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The “It’s just a hunting rifle” Saying Bugs Me
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<blockquote data-quote="Raudy707" data-source="post: 1760868" data-attributes="member: 105681"><p>"just a hunting rifle" doesn't bother me at all. Hunting used to be a blue collar every man's activity. Today, it's really gotten money driven from tags, to clothing, to firearms. The guy in Colorado wearing jeans and hickory shirt with a red pad Ruger M77 30-06 with a Simmons 3-9x40 scope is laughed at. Scoffed. When did we get to this place in hunting? I met a guy last year with his hunting partners wearing holey wranglers, an old tattered carhartt vest with a pack frame and I asked him, why he wasn't carrying a rifle? He said well I couldn't afford the tag this year, but I'll be ready next year. This was a resident! Tag cost to him was $49. My Sitka gloves cost that much. Made me feel like dirt! His partners had rifles. One was a Remington 760 30-06 with a 4x Weaver scope and the other was a Savage 110 in 270 with a Bushnell 3-9x40 scope. We talked about elk for 30 minutes and they explained to me how they always tag out in this zone but it is getting harder and harder with the non-residents, ranching for wildlife and all the big money trespassing fees making land less available to them. These guys all had "just hunting rifles" and they looked at the ground when I said "what are you shootin pardner?" and he replied just my grandads ol huntin rifle...I said man that 760 is a classic and he perked up looking me in the eyes now and said you have one? I said I didn't but my best friend that was killed in Afghanistan did and I always wanted to ask his parents for it. He smiled and said yeah this old gun has killed a bunch of elk. Not a doubt in my mind I replied. Long story long, and finally getting to my point, there's nothing wrong with just a hunting rifle. We are pushing some hunters away and making them feel inadequate with the new age hunting standard. Those guys needed those tags, relied on that meat for their families and were all working together to get an elk. Not because of enjoyment, but out of necessity. Really put things in perspective for me. At the end of our conversation I said hey I really appreciate the scouting advice and I want to pay you for it. I offered the guy $40 bucks that didn't have a tag and said now go buy your elk tag. He said No you're sh#%#ing me? Seriously I want to see you hunting tomorrow. He said he would go get it as soon as he got back to Craig. It was an OTC zone and residents get to hunt all month if they don't fill their bull tags apparently. Felt good. I never saw them again, but hope they filled their freezers with those old hunting rifles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raudy707, post: 1760868, member: 105681"] "just a hunting rifle" doesn't bother me at all. Hunting used to be a blue collar every man's activity. Today, it's really gotten money driven from tags, to clothing, to firearms. The guy in Colorado wearing jeans and hickory shirt with a red pad Ruger M77 30-06 with a Simmons 3-9x40 scope is laughed at. Scoffed. When did we get to this place in hunting? I met a guy last year with his hunting partners wearing holey wranglers, an old tattered carhartt vest with a pack frame and I asked him, why he wasn't carrying a rifle? He said well I couldn't afford the tag this year, but I'll be ready next year. This was a resident! Tag cost to him was $49. My Sitka gloves cost that much. Made me feel like dirt! His partners had rifles. One was a Remington 760 30-06 with a 4x Weaver scope and the other was a Savage 110 in 270 with a Bushnell 3-9x40 scope. We talked about elk for 30 minutes and they explained to me how they always tag out in this zone but it is getting harder and harder with the non-residents, ranching for wildlife and all the big money trespassing fees making land less available to them. These guys all had "just hunting rifles" and they looked at the ground when I said "what are you shootin pardner?" and he replied just my grandads ol huntin rifle...I said man that 760 is a classic and he perked up looking me in the eyes now and said you have one? I said I didn't but my best friend that was killed in Afghanistan did and I always wanted to ask his parents for it. He smiled and said yeah this old gun has killed a bunch of elk. Not a doubt in my mind I replied. Long story long, and finally getting to my point, there's nothing wrong with just a hunting rifle. We are pushing some hunters away and making them feel inadequate with the new age hunting standard. Those guys needed those tags, relied on that meat for their families and were all working together to get an elk. Not because of enjoyment, but out of necessity. Really put things in perspective for me. At the end of our conversation I said hey I really appreciate the scouting advice and I want to pay you for it. I offered the guy $40 bucks that didn't have a tag and said now go buy your elk tag. He said No you're sh#%#ing me? Seriously I want to see you hunting tomorrow. He said he would go get it as soon as he got back to Craig. It was an OTC zone and residents get to hunt all month if they don't fill their bull tags apparently. Felt good. I never saw them again, but hope they filled their freezers with those old hunting rifles. [/QUOTE]
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