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Originally posted by Caracal:
Each to his own.
Many people don't mind showing their faces, some do. I wouldn't be so quick to call then all cowards.

A story regarding this:
A PH, who also posts here, did post a picture of a client with an animal after asking the hunter for permission. This picture caused a shitshorm in social Media. The hunter then sued the PH and was successful.

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Originally posted by eagle27:
Yep just don't pose with animals if it is going to be a problem if published. One thing I cannot stomach myself even as a hunter is the stupid practice of holding leopards up, or I have seen images of the same thing in the States with mountain lions. I don't see any other animals or even lions being hoisted up for show. To me it is a dumb practice that I don't see the point of it other than hey look at me I'm bigger than you.

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Originally posted by ledvm:
It’s a sad place society has come.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
What's with this? I understand that some miscreants give hunters a hard time, but I'll never allow my photo to be posted with my face blurred out. I'm not ashamed of any animal I have taken or that I will take. I think it's a shame that hunters are so cowed by the antis that they won't show their faces.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
What's with this? I understand that some miscreants give hunters a hard time, but I'll never allow my photo to be posted with my face blurred out. I'm not ashamed of any animal I have taken or that I will take. I think it's a shame that hunters are so cowed by the antis that they won't show their faces.

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Originally posted by eagle27:
Yep just don't pose with animals if it is going to be a problem if published. One thing I cannot stomach myself even as a hunter is the stupid practice of holding leopards up, or I have seen images of the same thing in the States with mountain lions. I don't see any other animals or even lions being hoisted up for show. To me it is a dumb practice that I don't see the point of it other than hey look at me I'm bigger than you.

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Blurring faces is in my opinion in bad taste as it ruins the pic. At least for me it does. My eye is drawn to the grotesque blurred face rather than the trophy.

As suggested, take the pic with the PH and or crew in the frame. If PHs would remember this there wouldn't be a need for blurred faces. Taking one more pic takes only a minute.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by eagle27:
Yep just don't pose with animals if it is going to be a problem if published. One thing I cannot stomach myself even as a hunter is the stupid practice of holding leopards up, or I have seen images of the same thing in the States with mountain lions. I don't see any other animals or even lions being hoisted up for show. To me it is a dumb practice that I don't see the point of it other than hey look at me I'm bigger than you.

Interesting opinion. Most of these images are of really big Leopards and this pose does prove the mass of the cat. Not always but your average or smaller Leopard are usually photographed on the ground with the hunter sitting well behind. The post is about erasing the identity of the hunter and maybe your concern could make for another debate. Cheers

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Originally posted by ledvm:
It’s a sad place society has come.

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Originally posted by reddy375:
I was just about to make this same post. I always ask my outfitter partners to take pics without the clients so i can use the pics for marketing.

But when people post their own hunting pics and hide their faces I think that's stupid behaviour. On one hand you dont want to show your face, on the other hand you are dying to tell everyone what you just shot! Just dont post anything. There is this one joker who hangs his head on all his pics with a hat covering his face! Like he is a rapist caught in the act. What an idiot! I have seen another well made movie on you tube where you never see the hunters face! Its a frigging joke.

My final rant is posting pics of animals to make them look like giants. Including PHs, even some well know ones! Standing 10' behind the animal or fish, taking a photo 5 inches from its nose making the head look huge, turning the horns to one side. It's all a bloody joke!!

We are doing ourselves a great diservice by not standing up to the world! Why should we hide ourselves like we are guilty of a crime. If you truly love hunting and believe that it is good for conservation then tell the whole world and correct the non believers. I also don't believe in making a big point about how hunting is good for conservation before i tell people i like to hunt and shoot animals (not harvest them or catch them). The whole conservation is a great side benefit, but not the main reason why we hunt.

Stand up and be a man next time. you will see they back down!



Arjun Reddy
Hunters Networks LLC
www.huntersnetworks.com
30 Ivy Hill Road
Brewster, NY 10509
Tel: +1 845 259 3628

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by eagle27:
Yep just don't pose with animals if it is going to be a problem if published. One thing I cannot stomach myself even as a hunter is the stupid practice of holding leopards up, or I have seen images of the same thing in the States with mountain lions. I don't see any other animals or even lions being hoisted up for show. To me it is a dumb practice that I don't see the point of it other than hey look at me I'm bigger than you.

Interesting opinion. Most of these images are of really big Leopards and this pose does prove the mass of the cat. Not always but your average or smaller Leopard are usually photographed on the ground with the hunter sitting well behind. The post is about erasing the identity of the hunter and maybe your concern could make for another debate. Cheers

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Originally posted by reddy375:
I was just about to make this same post. I always ask my outfitter partners to take pics without the clients so i can use the pics for marketing.

