A pretty common refrain in the hunting community is that new hunters give nothing back, it's the critique of R3.
We as a community lament that folks are happy to be keyboard warriors but then don't actually show up for conservation or hunting. I'll be honest I'm one of those guys, most I've done in the past decade is buy some sheep scratchers and attend a few banquets.
In general we recognize that there are stages of hunter development:
1) Shooting Stage · 2) Limiting Out Stage · 3) Trophy Stage · 4) Method Stage · 5) Sportsman Stage · 6) “Give-Back” Stage
Most folks don't seem to get passed the Trophy or Method state.
You can rip Bryce all you want buy I respect the hell out of him for jumping straight from the shooting stage to the Give-Back stage. Like I said few of us do much to give back and far fewer are willing to through there hat in the ring and join the board of conservation. Obviously, he doesn't bring decades of experience whacking and stacking, but he does have hard earned skills that are needed if we are going to advance the goal of getting more critters on the mountain.
Is this willingness to jump in with both feet what got him stuck in the mountains, probably lol.
Even then he was the one who posted what had happened and made fun of himself. I can't help but respect someone who is willing to laugh at themselves.
The hunting community is lucky to have guys like Bryce, he's welcome in my hunting camp anytime.
@Randy Newberg and
@wllm1313 Are great people and I'm a piece of shit for chastising them.
If not for them, I never would've done any of the rad shit I've done over the past 6 years and I'd probably be shooting speedballs under a bridge in Danville, Il right now.
Little Dougie should probably be better at taking a joke, but a lot of the hatred I've ejaculated towards you guys stems from people who don't know how to put anti gel in their diesel fuel, tighten a bolt or run a sub 4 marathon calling me and my people chinless flatlanders then not pulling up when I present them with multiple venues to put their money where their mouth is and display their athleticism.
"I don't pay to work out bro"
"ill tailgate the event"
Especially given the fact that I've done more outside in the past 6 weeks than they have in the 6 years.
I also get tired of hunters thinking they're the baddest mf's.
Anyone who can hang a left of aiguille du midi and rap down into the couloirs can trick a goat and kill it.
However, not everybody who can trick a goat can rap down into the couloirs.
I also get tired of you and your fellow members of the big woods grouse group winning every single argument on the internet because you've taken countless college level writing classes and are masters of the written word.
If we were on the ski lift and you'd been rambling for hours about god only knows what and all your .gov supported statistics, I'd go "hey wllm, guess what? Nobody give a fuuuuuuuuuuuucccckkkk"
"derp grumble grumble grumble. intel pentium 4. stats.gov"
"yeah well, I don't give a shit"
You also know that freaking haaaaaattteee the "sacrifices we make to live on vacation" argument that I've heard several people in the skiing industry try to use.
Did I put a little spin on this specific one? yeah, im a pos. but we live in the age of Fox News and cnn and that's what ive been taught to do.
In conclusion, I want you to know, if there was an alien invasion and it came down to me, you and you're played ass family, id fly a nuclear weapon equipped aircraft into the belly of the alien mothership and lay down my life for you because you're a really good dude.
Bryce is a good dude too and I hope he sticks with hunting and piles up a ton of animals.
All you rugged mountain men from the impervious death zone known as summit county have to do is sign the contract and show up.
You're not gonna get hurt and even if you do, none of you chumps bow hunt so you'll have at least a month to recover.
unless of course you're gonna go up to Alaska and sit on CD's lap.
now please go over to my bowling thread and give me my reds.
you know the part about the pins a metaphor for life made you laugh.
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