Real Hunters!

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THe good old days when discussions ran to "where and how", rather than "what outfitter" is truly missed. I have been to the range recently and have been involved in converations with shooters about the upcoming hunting season and am totally flabergasted on how many depend upon outfitters and guides to get their game for them! WHere are the real hunters now! Yes I am bitter! I am almost 70 years old and when I recieve a letter from an outfitter telling me that for $1200 they can get me onto all of the farms in a particular area to hunt turkeys, I get sick! WHen I go to ask permission to hunt , and I hear,"Sorry, I am obligated to the agreement I signed with the Outfitters", then I want to puke! (Yes this is in the West and hunters license fees paid for them turkeys in the first place) )
Yes, I know they pay a lot for adds in magazines, forums and sportsman's organizations but when I think of that bunch, I think of parasites! Like used payday loan brokers, tow truck operators, bail bondsmen and trial lawyers!

How many hunters out there hunt their own game? Except the Texas feed lot shooters who I don't guess need a guide to find their hunting lounges!

Face up to it, Hunters, try it like your Dad and Grand Dad did, "ON YOUR OWN!