It's a shame

Most of you don't know me. I have only met a few of you in person. But I am a fun loving guy who focuses on teaching my kids the outdoors and hate injustice. I used to have a passion for online hunting forums and sharing information, and often wonder why I haven't posted on MWT in so long. I tell myself that I am busy. That work or kids activities have pulled me away. But the real answer comes abundantly clear once you post anything on MWT.

I started using hunting forums back in 2004 when I wanted to get into bowhunting and had recently moved to Texas from Pennsylvania, where I spent my first 20yrs hunting public land big woods. Texasbowhunter.com and ArcheryTalk.com were the norm for me to learn about a part of hunting that I had always wanted to do, but didn't have family nor friends to teach me.

When I moved to Missouri in 2009, I was hoping to find another close nit hunting community based around a forum. One that supports, educates, laughs and even mourns together. And for the most part MWT was exactly that. A cool community with 1-4 guys who's heads were too big for their hat sizes. But for the most part, good clean fun and community. I really felt that when I was blessed after 2 years of hard hunting and learning and was blessed with a great buck. And every time I run into MWT'ers out and about or at MWT events.

But that changed a few years back. Now this site is mostly made up of posts and comments from a pretty normal group of "bullies" for lack of a better word. A doz or two out of the thousands of registered users love to bash anyone that posts anything. Bash new folks. Bash guys who have been around since the beginning....it doesn't matter.

I used to get pissed off and felt the need to defend myself and others who were being picked on....but then I came to realize that the majority of MTW are good guys and gals, but it is a compete waste of time to post or argue with the immature few. I don't know anyone's ages, but those few act like 14yr old gamers who hide behind their computer screens and think that they know everything there is about hunting. And the truth is.....most of them don't know squat. Don't know how much blood, sweat and tears get put into hunting. Sure they hunt. And they go out on the family farm or lease to stands that have been up for years while being dropped off by a truck, ATV. But most of those bullies have no idea what a lot of hunters go through on a yearly bases to get into the woods, scout, check out new areas, hang stands every hunting trip, carry it all out every time....etc.
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Sometimes I think we forget that we are ALL Hunters. Hunting under different circumstances, privileges, hunting budgets, ages.......etc. We need to all work together to educate those around us of how do do things right. Take a young guy under your wing. Teach them what it means to be a hunter. What it means to look out for one another. What it means to respect one another.

I know that 98% of you out there are great people. And for those of you that are bitter in life, or think you are better than everyone else. Keep your trap shut if you don't have something nice to say. If you wouldn't say it to a person face to face, don't say it. Because 99% of the crap spewed by the "bullies" would never be said to the person's face.

If you are an administrator....its on you.....manage the forum and crack down on the crap....you would be surprised what an amazing place this could be.