Thread: DOC land - The real Hunters bragging rights?

Well said Husky. Hunting, and what a trophy is means something different to everyone. I’m a shepherd and everywhere I’ve worked over the years has had some hunting on it, some ok and some very good. At the moment where I work has shitloads of deer, so many in fact we get a helicopter in to tidy a few up. Probably a 150 a year. We’ve also got farmed deer so have stags hanging on the fence’s in the roar including some escape’s with some big heads. I shoot quite a few deer but it’s a bit easy and to be honest it gets a bit boring. I don’t shoot stags off fences because they mean nothing to me, but when someone does and are pretty stoked about it I compliment them on the head because to them it’s a trophy. It’s their trophy and that’s fine, each to their own. I shot a reasonable 12 on public land this year and that’s my trophy.I worked for it and that’s where the value is to me. Walking for days and camping above the bush and seeing a few animals is a joy for me, it’s how I want to spend my time. The flip side is I don’t have to, I can shoot one out the truck window but it’s no where near as rewarding. We should all remember it’s not a competition, and some people like to take the easy road while others amongst us find satisfaction in the effort that they put in. The effort is the trophy.