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Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2012
05 April 2014, 08:50
Matt GrahamCabelas Big Game Hunter 2012
Is this the only exposure young people are likely to get to big game hunting?
Cabelas Big Game - Youtube ClipPretty sad really. The original Big Game Hunter game was just an arcade animal shooting game - pretty harmless. This one has tried to offer a 'greater' experience and lets the safari industry down badly IMO.
You be the judge...
05 April 2014, 21:14
Dan MillerThis is why my son (15 months old) already has a Ruger 10/22, but will never own a video game.
05 April 2014, 23:32
JBrownThat is a terrible portrayal of hunting. It looks like something the antis would put out to hurt hunting.
I'm shocked that Cabelas would place their name on something that shows hunting in such a bad light. Shameful.
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
_______________________
Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
-Jason Brown
05 April 2014, 23:58
boarkillerI'm not shocked.
Everything for buck. Cabel ass is no different apparently. Shame on them.
" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...
Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
“ Hávamál”
06 April 2014, 00:56
Matt NormanEvery day we have thousands (tens of thousands? more?)of kids watching/playing video games similar to this only it involves shooting people. And we wonder why they turn into whack jobs that shoot up schools, malls, theaters, etc.
06 April 2014, 00:59
NavalukDisgusting. On the other hand I've seen similar on many TV hunting shows. This "game" will sell big in America.
06 April 2014, 01:12
ManuelMI really don't see the problem with that, there are war games that does not have anything to do with what real war is about it is just to sell an to entertain, when I was younger I played the cabelas games just for fun, but i never believed that hunting was as it was portrayed in the game.
06 April 2014, 06:27
JBrownquote:
Originally posted by ManuelM:
I really don't see the problem with that, there are war games that does not have anything to do with what real war is about it is just to sell an to entertain, when I was younger I played the cabelas games just for fun, but i never believed that hunting was as it was portrayed in the game.
I'm not worried(not too much anyway) about young hunters playing that game. I am very worried about non-hunters seeing that game and taking a negative long tern view of hunting.
A game that shows hunters "blastin shit" and racking up points really bothers me. The fact that it is put out by the leading outdoor retailer really bothers me.
Cabelas has been my go-to place all my life. I am going to write to Cabelas detailing my concerns. Unless I get a satisfactory response I will take my business elsewhere.
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
_______________________
Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
-Jason Brown
06 April 2014, 07:57
PD999quote:
Originally posted by JBrown:
The fact that it is put out by the leading outdoor retailer really bothers me.
+1
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06 April 2014, 17:52
Fallow BuckFirstly it will not have been put out by cabelas. An agency brokered licensing deal probably let the creators use the name with little or no input by cabelas themselves. That being said if I were them I wouldn't be too keen.
Of course I struggle to argue with a hunt that allows me to shoot vultures, warthogs and water buffalo in a few minutes...
K
07 April 2014, 04:57
SevensFrom a video game standpoint, it seems entertaining enough. About the only African lion I would get to shoot.
My peeve with the game, calling a Cape buffalo a water buffalo.
07 April 2014, 08:22
JBrownWith the idiocy shown, maybe we deserve to lose our sport. Sheesh!
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
_______________________
Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
-Jason Brown
