I'd like to point out the many fallacies presented in this post.
"A hunter in my opinion is a person that kills to have hunted." So anybody who doesn't tag-out is not a hunter. If you don't kill, you cannot be a hunter, per OP. Seems like being a real hunter is seasonal then. Could even change within the season, or within the same hunting trip.
"Hunting means one knows everything about his quarry. Knows its habits, paterns,where it lives and travels." If you are a child/new hunting-participant (can't call them a hunter, now can I?) tagging along with a parent/mentor, you can't be a hunter, as your threshold of knowledge regarding your quarry is far too low. Also, if you haven't tracked down a single specific animal and have spent considerable time recording its every movement, you cannot be a hunter. So all you that understand a species' general habits and go into an area without a plan to take a single, specific animal, you cannot be hunters.
"The hunter than plans and sets up a rendezvous and than hopefully if he is a competent marksman finishes the hunt." This statement is contradictory to point 1, for a hunter never hopes to finish a hunt. Only hunters finish hunts; everybody else is not a hunter.
"So again no disrespect for people with a limited time frame,disabilities,traveling to far of locations etc." If you don't have time to track down a single animal, if you travel any amount of distance to your hunting spot, or if you have a disability, you cannot be a hunter. But don't feel disrespected. It's just the rule.
"These people must rely on outfiters and guides to do to a great extent the hunting for them and they become the shooters." This point assumes that people with limited time, disabilities, and or who travel for hunting cannot do any hunting work on their own and must be guided. If you can't hunt out of your backyard, sorry, you're not a hunter. Loose a leg in a war, born with Down syndrome? Sorry, automatically disqualified from being a hunter. Only have a weekend to hunt? Believe it or not, also not a hunter.
"People hunting the fringes of parks,roadhunters ( with the exception of antelope ) game reserves and sanctuaries also don't qualify." If you "hunt" near an area which is easy to get to or otherwise off-limits to hunting, sorry, you aren't a hunter. Unless you're hunting antelope (I'm assuming he means pronghorn), then you get a pass and can hunt along roads. They're special.
"And neither do drones, heat seekers, fish finders. lol" Drones, heat seekers, and fish finders cannot be hunters (grammar is important, people). Textbook speciesism right here.
"So how many of us are really a full fledged hunters?" According to the rules set forth by OP, I would estimate that there are less than 1,000 people in the world who are "full fledged hunters". But don't worry, he's not disrespecting you. He's just saying that you don't actually hunt. Your thousands of hours of preparation, thousands of dollars, and all the thought you've given to your predator-based outdoor activity just don't qualify you as a true hunter. Thems the rules. Gotta follow the rules.
I can appreciate the OP 1st post and his willingness to respond with respect and as I ponder his questions and thoughts I find them thought provoking even tho our ideas may differ depending on our upbringing and our priorities and as I've hunted from North Carolina to Alaska and Montana and Wisconsin and on n on I find that each place has a different way of answering that question of real hunters vs fair chase etc…sorry….I will stop there so I don't hurt feelings lol cause I cud really vent on some of what I've seen but will refrain….thanks again Martin@hin
