if a guy knew for sure how much phony stuff was in the record books it'd probably make ya sick. look at the antlers these guys are growing on the whitetail with all that supplemental crap. most of those are eligible for the books too. i'm pretty sure i know the lion hunter you're talking about, meweldeer. all BS aside, he used to be a hell of a lion hunter too. just trying to make a buck i guess. he went to mexico and south america for years after that and caught a lot of jags. him and his "power" dogs. too bad he went to those extremes, because it pretty much ruined his reputation. anymore,i hunt for the hunt. the experience of being in the wild stuff with folks i care about. if a big one gets in the crosshairs, that's fine, but if i shoot a forkhorn toward the end of the season that's ok too. as long as i get to see my ol' man or my kids with a big grin. somethings gotta give tho. no sense having a record book full of pen raised stuff. when folks get to competing, which is what a lot of hunting has become, they will cheat. and when you put $$$$ in equation, they will cheat a lot.