Shameful "professional"

[ginkgo72]

http://http://www.druryoutdoors.com/1764/journal/tomware-dec19-11.php

Check out this link / story: Here is an excerpt

"The funny thing is Jasper saw him enter the field first and I knew it was a giant because I looked at Jasper and saw his reaction. His eyes were as big as golf balls. I told Jasper that I was sorry but I had to put his hunt on the back burner for a bit."

Jasper is a 16 year old kid with his dad....this "professional" made him "step aside" - so he could kill the big deer. I'd be ashamed of myself to do it - even more to post it for the world to see.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

I'm sure the guy has taken plenty of big deer in the past. I think it would have been more fun to watch the kid shoot it and see the excitement for him and his dad.

 

[DWarcher]

So lame...

 

[MThuntr]

This disgusts me...that kid could have had a buck and story of a lifetime. The greed associated with "pro" whitetail hunting makes me sick. This is why I never watch whitetail hunting shows and have quit watching all but a few shows.

 

[MNHunter]

That is a shame. I'll never forget the first year my dad took me hunting. I was in the stand with him. A buck and a doe came within 20 yards of our stand. My dad shot them both...

 

[the nikster]

THE OTHER SIDE:
My dad and I both took shots at a 5x7 mulie with a 36" spread in '88 or so. One of us killed him. He's hung on my wall all this time

 

[noharleyyet]

That is a shame. I'll never forget the first year my dad took me hunting. I was in the stand with him. A buck and a doe came within 20 yards of our stand. My dad shot them both...

Given the context ot this thread, that hit my funnybone....

Gotta ask Lee...were you carrying a rifle?

I have a friend who made his then young son pass on a ten point so he could shoot it... my 10 fingers would've scored higher...crow feather karma it was.

 

[npaden]

Link had an extra http: in it.

Try this - http://www.druryoutdoors.com/1764/journal/tomware-dec19-11.php

 

[noharleyyet]

....from the article;

let the TC Pro Hunter finish the night with a smoke rolling boom.

We recovered him in daylight

Why did he wait til the next day?

 

[Gunflint]

afraid of the dark??

checkensheeet??

 

[Mikeflies]

I hope that Tom, the "Pro Hunter", hangs that Trophy in his Hall of Shame.

 

[WV Hunter]

Sucks for the kid but the article pretty much says they were there for the kid to shoot a management deer and if one of the bucks the author has been hunting all year showed up it was his. That's what I took from it.

 

[belly-deep]

I'm not a father, so maybe I don't have the proper perspective on this, but I don't see it as being a big deal.

I think back to my first several deer. I don't think I could have been any happier than I was with my first 3.5 year old 4x4...or the next few of them.

On the other hand, a father who has hunted several seasons knows the value of a good buck.

My parents didn't give me any thing that was TOO good when I was growing up. It gave me a healthy perspective, I think, because it forced me to learn the value of something.

On the other hand, I know "that kid" that shot the giant buck during his first season. He spent the next 12 or 14 seasons trying to top it and missed out on quite a bit of fun in between.

 

[Dinkshooter]

I'm also gonna lable this as big whoop.

 

[MNHunter]

Given the context ot this thread, that hit my funnybone....

Gotta ask Lee...were you carrying a rifle?

I have a friend who made his then young son pass on a ten point so he could shoot it... my 10 fingers would've scored higher...crow feather karma it was.

Yep. My first year I could carry. At the time I thought nothing of it. Now looking back it was my dad being selfish, which he is to this day. I hope I get the same opportunity with my sons. Let's just say I wouldn't do what my dad did.

 

[PAhunter]

Had the kid been his own son, I'd say Mr. Tom was a jerk. However, if the kid and his dad agreed to the "management buck" deal (which I think is a stupid concept, but whatever), then the fact that this particular buck wasn't available for the kid isn't a problem in my mind. That the "host" shot the buck during the kid's hunt is kinda questionable, but that must have been part of the pre-hunt agreement too, if the kid's dad was reminding the pro to buy his tag on the way to the field. Not cool, but people agree to all kinds of gay rules when they just want a buck for their kid, and see an opportunity to improve the odds of making that happen.

When my kids and I hunt, there is one weapon with us. I will not use it, period.

 

[174in]

We had a guy at work do this to his kid last year on a 170" 10 pointer.I asked him why he didnt let his kid shoot it and he replied " I wasnt going to let my kids first buck be bigger than anything I had ever shot" what a pig. The buck was only at 35yds also.He told me the boy pulled up on the deer and he shot it out from under him.

 

[StrutNut]

I had a similar situation happen. I was blackpowder hunting with my son this year. He had yet to have an opportunity with gun or bow to shoot at ANY deer. It has been that kind of year in MN. On the last weekend early Saturday morning he got his chance. A huge MN buck walked out at 60 yards. Huge for me anyway. Huge spread and mass. I could not tell in the low light how many points but they were at least 8 inches and the rack well outside of each ear. I gave the gun to Josh and let him rip. It likely would have been the biggest buck I had ever shot but instead it is the biggest buck Josh had shot at. He missed it. He told me it was his greatest hunting experience. He has the memory of having his first opportunity and a real big buck. I could not have been more proud as to how he handled it. I have seen "Pro's" whine about misses but not Josh. He was thankful for the opportunity and wants to practice even more for next year to be better prepared.

At least in my experience it was a win/win. If the kid gets the deer or misses the deer, I was glad I did not take the shot for him.

 

[Topgun 30-06]

Gotta go with Dinkshooter on this one. The whole thing was explained in the writeup and to me the kid was lucky to be hunting the property and to see that big buck go down!

 

[noharleyyet]

One will never stray far from the road to salvation with Dinkshooter as your moral compass.