My point exactly. You have absolute control over who you engage with and on what topics. If you want to hear his opinion you have the option of engaging. If you don't, you engage with others or you ignore him. But you don't stop going to the watering hole because you know there are others there...
If we have to go to the lengths of filtering out conversations we don't like because we're too easily triggered by them then we're the problem.
If you don't like someone's opinion, just don't read it. If you see a topic you don't like then don't click on it.
We live in a big world with lots of...
I'm new-ish to the forum (1 year or so) and hunting... I hope you're wrong. There's always going to be assholes that need to be sent packing and that's exactly what we should do. Perhaps we need more moderators and clearer/stricter guidelines on acceptable use.
Sad to see experienced folks...
Welcome! In ham radio parlance we'd call you an "Elmer." Glad to have even more knowledgeable people around. You'll fit in fine here unless you eat pucky sammiches.
Great discussion folks, thank you.
All of these "tools" contribute to our success. I think knowledge and experience are also tools, ones that I haven't built up in great supply yet. OnX, trail cams and night vision for scouting seem reasonable at my stage given I don't even know where to start...
For background, I'm a new hunter. I want to be successful. I want to bring home meat. I'm also grappling with what it looks like to chase game in a way that's fair and honest.
I imagine when man first started hunting, his tools were rocks and sticks. Then he figured out how to throw rocks with...
Ditto this. The brisket I did recently apparently killed my Traeger temp controller and fan. It was reading 250 when my wireless thermometer was reading 210. I ended up having to move it into the oven for the last 3 hours during the crutch and come to find out my oven isn't any better! I had to...