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Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
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03/18/13 04:55 PM
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smh264
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First let me qualify: I was born and raised in Texas until I was 31. I moved to Cody, Wyoming for 6 years and then to Montana for 19 years. Couldn't wait until I could get back down to Texas where I always considered home. Texas pride is everywhere, just look at the TX flags flying everywhere. We're taught by our parents/grandparents that all other states rotate around Texas and I still believe that. That said: Some Texans can be pretty obnoxious when it comes to hunting and their "know it all attitudes". (I'm guilty too at times so stay with me here.) I guided for big game out of Cody, WY for 3 years and was in the mountains hunting horseback for about 4 months every year. One particular pair of Texas hunters were bear hunting with us. They immediately began telling me how the baits were set wrong, wrong meat in them, wrong set-up in the barrel, wrong location, yada yada yada. I asked them where they had bear hunted before and both said they had "read about it" in different hunting magazines. This is the type of attitude that gives Texans a bad name in many of these hunting rich states. A PH in Zimbabwe even made a comment to us that the Texas hunters were certainly a different lot of people. He had been told by Texans what he was doing wrong in his African hunting and was told "this isn't how we do it back home". I realize that this will not change and this is only an observation, not an indictment on the Texas hunter. Sometimes we make better impressions if we listen more and talk a little less; some of these places would be more tolerant of us.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: smh264]
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03/18/13 05:11 PM
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Trout-killer
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Its not just hunters from Texas. The majority of Texans are obnoxious. Me included. Oh... and welcome back to the land of "I'm better than you"
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Trout-killer]
#4128607
03/18/13 05:17 PM
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HuntKill
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Haha....some are know-it-alls no matter what state they are from...I guess you have never been around some PA. Hunters..lol. As far as sharing camp...can't beat those Louisiana boys...they sure know how to eat and live'n up a camp!!
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: HuntKill]
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03/18/13 05:22 PM
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Mike Honcho
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I can totally see the ops points. Ive been guilty of it.
“Two things that define an individual what you do when you have everything, and what you do when you have nothing."
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Mike Honcho]
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03/18/13 05:32 PM
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Navasot
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I bet you I can guess were they were from....
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Navasot]
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03/18/13 05:38 PM
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Johnny Lobos
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There isn't much "real" hunting in Texas in my opinion, where its man against animal and environment. I still disagree with you on 2.5lbs
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Mike Honcho]
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03/18/13 05:41 PM
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rifleman
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I'm right all the time, but not obnoxious........
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Navasot]
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03/18/13 05:42 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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I'm pretty quiet when I get out of Texas-mainly because I don't know jack compared to who I am trusting my hunt to when guided. If I am unguided I just do my thing and my buddies do theirs-we all will give our thoughts if requested but not until...
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/18/13 05:44 PM
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skeeter22
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"I still disagree with you on 2.5lbs"
Is that code?
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: skeeter22]
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03/18/13 05:45 PM
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Navasot
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I like to share what I know but love to learn about new areas and how they are hunted... keep an open mind
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
#4128673
03/18/13 05:46 PM
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rifleman
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I'm pretty quiet when I get out of Texas-mainly because I don't know jack compared to who I am trusting my hunt to when guided. If I am unguided I just do my thing and my buddies do theirs-we all will give our thoughts if requested but not until... If you ever do a sheep hunt in the lower 48 I can recommend a good guide that loves Texans, but he will mess with you about your accent.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/18/13 05:52 PM
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Leonardo
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Of course there are know it all hunters that come from Texas. Being a Texan has a lore about it that people don't forget and they know from other parts of the world. Those Texans were just more memorable than the people from the rest of the US.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/18/13 05:54 PM
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aeb
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I've had a few but absolutely the most obnoxious hunter (former hunter) was from Deep East Texas... somewhere close to Monroe.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: aeb]
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03/18/13 06:02 PM
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Navasot
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I've had a few but absolutely the most obnoxious hunter (former hunter) was from Deep East Texas... somewhere close to Monroe. lol
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: HuntKill]
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03/18/13 06:04 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Haha....some are know-it-alls no matter what state they are from...I guess you have never been around some PA. Hunters..lol. As far as sharing camp...can't beat those Louisiana boys...they sure know how to eat and live'n up a camp!! X2!!!! Ill hunt with a coon arse any day of the week. Spent a week with some PA boys at elk camp.... basically told the outfitter. .. if he book PA boys same weej as me id never come back again. Being a TX boy himself he understood. Last year hunted with a cali, fl, and Nebraska guys at elk camp and they where great!!!
