The last couple of posts bring it out.
1 - It's the guides that are causing the problem.
Ever think that if the guides can't use cameras and intentionally mess with folks hunting over water holes during hunt times, then they'll have their minions or local high school kids sitting out there day after day for $8-10/hr?
2 - Its only the lazy hunters. They use cameras, can't hunt, and should "earn" their animals.
What it comes down to is that there is an "earn your animal", "leave me alone" kind of mentality among the most vocal of hunters. If we should earn the animals and "hunt" properly, why shouldn't we just remove every modern convenience and and let only the smartest & strongest hunt and be successful? Let folks truly earn their animals.
3 - Some guys have expressed that game cams should be banned on private as well as public. They evidently don't own private land. Why should the private land owner be punished?
4 - Let's use some other examples too -
some guys use bait = bad.
some guys use electric bikes = bad.
some guys drive around in SXS ORVs = bad.
some guys shoot too far = bad.
not everyone uses a bow & arrow = bad
There's always something for someone to dislike and complain about.
It is an inherent trait for hunters it seems.
5 - The tomahawk missile thing mentioned above is equivalent to OnXMaps on GPS & Cell Phones. If the NR hunters didn't have the easy ability to know where he was, most wouldn't come. Then there'd be less pressure. If you'd only push to remove GPS and Cell Phones. LOL!
6 - So, we all have public land issues. That's one of the joys of hunting public land.
Yet we have this "push for more hunters" while we have the same amount of state & federal public land to pack em into. LOL! More crap in a bag than the bag can hold. Ah, yes, the joys of public.
7 - Yes, I don't hunt AZ - I'm in FL with our 22+ million folks. The population increases by 800-1,000 people every day. We have the same challenges everyone else has everywhere. Not enough places to hunt, getting drawn for a quota permit (preference points), getting on game, crowded hunt areas, etc.