Here is an excerpt from a Teddy Roosevelt book "Hunting the Grisly and other Sketches". I thought is was a nice summation of different types of hunting and how they were looked at a 100+ years ago.
"I have met plenty of men accustomed to killing wild turkeys and deer with small bore rifles in the Southern Forests who, when they got onto the plains and in the Rockies, were absolutely helpless. They not only failed to become proficient in the art of killing Big Game at long ranges with the large bore rifle, at the cost of fatiguing tramps, but they had a positive distaste for the sport and would never allow that it equaled their own stealthy hunts in the Southern Forests. So I know plenty of men, experts with a shotgun, who honestly prefer shooting quail in the East over well trained setters or pointers, to the hardier, manlier sports of the Wilderness."
Kinda neat to see what he wrote back then. Seems like to me, he is saying, lots of folks really hold dearly, their type of hunting and scorn others for their type of hunting, ie long range hunting vs dog hunting and so on.
Anyhow, thought you all might want to read that. I have a few of his books on hunting, ranching and just rambling about while out in the Badlands. Great books. I really like the older books written by TR. Heck, in his day the 30-30 was a high speed death dealer to antelope! Scotty
"I have met plenty of men accustomed to killing wild turkeys and deer with small bore rifles in the Southern Forests who, when they got onto the plains and in the Rockies, were absolutely helpless. They not only failed to become proficient in the art of killing Big Game at long ranges with the large bore rifle, at the cost of fatiguing tramps, but they had a positive distaste for the sport and would never allow that it equaled their own stealthy hunts in the Southern Forests. So I know plenty of men, experts with a shotgun, who honestly prefer shooting quail in the East over well trained setters or pointers, to the hardier, manlier sports of the Wilderness."
Kinda neat to see what he wrote back then. Seems like to me, he is saying, lots of folks really hold dearly, their type of hunting and scorn others for their type of hunting, ie long range hunting vs dog hunting and so on.
Anyhow, thought you all might want to read that. I have a few of his books on hunting, ranching and just rambling about while out in the Badlands. Great books. I really like the older books written by TR. Heck, in his day the 30-30 was a high speed death dealer to antelope! Scotty
