BINGO! They feel the need to document on social media before it even happens and to show that "they were there" but in reality totally missed the experience and IMO filing away the memories. If it ain't on social media then how can they have recall of it

Agree 100%.

He didn’t want to catch the shark. He wanted to be seen catching the shark. That was where the glory lay.

I look forward to Randy turning his hunts from days and weeks to hours as he no longer is selective in criteria of pursuit…

Article is lost due to whom the author really is, One of the best bow hunters in the world. Is he retiring from writing? I doubt it, will we ever not see a picture of Randy with another archery 200” mulie or stud bull, doubt it

Article should be more pointed to don’t judge your self by what others post or don’t post, you simply can not ever compare animals or hunts. Everyone has a different back ground and means, by means I don’t just mean money, I mean everything including age, up bringing, to physical ability . Time is probably the largest factor in success.

Suckerburg listened very closely during Sociology 101 and parlayed Maslow's hierarchy of needs into being a gazillionaire. Every person needs these things, but I never knew how much until Facebook came along.

Yes it is always interesting to see hunters who actively seek and gain influence through a lifetime spent using media of all types suddenly “come to Jesus” regarding the negative influences of media in hunting.

There are lots of great outdoorsmen (and women) who outside their personal friend groups no one will never know about.

The World needs both, I’m not saying I support the Social Media idiocracy that a segment of it has become but history shows animals with financial value do last. Millions of dollars in conversation that are individually and corporately donated are substantial in our cause as stewards and sportsmen. I just don’t know where to put the line, on one hand the idiocracy exposes itself and technically self polices itself by highlighting and in many cases even prosecuting the extremes people go for a picture.

I don’t know right answers but I know utopia doesn’t exist in a mortal universe for a reason

I am going to take a line from the "all-wise" Helen Boucher:

Aint nobody needin no social media, especially you! That social media is from the devil!

Agree, there are finer points to be made. On one hand there is a generation of people who, for reasons beyond just the urban sprawl and population movements to suburbia, really do not know anything about the wild, outdoors, or woodcraft. Social media might be opening doors for people to experience something they never would have had the opportunity to do, simply as a beginning of "online jealousy" or FOMO.

On the other hand we have the folks who make us look foolish by their stupid antics "all for the 'gram"

There is a line in there somewhere, but I don't know where it falls either.

I think I rely on MySpace too much.

You are a gen x’er!!! I know it

Great point, and there is a lot of positive attributes to social media.


As far as where the line is, I don’t know either

Another son-in-law, not a whole lot younger than me, but that's another story, shot a decent hill country buck at my place a couple of years ago. His son, my grandson, was with us. 'First time either one of them had ever sat in a blind with me. Both of the son-in-law's parents had thanked me for getting him back into hunting. His, now deceased, father had taken him a few times, but had never had the opportunity to be on a lease or anything like that. There was lots of teaching going on in the blind, as gentle and easy-going as I could. I told him to shoot this particular buck. He was happy when we walked up to it and while we were cleaning it. Apparently, he posted it on Facebook, and within a couple of hours, two of his so-called friends started making snide comments about how small it was. He mentioned it and I told him to blow it off and, that those guys weren't acting like friends. Here's the deer:



I wouldn't bet money on him ever "finding the time" to hunt with me ever again. He definitely has his own issues, like we all do, but still...it's a shame.

I actually really like that buck. Good mature 8 with cool brows. He has idiots for friends. But i also don’t share on Facebook or THF because it’s not as locked down (atleast in ability) as say instragram or iPhone group chat

That’s some nice mass on that Hill Country 8pt.

"In my limited experience, I have found that the more a particular person posts on social media, the unhappier they seem to be"

Truth

This, I'm 77 and love to sit in a stand and watch. I only take a rifle in case I see a pig. I've passed up some mighty fine racks. I don't eat deer anymore, so why kill it. I've passed on shooting coyotes. I'll shoot pigs because of the damage they do. I don't eat pigs anymore, but the yotes and buzzards like feral pork. I did get a Canon T7 2000D to take. Its a great shooter.

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This, I'm 77 and love to sit in a stand and watch. I only take a rifle in case I see a pig. I've passed up some mighty fine racks. I don't eat deer anymore, so why kill it. I've passed on shooting coyotes. I'll shoot pigs because of the damage they do. I don't eat pigs anymore, but the yotes and buzzards like feral pork. I did get a Canon T7 2000D to take. Its a great shooter.[/quote]

74 and guilty of this also. My FIL had 130 acres at Sandy outside Johnson City. I had free hunting for 12 years as long as I helped take care of the place. I didn't kill many deer there as much as I watched them thru stalking and still hunting. I just enjoyed being in nature and seeing it in a natural form. His son and grandkids could care less about what was there. He sold it as it was getting too much for him to handle and I couldn't do all the things he wanted done by myself as I was still working full time. I think If I had retired earlier and kept it up more he and I would still be enjoying it.