Unpopular opinions

[MoeFaux]

Solids are to hunters what pink is to men.

@Thehillbillee - Can you expound? I honestly don't know what this means.

 

[Thehillbillee]

@Thehillbillee - Can you expound? I honestly don't know what this means.

Both are colors that indicate the person so dressed is confused about their identity. Solids are for hikers and non-hunting nature lovers of the sort who stay on trails and would never “hurt” an animal. Camo is the uniform of hunters. Wear it in the woods, wear it to Walmart, be proud of who you are.

 

[KurtR]

Just going hiking around and camping for the experience is over rated

Im there to kill something

 

[BigredRusch]

The people "playing the draw odds" and "applying for tags across the west" then hunting multiple states every year and complaining about draw odds and overcrowding are literally paying to complain and they are degrading the overall experience for everyone.

 

[<cascadehunter>]

Water bladders and hoses suck, two 48oz Nalgenes is the way.

As it pertains to Washington, I would not be opposed to (at least having a conversation about) elk tags becoming a draw

 

[PredatoronthePrairie]

Just going hiking around and camping for the experience is over rated

Im there to kill something

Gotta disagree with this one.
Been doing stretches of the AT every year.
Amazing sites, and crushing 20m a day and making distance is a differnt/rewarding feeling in its own right.

 

[mostlybirch]

Both are colors that indicate the person so dressed is confused about their identity. Solids are for hikers and non-hunting nature lovers of the sort who stay on trails and would never “hurt” an animal. Camo is the uniform of hunters. Wear it in the woods, wear it to Walmart, be proud of who you are.

One year myself and a couple work buddies were hunting caribou north of the Brooks Range. A trooper helicopter landed near us to talk. He was checking in on us because "we didn't look like hunters in our bright solid color rain jackets". Coming straight from work I think we were in black, sky blue, and mango colored jackets. We had a good laugh with the trooper. Then we heard rifle shots west of us, clearly inside the 5 mile corridor so he took off quick. The caribou we hauled out the next day didn't seem to care about the jackets.

 

[Q child]

In many configurations Leica makes better binoculars than Swarovski.

 

[KurtR]

Gotta disagree with this one.
Been doing stretches of the AT every year.
Amazing sites, and crushing 20m a day and making distance is a differnt/rewarding feeling in its own right.

I was talking about the guys who are not good at hunting.

 

[Kroezer54]

Well, this is a fun thread, haha

 

[Mr.Ktm]

You don’t need a lifted diesel pickup to kill stuff

 

[Sinistram]

I can think of two, both very unpopular!

1. You will never realize the difference between $X and $X times 2 optics
2. The level of precision in your reloads is probably too high.

Scandalous!

 

[Dr.Spaniel]

What are some commonly held beliefs in the hunting world that you don’t agree with?

Personally I’ve always thought that “buy the best glass you can afford” was just clever marketing by optics companies. Mid range glass is perfectly

Practical not tacticool

 

[Grassymike]

Can you name some good mid priced glass options?

For a spotter yes. Pentax PF 65 ED.

 

[Grassymike]

who didn’t grow up eating wild game?

Go get the help you need. Bad beef is better than any wild game

You need to do something different with your meat if you think beef is better. Not even close.

 

[KenLee]

Just going hiking around and camping for the experience is over rated

Im there to kill something

Like the guys with no round in the chamber? That's hiking, Barney.

 

[go_deep]

Like the guys with no round in the chamber? That's hiking, Barney.

If you have every had a safety on a firearm fail causing an accidental discharge, you might think differently.

 

[Grassymike]

Rare game meat is gross! I know it cannot be overcooked but I don't like the texture of chewy rare meat.

Any meat that is overcooked has far less flavor.

 

[MoeFaux]

If you have every had a safety on a firearm fail causing an accidental discharge, you might think differently.

One of the reasons I love carrying a lever gun for any hunting in closer quarters. Round in the chamber and hammer down leaves nothing to fail to cause an AD and nothing to do but cock the hammer back to shoot.

 

[KenLee]

If you have every had a safety on a firearm fail causing an accidental discharge, you might think differently.

I've only seen or heard of it happening with Remington bolt actions, which I don't hunt with because they don't have a bolt lock, and with triggers which have been Bubbaed up.
I hunt with factory triggers on Browning, Ruger, and Savages. Never heard of a problem with those.