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
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03/18/13 06:09 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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I'm pretty quiet when I get out of Texas-mainly because I don't know jack compared to who I am trusting my hunt to when guided. If I am unguided I just do my thing and my buddies do theirs-we all will give our thoughts if requested but not until... Not me I just pull in and honk a few times...just so they know the big deal is in town Or I jump out of the truck and yell...Game Warden every one freeze. Most the outfitters I hunt with usually know me pretty well and the new ones well they'll get to know me pretty quick.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
#4128745
03/18/13 06:14 PM
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Navasot
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Nebraska fellas know how to eat.... i feel like i gain 10lbs every time i go up there...
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
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03/18/13 06:14 PM
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I'm pretty quiet when I get out of Texas-mainly because I don't know jack compared to who I am trusting my hunt to when guided. If I am unguided I just do my thing and my buddies do theirs-we all will give our thoughts if requested but not until... Not me I just pull in and honk a few times...just so they know the big deal is in town Or I jump out of the truck and yell...Game Warden every one freeze. Most the outfitters I hunt with usually know me pretty well and the new ones well they'll get to know me pretty quick.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: aeb]
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03/18/13 06:17 PM
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Mike Honcho
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Johnny loco when you say man vs animal is a wt, mulie, or elk in other states more dangerous to hunt. Just curious about your statement NO REAL HUNTING in texas? I mean last time I checked with the exception of grizzly, kodiak, polar bear most animals in North America are not that dangerous to hunt wherever you hunt. As for Africa other than the dangerous game the plains game really aren't anymore dangerous as there bretheren relocated and raised here in texas from what a ph I met told me when asking what the differences are between shooting plains game exotics there vs here. Yes I'd agree on environmental factors hunting in others can be challenging especially cold, but I've guided many out of state guys in the dog days of summer and they are dying so I think it's a short sided statement to knock Texas.
“Two things that define an individual what you do when you have everything, and what you do when you have nothing."
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Navasot]
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03/18/13 06:21 PM
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rifleman
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I'm pretty quiet when I get out of Texas-mainly because I don't know jack compared to who I am trusting my hunt to when guided. If I am unguided I just do my thing and my buddies do theirs-we all will give our thoughts if requested but not until... Not me I just pull in and honk a few times...just so they know the big deal is in town Or I jump out of the truck and yell...Game Warden every one freeze. Most the outfitters I hunt with usually know me pretty well and the new ones well they'll get to know me pretty quick.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
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03/18/13 06:25 PM
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txtrophy85
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I'm pretty quiet when I get out of Texas-mainly because I don't know jack compared to who I am trusting my hunt to when guided. If I am unguided I just do my thing and my buddies do theirs-we all will give our thoughts if requested but not until... X2. I don't go into someone elses home and pretend to know where they keep their flour. Whenever I hunt something/somewhere I don't have experiance with, I take a guide. makes it alot easier to be successful and gives you knowledge to boot!
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: txtrophy85]
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03/18/13 06:28 PM
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rifleman
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I do roll into Colorado and warn folks to hide they kids & hide they wives.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: rifleman]
#4128789
03/18/13 06:30 PM
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Navasot
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I do roll into Colorado and warn folks to hide they kids & hide they wives. Do they ask you to show them how to duggy?
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: Navasot]
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03/18/13 06:36 PM
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rifleman
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yep, after my crank that tutorial of 2007, they know I'm the real deal.
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Re: Are Texas Hunters Obnoxious?
[Re: rifleman]
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03/18/13 06:41 PM
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