I think the counterpoint is that if a management system is failing at that task by most measures, hunters may benefit from some self regulation. Along with that, a doubling down on teaching and showing new hunters the value of a deep relationship to habitat and game.
If your socials are private more power to ya.
Last I heard he is stoned on elk blood and western family fruit snacks.
Count me in as called out, and someone who is willing/wanting to be more involved.
So people in the hunting industry (while definitionally, being one) are the sworn enemy? Its misguided, divisive, unproductive at best. Narcissistic, selfish, and hyper hypocritical at worst.
I agree with this. I know quite a few people in my age range of late 20s to early 30s that I think would not be hunting if it wasn’t for social media, including people who grew up in Montana and some who moved here from around the country. The extreme western hunting aesthetic is cool and they have to be part of it.
My socials are. I rarely if ever post. But when I do, it's usually sharing pictures of my hobbies. Hunting, fishing, trapping, etc. The same type of stuff that my followers (friends) are in to. It's the only reason I haven't gotten rid of my instagram.
I think we can make blanket statements based on evidence, so yes, they are bad for hunting. Some notable exceptions. I abhor the hole "all us hunters need to be together, we can't call out bad actors"...if you are shooting holes in the boat I think they can be thrown out of the boat
Real friends or internet “friends”
Is that relevant?
Same thing here in Co. it is very fashionable to bow hunt now… it’s getting old. Especially the majority of the crowd buy a bow, trick it out, shoot it twice and start flinging arrows at animals. I personally refuse to hunt with some guys because it is completely unethical to let them shoot at an animal with a bow after going to the 3d range with them, and of course they want to be told, what drainage to hunt, or what unit to put in for. Whatever happened to doing our own homework?!
I mean, sort of. Lack of face to face or true familiarity with people is kind of why I feel the gold rush on western hunting has happened. SM is about portraying a life you want everyone to think you live, often not reality. So when folks blast out all the “awesome” golden moments it completely skews reality.
They're real. I don't need random people checking in on my life. More of a way to share experiences with people without having to reach out to everyone.
This is getting tangential to the discussion, but.....
Call Randy in if you're suspicious.
He's virtue signaling by saying "at cost merchandise" when really, if they were at cost, they'd be much cheaper. His designs are as simple as they come. Lots of companies sell shirts for profit at less...
