dan wrote:I have an admission here. When I first watched the Marsh Bucks video I was pretty unhappy with Dan (That's actually a BIG understatement). I spent over 30 years hunting swamps and to a lesser extent marshes. I learned a ton and never believed anyone knew all that stuff, but me. Some yes, but not all of it (I know, I was nieve & had a big head ) and here is this guy on my TV giving out all "my" secrets. For FREE!!!
Believe it or not, thats probably the most consistant complaint I get about the video's and this site... Good hunters that have spent years learning these tactics thru hard work offended that I am giving those secrets away without being "earned"...
When Andrae 1st watched Marsh bucks, he slapped me on the back with a smile and "jokingly" said, well there goes my book!
I have tried to get a good trapper, and others to come on the site with other topics and offer expert advice in those fields and keep hearing... No way I am giving up my secrets!
Thats a shame... Because by educating others and comparing stratagies we continue to gro our sport.
When young or new hunters come here and learn how to succeed, rather than start out failing, they stick to hunting and pass those skills on.
Thats one of the main reasons trapping is failing,. Trappers are so secretive of there tactics that a lot of newbies fail and have no place to turn for info and end up quiting... Soon there sport will die because of that..
To me, I am not so hung up on my own success that I don't enjoy watching others succeed... If I never shoot another buck ever, I am still very happy with my hunting success.
It seems that in our society these days, there is so much grandstanding going on. Everything from what we see on TV or the computer ( Facebook, amercian idol, reality shows, etc.) the " look at me and what I've done" seems to be the common message. Even our politicans and business leaders have jumped on the bandwagon, and our news media is happy to feed us this BS. We certainly have lost some of the values that we have been taught over the last couple of generations.
The measure of a man isn't in his achievements or accomploishments. The true measure of a man is to help others to achieve things that they didn't believe were possible, and enjoy their success.