Originally Posted by
Bugle M In
I am going to put this out there, and see what others think.
We talk about "brainwashing" thru repetitive media, which is worst then ever, but has existed forever.
Have we allowed our "own industry" to brain wash us?
What do i mean?
Well, much of what we see on tv or magazines, which was the main way to "advertise" or get the message out there, was and
still is (if you look at many of the hunting shows on tv), is from folks (usually GO's) trying to "sell their hunts".
Sure, how to hunt such and such (to a degree) , but really, it is to showcase their company, to get as many clients as possible.
And, what do they showcase most, to convince you to go there?
IT's "we've got the biggest antlered such in such anywhere around".
And sometimes its a shame, because i know a GO right now that cant find many clients, because the hunting is piss poor in his
territory.
But damn, the territory is beautiful none the less.
But haven't we brain washed ourselves when it comes to hunting.
We just have to show off the rack, the bone, the length.
Its just become inherent in us to do so, to expect to do so etc.
But, is that the only reason we hunt or fish???
I don't think so.
We have allowed the industry to make us look like that's all we care about.
Because they are selling themselves to you because you need to have the biggest buck in the valley.
And in the end, that is the message the non hunting public sees.
We have to do better.
We have to rebrand hunting.
We have to show folks "Why we hunt".
Not just that miniscule moment in time when it actually comes together and it just so happened to be a tank.
We have to rethink "who we are and why we do it"
Fix ourselves first and then other can start to see what it is really about.
Just my thoughts.