Aussie_hunter_JD
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I think it's because hunting has turned from a community to an industry. When i was a kid there was a handful of calibres people shot and a handful of things you wore. Now there's all these new camo brands and guns and people have to have the newest and greatest otherwise they're being left behind. I've actually had people criticize my clothing and kit options because i don't buy all this fandangle gear that's out there.
I've been fortunate to shoot one of the biggest red stags and biggest fallow bucks ever taken in Australia. The former was shot wearing a shirt i used to go to night clubs in during uni days and a $20 drab green jumper over the top with a 30 cal rifle. The latter was with a pair of pants with such a big rip in the arse i had to turf them not long after the hunt.
I don't particularly have anything against the creedmoor other than it's a prime example of this ignorant new philosophy that new guys know better than the old guard when its simply replicating or underperforming against the ballistics of calibres that have been around for yonks. I'd rather see newer hunters focus on being good hunters i.e. learning to understand the animals behaviours, reading sign, learning to get in close, having respect for the lives of the animals they harvest and properly utilise game meat. not just buy the most expensive gear shoot a deer from as far as possible and tag 20 brands in the picture that's been uploaded before the animal is even in the persons truck. In my part of the world at least this stuff is killing the culture of hunting and turning it into just another platform for social recognition.
So in short it's the fact that creedmoor receives any attention that i resent. It's a gun just use it and stop trying to market the fact that you're using it to get a pat on the back or recognition for doing so.
I've been fortunate to shoot one of the biggest red stags and biggest fallow bucks ever taken in Australia. The former was shot wearing a shirt i used to go to night clubs in during uni days and a $20 drab green jumper over the top with a 30 cal rifle. The latter was with a pair of pants with such a big rip in the arse i had to turf them not long after the hunt.
I don't particularly have anything against the creedmoor other than it's a prime example of this ignorant new philosophy that new guys know better than the old guard when its simply replicating or underperforming against the ballistics of calibres that have been around for yonks. I'd rather see newer hunters focus on being good hunters i.e. learning to understand the animals behaviours, reading sign, learning to get in close, having respect for the lives of the animals they harvest and properly utilise game meat. not just buy the most expensive gear shoot a deer from as far as possible and tag 20 brands in the picture that's been uploaded before the animal is even in the persons truck. In my part of the world at least this stuff is killing the culture of hunting and turning it into just another platform for social recognition.
So in short it's the fact that creedmoor receives any attention that i resent. It's a gun just use it and stop trying to market the fact that you're using it to get a pat on the back or recognition for doing so.
