My Buck of a lifetime scored 191 5/8 typical.

[ExpeditionMarc]

The man drives a pick up truck ,has a beautiful blond wife who supports hunting and harvesting and just got himself a smasher of a deer yet some of you lads just want to condemn him like he shot your pet pygmy goat that was tied up . Or next time maybe to appease some here just shoot the tiniest fawn , Marc . LOL

Kudos to you Marc, for your candor and honesty and above all else for harvesting this big boy . Congrats .

TD

Lol Now we have a guy with a good sense of humor. I'm here to share the experience i am glad your not reading between the lines Thank you.

[Ikantski]

I did not say B&C. Base on the measuring to score the ranch measured it and came in at 191 5/8. Was I so post to weight it? As I have said before and respect everyone's opinion on this thread I to hunt fair chase 99.9% of the time. This is a hunt I wanted to try as I never experience it. It was fun,exciting,a good road trip,met wonderful people,and bonus I got a wall hanger. The excitement,feeling,adrenalin rush of getting this deer was same as fair chase to me. Especially the size!!! Cheers

Boone & Crockett invented that system to compare wild animals taken by fair chase. Saying 191 5/8 is shorthand for "191 5/8 inches on the Boone & Crockett scale".

The issue I have is with you calling it "a hunt". That offends me because the definition of hunt is "to chase and kill (wild animals) for food or pleasure". When I tell non-hunters that I hunt, it's bad enough that they ask if I eat it. If there are more guys like you out there calling your high fence ranch vacation "hunting", people unfamiliar with the sport start assuming that's what hunting is.

You called what you did "hunting" 4 times in your OP, in the title of your video and multiple times throughout the thread including your last post. That term implies that it was a wild animal.

I can't stress this enough. It's not hunting. It may have been fun, a good vacation and maybe felt like the real thing but it's indefensible to call it hunting.

I would think among a community of ethical hunters who work to improve the image of our sport and recruit new hunters that there would be little tolerance for including high fence interior decorating in the definition of hunting.

I'm not attacking you. Shooting high fence animals where you did was legal and I'm glad you had a fun time. I'm attacking the notion that you can call shooting animals behind a high fence "hunting". By every definition, it is not and I would appreciate if you would stop calling it that so non-hunters don't make the mistake of thinking what I do is what you do.

[400bigbear]

LOL Gern 1980 and IKANSKI . I see you two both calling hunting a " sport " yet worrying about public image etc. blah ,blah ,blah . Since when is taking a life a " SPORT " ? Calling the taking of a life " SPORT " is especially offensive to many who don't hunt and even to some of us who do . So please get off your high horses .

TD

[Ikantski]

My bad, I thought we were having this conversation in English. In the English dictionary, a sport is: "a physical activity (such as hunting, fishing, running, swimming, etc.) that is done for enjoyment". We are called sportsmen all the time. While hunting is a sport, it absolutely does not mean taking a life, I'm really glad you brought that up.

Hunt: Webster's Definition is "to chase and kill (wild animals) for food or pleasure", dictionary.com is "to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing."

Do you see the difference between hunting and high fence animal shooting? Hunting implies wild animals and a chase or search for them. High fence ranch vacations just jump to the killing part minus the wild animals.

[fratri]

You know I never remember Marc asking for anyones opinion on the matter.... He posted his story with his success... If you got a problem with it... PM him all you want but don't derail his thread for your self imposed opinion because most of us don't care to hear it...

Nice deer, nice story and I wish my wife was so supportive of my dreams...
All the best

[COYHUNTER]

ALL you internet thugs,,,get a life..............Marc could have spent a week there and not get a crack at the big boy,,,,,,,,
great deer Marc............I could have taken him as well..........I stare at my 3 wall hangers every day 2 are 150 class.........crossbow kills
does that matter,,,,,not to me.......dont bite when they throw out the bait........glad your on the forum....CH

[woody1948]

Welcome to the board Marc

[stilchen67]

What is a wall hanger-- a representation of personal accomplishment.

Please, it is NOT just wall art.
If it was, you could buy a replica and be just a happy.

Since an artificial replica is not good enough, it must be that the "wall hanger" has an element of personal accomplishment.
So if shooting a deer in an enclosure does not disturb you like it does for 99% of us, then go ahead.
But for me, you SHOT, not hunted, an expensive piece of wall art.

Very valid point regardless if one agrees with fenced in hunting or not. As for posting a trophy deer that was shot in an enclosure, in a way that is almost the same as posing with a trophy buck hat you just ran over with your pick-up truck and telling everyone you killed it. Hunting in an enclosure is akin to fighting a guy with one hand tied behind his back. Sure it's still a fight just not a fair fight.

[COYHUNTER]

Very valid point regardless if one agrees with fenced in hunting or not. As for posting a trophy deer that was shot in an enclosure, in a way that is almost the same as posing with a trophy buck hat you just ran over with your pick-up truck and telling everyone you killed it. Hunting in an enclosure is akin to fighting a guy with one hand tied behind his back. Sure it's still a fight just not a fair fight.

YOU just wont stop will you.......no class

[Labber]

Alot of hunters here are fighting the anti-hunters fight.
It might not be my cup of tea, but I support his right to do it.
Not much different from the great hunts I've had on Pelee.
There are alot of reasons to have canned hunts.
If you don't need one, thank your lucky stars