within a stones
>throw from a road and
>the killer is okay with
>that then all is fine.
> 10 game cameras on
>one water hole, spot lighting,
>5-8 scouts per hunter.
>All this appears to be
>legal. I personally think that
>these tactics take the "hunt"
>aspect out of it if
>I were a client. These
>guides start scouting in June
>and follow bucks for months
>up until the hunt.
>I think it would be
>a blast if I were
>the one doing the scouting.
>
>
>I plan to do the Strip
>hunt on my own and
>know well that the competition
>will be fierce and I
>will be greatly out numbered.
> More than likely I
>will come home without an
>animal or one that is
>not as desirable as what
>a guide could help me
>assasinate. I am okay
>with that.
>
>Take a mature 200 plus inch
>buck on public land, DIY,
>in a general season and
>there is no greater sense
>of accomplishment. Just my
>opinion.
I too have max points and I don't think I could express my feelings about the hunt better than you did Cozmo8. I was able to hunt it last year with my friend who drew. It is a TOUGH hunt and I, like you, would rather do it myself and not kill a 200" buck than have a "team" find one for me. Everyone is different and I don't judge others on this but a buck taken with the "team" would not mean much to me.