Drummond Lindsey
FNG
I'm just curious what you consider to be "do it yourself"? Is it anything other than a guided hunt?
I ask because I read threads here and elsewhere where people talk about their "DIY" hunts and they have a team of guys on the mountain with them helping them out which doesn't bother me at all but I find it odd to refer to that as a DIY hunt. Its interesting when I see people talking about how a "DIY" hunt means more to them than a "guided" hunt ever could then you find out that they had everybody they knew helping them and in many instances they had more guys than a guy with a single guide would have had helping them.
I just look at the tools that are available and the ease at which information is obtained these days and it almost seems hypocritical when I see some people chastise those that use guides while touting the purity of DIY. Don't get me wrong, I admire the guys that put in the hours researching and scouting their areas and go hunt their tails off, with buddies or without. I am just curious why a lot of "DIY" guys talk about how a forked horn means more to them than a 180" buck would mean to a guided hunter when in a lot of instances they don't really go on DIY hunts.
To me a "Do it Yourself" hunt means that you were by yourself when you did it. I'm curious to hear your thoughts
Drummond
I ask because I read threads here and elsewhere where people talk about their "DIY" hunts and they have a team of guys on the mountain with them helping them out which doesn't bother me at all but I find it odd to refer to that as a DIY hunt. Its interesting when I see people talking about how a "DIY" hunt means more to them than a "guided" hunt ever could then you find out that they had everybody they knew helping them and in many instances they had more guys than a guy with a single guide would have had helping them.
I just look at the tools that are available and the ease at which information is obtained these days and it almost seems hypocritical when I see some people chastise those that use guides while touting the purity of DIY. Don't get me wrong, I admire the guys that put in the hours researching and scouting their areas and go hunt their tails off, with buddies or without. I am just curious why a lot of "DIY" guys talk about how a forked horn means more to them than a 180" buck would mean to a guided hunter when in a lot of instances they don't really go on DIY hunts.
To me a "Do it Yourself" hunt means that you were by yourself when you did it. I'm curious to hear your thoughts
Drummond