1STRANGEWILDERNESS wrote:I had a thought about Dan today when reading boogies post about people shooting mega bucks supposed on public and it being kinda fishy. I thought man god only knows my story on a buck may not add up because the likelihood I tell anyone where I actually shot it is just not good. If I had a few beers I might drop the lip but for the most part I was trained at a young age to remain tight lipped when it comes to outdoor hotspots Fish, ducks, deer. If I’m at a local establishment and I’m confronted about it by a few random locals ..I’m gonna put em at least a mile off the mark. Maybe a different town.. Maybe a different county lol unless I know the person and have a very high level of respect for them.
Then there’s Dan. Here guys lemme take you out on this public land and show you some spots I hunt and killed some nice ones so I can teach you I can’t quite afford to do that yet. Probably won’t be for many years.
Then last year he had some follies, deer he didn’t hit in the boiler room. Most people would’ve just deleted that video.. He posts it for all to see. Being as I had the same thing going on last season it really helped me to let it go and just keep pushing on. A few of my buddies even were like how are you bouncing back from that. I’d be sick, I wouldn’t sleep etc .. I kind of was. Could’ve been my best season ever. Heck even though I didn’t put two monsters in the back of my truck maybe it was my best season yet. I had a lot of fun.
I got a big boost from that can’t hardly hit em video
Dan is a Very admirable guy and I sure do appreciate this forum he created. Wish I would’ve known about it sooner.
Don’t know if I took this the wrong way and certainly don’t wanna take away from a great thread Oldrank started or credit Dan deserves. But I wasn’t talking anything (fishy) I don’t go around spreading rumors or have the slightest bit of jealousy towards anybody. Would like to think I always legitimately try to congratulate everyone on this site that posts a kill. I’m sure some slip through the cracks do to the high volume of successful hunters. But I specifically said I’m talking about the “proven” guilty with parks and wildlife reports to prove it. Not fibs about where your stand is, but straight up bold pathological lies for greed. I don’t ask nobody where they hunt, or what county. But if u r proven to have lied to enter a buck in a contest for capital gain and try to cheat the guys who legitimately played by the rules then you are a pos in my book.