Black eyes

elkyinzer

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I guess I consider myself a deep thinking and I find this whole topic fascinating in that manner. Clearly there is a lot of (not all) disgusting behavior in the look-at-me world of commercialized hunting/fishing/outdoor pursuits. I hope these men are in search of new careers as a consequence of their actions and their sponsors do the right thing like MR did.

I have always found it fascinating that philosophically speaking, that there are parallels between hunting/fishing media and pornography. Both are intimate interactions that nature/god intended to be shared between the participants, yet the modern world has given us the ability to capture the experience for mass consumption. The reaction to said productions is filtered through the experiences and beliefs of the individual viewer, but personally I find 95% of each disgusting.

Meanwhile these fellas were producing within the remaining 5% of what I thought was tasteful cinematic production of hunting and fishing, unlike what you see on tv. But alas, behind the scenes they were still dbags seeking validation at the expense of our shared natural resources. Not everything is as it seems is the lesson here I guess.
 

Mark

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Vortex optics stated they have not made a decision on supporting Montana wild in 2017.. Pretty disheartening. I am a huge vortex fan, but if they end up chooseing to support them I doubt I'll ever own another vortex product.

The email I received from Vortex likely read similar to yours. They mentioned that their 2016 support decision was made before the conviction news was announced. While they did "stress the fact that we do not support the actions of MW", they stopped short of dropping them in 2017. However, I believe that they will drop them simply because of the negative press they will receive if they continue to support MW.
 
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Vortex didn't bother responding to my email. As an optics firm, Vortex is not central to the fishing market space, and they probably figure the customer base will not care. Having spent a lot of time in the board room, I can imagine how the discussion panned out. Too bad. I agree with everyone who thinks we have to police our own. Only thing a guy can do is take his cash elsewhere.
 
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