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Originally posted by Navaluk:
Unlike a great many here, I prioritize my short list of things I give sh*% about, to not include this. It's a time management issue, pure and simple. I simply do not have enough time to follow the long list of poor decisions by TV hunters, let alone the endless list of screw ups by other hunters. I barely have enough time to make sure that I am not one of them.

If I was CB, I simply would not post here. I would remind CB of the legendary Tanzania PH. (The guy is known world wide for videoing animals suffering until they charge him in order to sell vids). You don't see him on here trying to explain this or that.

At some point everyone asks the question: Why do I care what someone else thinks?

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by stradling:
Craig over the past 30 years

you have been a major component and force for restoration of African safari hunting

classic rifles

a good American

a major player in bringing hunting and hunting related products to us the hungry consumer

expect people to be small and with holding in regards to your contribution success and fame

most of us know who you are what you have done

and thank you for making this a better community and setting just the right example

consistently for about 35 years

in both your good times and the bad patches

so

Sorry,
I call BS. You don't get a pass in the legal system just for being Craig Boddington. If there were laws broken, there are consequences. We are a nation of laws.

Steve

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Originally posted by gryphon1:

quote:

Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by stradling:
Craig over the past 30 years

you have been a major component and force for restoration of African safari hunting

classic rifles

a good American

a major player in bringing hunting and hunting related products to us the hungry consumer

expect people to be small and with holding in regards to your contribution success and fame

most of us know who you are what you have done

and thank you for making this a better community and setting just the right example

consistently for about 35 years

in both your good times and the bad patches

so

Sorry,
I call BS. You don't get a pass in the legal system just for being Craig Boddington. If there were laws broken, there are consequences. We are a nation of laws.

Steve

Lots of the worshipped at the top take a tumble.....dont they Lance,dont they Marion,dont they Diego,dont they all it seems.

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Originally posted by Navaluk:
Steve,

I care enough to try to give the non-rabid attackers, and non-rabid defenders a little opportunity to think about this and its importance in the "big picture". I further hope that CB would read it and consider taking my advice.

I feel obligated now to point out to one of the "mad dogs" that I was not excusing or comparing behavior. I think its clear as typed, that I would suggest to CB that you dont see MS on here defending himself, and that I think that is a wise strategy when compared to the course of action CB has chosen.

Dont loose sight of attacking CB by being drawn into wasted attacks on me or others.

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Originally posted by surestrike:
If nothing else this further proves that people with celebrity status should NEVER EVER post on a public website. This is what publicity/social media managers are for.

You just can't win on net and if your lively hood counts on your public persona the net is pure poison.

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Originally posted by gryphon1:
Lots of the worshipped at the top take a tumble.....dont they Lance,dont they Marion,dont they Diego,dont they all it seems.

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A letter from the authorities asking some questions and email talking about some pictures. Still does not prove that any wrong doing has incurred.

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by surestrike:
If nothing else this further proves that people with celebrity status should NEVER EVER post on a public website. This is what publicity/social media managers are for.

You just can't win on net and if your lively hood counts on your public persona the net is pure poison.

I think the most important thing here is that any of us, should NEVER, EVER get involved with shady operators.

It does not make any difference who you are.

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Originally posted by surestrike:

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by surestrike:
If nothing else this further proves that people with celebrity status should NEVER EVER post on a public website. This is what publicity/social media managers are for.

You just can't win on net and if your lively hood counts on your public persona the net is pure poison.

I think the most important thing here is that any of us, should NEVER, EVER get involved with shady operators.

It does not make any difference who you are.

Who set up the hunt for him I wonder?

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Seriously, can't this thread die a natural death?

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Originally posted by Vinny:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Seriously, can't this thread die a natural death?

No, it shouldn't.
When a "pillar" or "icon" of the hunting community has pulled the stunts, lived the lifestyle, and allowed his camp followers to do the same, he should be called out. Let me list a few reasons -

1. The California Rigby rifle facade. He supported and apparently backed a group that claimed to be making "original Rigby" rifles. I know first hand of the quality and what he was touting. He used a "discount" on one to get a discount hunt in Zambia. The quality on the surface was fine, but these were by no means original Rigby rifles.

2. Posing a daughter as a hunter. She makes a few hunts with dad, then goes after dangerous game and shoots the tracker. The video evidence was "disappeared", he tries to raise money for the medical expenses of the shot tracker by going on a hunt (donated) and offering one of the "wannabee" Rigby rifles as part of the deal. The full story never came out and never will.

