Sorry. I just wanted to get your attention. This thread is about "PRIDE". Do you deserve to be "proud" or just "happy" with the fish you catch, or the game animals that you shoot? The reason I'm asking this is because we've all seen TV shows where someone fishes for some type of trophy fish [marlin,tuna,etc.] aboard a charter boat and brags about what he or she has caught. Do they have a right to brag? What have they done other than reel in the fish? The captain and crew find the fish, bait the hooks, or set out the lures at the correct depth and speed, set the hook when the fish strikes, uses the boat's engines to help play the fish, and then nets, gaffs, or releases the fish! Whats left to do? The "fisherman" pays his money, reels in the fish, and maybe spends a lot more $$ to have the fish that "he caught" mounted and placed on his wall at home. I'm sure it's all fun to experience, but is it something to be "PROUD" of? How can anybody be proud of anything in life that they didn't earn themselves? I just watched a hunting show where someone was proud of the deer that she shot. She was placed in a tower stand over a "feed plot" by the outfitter. She even knew what deer she wanted to shoot because they photographed it with a Stealth Cam at night when it came in to feed. Does this "hunter" know how to "still hunt" or find a good "stand" location on her own? Does she know how to "track" a deer or even know the signs that a it leaves in the forest? Can she find her way into and out of the woods on her own? If the answers to these questions are "NO", then I believe she and others should do what they do and shut up! They should not be be portraded as "hunters" or "fishermen" because they are not! They are just people that are having fun reeling in a fish, or shooting something. I feel better now that I've vented!!!! Do you agree, or disagree?
