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bubbas
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First off this thread is not an attack on a particular person but rather a rhetorical question to initiate introspection.
A raffle hunter just shot a monster bull in a western state. He hunted very hard and eventhough he won the tag at considerably less cost than the equal auction tag, he obviously invested a lot of time and money in his hunt. He hunted hard almost a whole year to realize his goal of harvesting a record size animal. In the end he achieved this goal with a large amount of hard work, scouting, and guiding from a local outfitter. Other than some random comments of disgust over the time of year the animal was shot I have not read any negative flack from any posters here. I am curious as to why this case is different than an auction tag holder who spent A LOT of his own money and often times spends the same amount of time and puts the same amount of hard work into the same hunt and yet the hunter and the guides who guided him get a large amount of negative publicity?
Is it a case of money envy? Is it because the raffle tag holder is a frequenter on this site and the readers feel like they know his character and feel better about him? If that is the case, how do they know a rich, auction tag holder doesn't frequent this site under an anonymous name and is respected? I am curious of the differences because on the surface the circumstances seem the same and yet the way people are judged and treated are different. Should it matter if money is exchanged for services? Because believe me the outfitter in this case stands a lot to gain from their "help" and I have a hard time believing it was donated 100% without anticipating some type of publicity.
Please do not turn this into a personal bashing because these threads are meant for discussion as the forum implies. I already know many have axes to grind and will respond to this/me negatively. Not about me, just curious about how people perceive this. I for one feel there is a great deal of hypocrisy and hate against people and I feel it's wrong.
A raffle hunter just shot a monster bull in a western state. He hunted very hard and eventhough he won the tag at considerably less cost than the equal auction tag, he obviously invested a lot of time and money in his hunt. He hunted hard almost a whole year to realize his goal of harvesting a record size animal. In the end he achieved this goal with a large amount of hard work, scouting, and guiding from a local outfitter. Other than some random comments of disgust over the time of year the animal was shot I have not read any negative flack from any posters here. I am curious as to why this case is different than an auction tag holder who spent A LOT of his own money and often times spends the same amount of time and puts the same amount of hard work into the same hunt and yet the hunter and the guides who guided him get a large amount of negative publicity?
Is it a case of money envy? Is it because the raffle tag holder is a frequenter on this site and the readers feel like they know his character and feel better about him? If that is the case, how do they know a rich, auction tag holder doesn't frequent this site under an anonymous name and is respected? I am curious of the differences because on the surface the circumstances seem the same and yet the way people are judged and treated are different. Should it matter if money is exchanged for services? Because believe me the outfitter in this case stands a lot to gain from their "help" and I have a hard time believing it was donated 100% without anticipating some type of publicity.
Please do not turn this into a personal bashing because these threads are meant for discussion as the forum implies. I already know many have axes to grind and will respond to this/me negatively. Not about me, just curious about how people perceive this. I for one feel there is a great deal of hypocrisy and hate against people and I feel it's wrong.