3. The public break up with his TV guys. Again, Ivan Carter replaced him after a series of demands were not met? No details out there, but he left the best gig there is/was and left Fulson and Danklif in the lurch on this. I am sure there are a host of interested details not public.

4. Selling used clothes and claiming it was done by a good hearted buddy helping him make money. Get real.

5. Pandering the public for cash to operate his website. Get real.

6. Filing for bankruptcy and sending wife number 4 on an expensive brown bear hunt to Alaska. And, the bankruptcy filing making a partial list of assets with the rest "somewhere else"? In other words, he is stiffing his investors/partners/lenders while still playing the world trotting big game hunter.

7. The entire discussion of his military rank and service record. I think this got sorted but it should never have been an issue.

All in all, I am extremely disappointed in CB. I bought his DVDs and appreciate what he says. However, with all of the other escapades along with the events in Australia, I have lost respect for him and now listen to him with an educated ear.

Say it isn't so,please. But I fear it is.

If my statements above are false or not true - say so. Show me the truth if I have erred.

But do not ask me to ignore the obvious smoke and tell me there is no fire. Or, as my new Texas friends say, "don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining".

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Originally posted by Vinny:

quote:

Originally posted by lavaca:
Seriously, can't this thread die a natural death?

No, it shouldn't.
When a "pillar" or "icon" of the hunting community has pulled the stunts, lived the lifestyle, and allowed his camp followers to do the same, he should be called out. Let me list a few reasons -

1. The California Rigby rifle facade. He supported and apparently backed a group that claimed to be making "original Rigby" rifles. I know first hand of the quality and what he was touting. He used a "discount" on one to get a discount hunt in Zambia. The quality on the surface was fine, but these were by no means original Rigby rifles.

2. Posing a daughter as a hunter. She makes a few hunts with dad, then goes after dangerous game and shoots the tracker. The video evidence was "disappeared", he tries to raise money for the medical expenses of the shot tracker by going on a hunt (donated) and offering one of the "wannabee" Rigby rifles as part of the deal. The full story never came out and never will.

3. The public break up with his TV guys. Again, Ivan Carter replaced him after a series of demands were not met? No details out there, but he left the best gig there is/was and left Fulson and Danklif in the lurch on this. I am sure there are a host of interested details not public.

4. Selling used clothes and claiming it was done by a good hearted buddy helping him make money. Get real.

5. Pandering the public for cash to operate his website. Get real.

6. Filing for bankruptcy and sending wife number 4 on an expensive brown bear hunt to Alaska. And, the bankruptcy filing making a partial list of assets with the rest "somewhere else"? In other words, he is stiffing his investors/partners/lenders while still playing the world trotting big game hunter.

7. The entire discussion of his military rank and service record. I think this got sorted but it should never have been an issue.

All in all, I am extremely disappointed in CB. I bought his DVDs and appreciate what he says. However, with all of the other escapades along with the events in Australia, I have lost respect for him and now listen to him with an educated ear.

Say it isn't so,please. But I fear it is.

If my statements above are false or not true - say so. Show me the truth if I have erred.

But do not ask me to ignore the obvious smoke and tell me there is no fire. Or, as my new Texas friends say, "don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining".

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Originally posted by jdollar:
yep, if you are going to live high on the hog, sooner or later you have to pay for the pork loin.

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Originally posted by fujotupu:
The veiled accusation of having conducted illegal hunting activities in this instance is directed at Pennicott and not CB.

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Originally posted by craig boddington:
Third, and by far most important, somewhere in the thread someone stated something like
"an Australian outfitter told me that Boddington did an illegal hunt in Australia."

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Originally posted by larryshores:

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Originally posted by jdollar:
yep, if you are going to live high on the hog, sooner or later you have to pay for the pork loin.

Unless you file chapter 7.

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by larryshores:

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Originally posted by jdollar:
yep, if you are going to live high on the hog, sooner or later you have to pay for the pork loin.

Unless you file chapter 7.

you are right, Larry- there is always that way to stiff your creditors. and exactly how can you send your wife on a very expensive bear hunt AFTER YOU KNOW THE MONEY IS GONE?????

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Originally posted by jdollar:
and exactly how can you send your wife on a very expensive bear hunt AFTER YOU KNOW THE MONEY IS GONE?????