I wouldn't send them $100. if they knew exactly where the last decent deer on the continent was!
I suppose it might be money well spent for some that already haven't been doing it on their own or don't already have lots of buds that have gone outa state for many years and who are willing to help each other. Latest trends? Who needs them. Think for yourself or know who to ask! Also, think ahead of any trend. By the time you get the latest trend from a mag, you might be better returning to a tried and true old area that you already know really well and hunt the country you never got to.
I read several of the mags from time to time including the Fool. I won't pay for any of the rags out there except on occation as they get passed around. I'm not too tight with the coin, i just have to save what little extra i get in so i can go hunting. Network, give and take, having been there or having friends that have been there, has worked for me and my buds for many successful years, long before the hunting fool, Eastmans, or any but the oldest!
While on this semi rant, what's the matter with using current info from the members of Monstermuleys? PM's? We come here most days, develop friendships, follow guys hunts, and lots of times there is great info to be had long before it hits any rag. I myself have been helped and have helped several groups of guys to areas that they had great hunts in with trophy bucks taken.
Also, what's the big deal of getting your story and pic's in a hunting mag? I just don't see it! We come here, BS, gather info, give each other a hard time about our bucks, hunts, or mistakes...but when it comes to finally getting a big buck "worthy enough", we say screw this place, i'm gonna be put in this mag or that mag with my story and pic's!! I can't figure it! If i kill a monster buck, i'm bringing it here, right here to the guys i feel that i know, who i have shared with and they have shared with me. I'd rather share my pic's and hunt even with guys i've had a hard time with than take it to a rag first.
As much as i could use a top dollar set of bino's or such, i'm not selling out my buds for some impersonal rag readership that they sell for money so that they can go on even more high dollar hunts! I think some of you guys are selling MM short. IMO, It's every bit as prestigious, if that's what you're looking for, a place to share your stuff as some hunting rag. That's just me, i'm just saying...
Joey