Thread: Wapiti hunters. Who was better?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

no comparison ..its a different world in so many ways.
when money can buy you a treestump stag/bull in so many places ,the uniqueness of a really good trophy head is gone.
back then there were few cheats available.......now there are as many as your pocket can stand..chopper ride in,thermal scope blah blah blah
and back then it was a week----month long trip vs todays fly in and out in weekend... FOR SURE the heart of the country is trying to keep it pure and untainted and its on foot or not at all...in theory... but when money talks the good intentions walk.

Just remember the first wapiti hunters had to pay for the license to hunt which was cost prohibitive to a lot of people back then. They also had the luxury back then of big pure unhunted wapiti bulls. A 365ds bull was shot and left as it wasn't big enough. No saints back then either. I know it's hard to canister but I think it is a genuinely interesting debate