Do it like NP does it or you are wrong.

The polar opposite of the Rifle Snob ( the guy who won't touch a gun unless it wears Grade V Turkish walnut, High gloss Bluing, custom inlays and engraving, with a fine German Optic on top ) is the Call of Duty hunter.

The Call of Duty hunter is a person who didn't grow up hunting, but he wants to prove himself a man so he takes the gun he is most familiar with (AR platform rifles from, Duh, Playing Call of Duty) afield and attempts to mow down animals as if they were the viet cong. Hunting for this guy is all about Image & Machismo and very little about the thrill of the hunt, pursuit of the quarry or the sheer adrenaline rush of the kill....its all about doing it to say he did.


I've hunted with both types, and although the aforementioned hunter can be annoying, I far prefer him to the latter

For the record, the AR is easiest rifle on which to mount night vision sights for varmint / hog hunting. This alone gives it a significant advantage over other rifle styles.

I can find plenty of pictures of guys who pretty well have their stuff together, with AR's, some pretty talented and knowledgable shooters who fit an entirely different stereotype. Dunno that they would advocate hunting deer with one, but they could decidedly contradict the open carry db's image.

There is a retired army guy in AK who loves his AR-10 and uses it for everything from wolves to moose. He is well-known and respected in the hunting community. I would not bat an eye if he were in camp with me.

Why? No need to use a stereotype when the man's skills/know-how are a known quantity.

No need to use a stereotype when the man's skills/know-how are a known quantity.

Be great if that sentiment was extended to everyone that has earned it.

grumpy old hunters gonna be grumpy old hunters

None of that applies. I need nothing from you. Only, stop writing like a hypocrite.

I really don't care what rifle a person hunts with. But from my own observations I have seen that there are more poor shots from those that use AR type rifles. And I am not saying everyone that uses it can't shoot, just stating what I have observed here.

OK. Kinda hard to not thinking something is going on when you call me out like that. A dozen others on this very thread have said exactly what I have said, yet my posts are always the ones you block quote and respond to.

So the "getting all indignant" act is kinda, say, hypocritical?

Why does anyone care what the next person hunts with? Seriously, who gives a damn. I hunt won bolt guns and AR's, just depends what I'm hunting for. Either way it is an appropriate gun for the situation.

Some just can't get over the fact that others don't think or do exactly what/like they do. And some....usually the same ones....have no clue of the difference between fact and opinion. Then state their opinion as fact, and criticize others who disagree for pushing back against fact, which is really nothing but their opinion in the first place.

The fact is that a lot of folks on this thread who own land/ranches for hunting have had a lot of crappy experiences with many AR hunters. And have overall low opinions of them as a result. To the point of not allowing them to set foot on their property.

If one can read, that's apparent.