But when people post their own hunting pics and hide their faces I think that's stupid behaviour. On one hand you dont want to show your face, on the other hand you are dying to tell everyone what you just shot! Just dont post anything. There is this one joker who hangs his head on all his pics with a hat covering his face! Like he is a rapist caught in the act. What an idiot! I have seen another well made movie on you tube where you never see the hunters face! Its a frigging joke.

My final rant is posting pics of animals to make them look like giants. Including PHs, even some well know ones! Standing 10' behind the animal or fish, taking a photo 5 inches from its nose making the head look huge, turning the horns to one side. It's all a bloody joke!!

We are doing ourselves a great diservice by not standing up to the world! Why should we hide ourselves like we are guilty of a crime. If you truly love hunting and believe that it is good for conservation then tell the whole world and correct the non believers. I also don't believe in making a big point about how hunting is good for conservation before i tell people i like to hunt and shoot animals (not harvest them or catch them). The whole conservation is a great side benefit, but not the main reason why we hunt.

Stand up and be a man next time. you will see they back down!



Arjun Reddy
Hunters Networks LLC
www.huntersnetworks.com
30 Ivy Hill Road
Brewster, NY 10509
Tel: +1 845 259 3628

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
Guys,

I don't think courage plays much of role in blurring faces in trophy pix. Not getting crucified on social media and job security do.

Blurring faces is in my opinion in bad taste as it ruins the pic. At least for me it does. My eye is drawn to the grotesque blurred face rather than the trophy.

As suggested, take the pic with the PH and or crew in the frame. If PHs would remember this there wouldn't be a need for blurred faces. Taking one more pic takes only a minute.

Mark

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by eagle27:
Yep just don't pose with animals if it is going to be a problem if published. One thing I cannot stomach myself even as a hunter is the stupid practice of holding leopards up, or I have seen images of the same thing in the States with mountain lions. I don't see any other animals or even lions being hoisted up for show. To me it is a dumb practice that I don't see the point of it other than hey look at me I'm bigger than you.

Interesting opinion. Most of these images are of really big Leopards and this pose does prove the mass of the cat. Not always but your average or smaller Leopard are usually photographed on the ground with the hunter sitting well behind. The post is about erasing the identity of the hunter and maybe your concern could make for another debate. Cheers

In my view, It's just a traditional manner to photograph a Leopard? I see nothing wrong with it.

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by reddy375:
I was just about to make this same post. I always ask my outfitter partners to take pics without the clients so i can use the pics for marketing.

But when people post their own hunting pics and hide their faces I think that's stupid behaviour. On one hand you dont want to show your face, on the other hand you are dying to tell everyone what you just shot! Just dont post anything. There is this one joker who hangs his head on all his pics with a hat covering his face! Like he is a rapist caught in the act. What an idiot! I have seen another well made movie on you tube where you never see the hunters face! Its a frigging joke.

My final rant is posting pics of animals to make them look like giants. Including PHs, even some well know ones! Standing 10' behind the animal or fish, taking a photo 5 inches from its nose making the head look huge, turning the horns to one side. It's all a bloody joke!!

We are doing ourselves a great diservice by not standing up to the world! Why should we hide ourselves like we are guilty of a crime. If you truly love hunting and believe that it is good for conservation then tell the whole world and correct the non believers. I also don't believe in making a big point about how hunting is good for conservation before i tell people i like to hunt and shoot animals (not harvest them or catch them). The whole conservation is a great side benefit, but not the main reason why we hunt.

Stand up and be a man next time. you will see they back down!



Arjun Reddy
Hunters Networks LLC
www.huntersnetworks.com
30 Ivy Hill Road
Brewster, NY 10509
Tel: +1 845 259 3628

Arjun -

"Stand up and be a man"?

You have got to be kidding. What ever happened to - to each his own? Now if we don't post or blurred faces, we don't meet your measure of being a man? Great tactics from a booking agent.

Go ahead and stand up to the anti-hunting crowd. They are well funded and a cohesive group. We, proof of which is this thread, can't even agree what is damaging to our demographic. They have 100% of the media, print and digital. Go ahead and "pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel". Good luck.

I personally don't feel the need to post stuff. I did 10 or so years ago before this became a thing. My face will never be blurred either.

And to Lavaca: Email me a picture of a Lion and I'll post it for you? of course not. We've all read accounts of executives losing jobs and even businesses from the backlash of posting stuff.

I could see a legal practice losing high profile clients because they see their lawyer on Facebook posing with a dead Lion. It's just common sense anymore. If I were a lawyer, I'd advise my clients to just not do it.

Yet, it seems that we argue the point if those of us who don't are somehow hiding in the shadows? Thats complete bullshit.

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Originally posted by SCLawyer:
I post dead animal photos on Instagram, Facebook, AR, etc. on a regular basis. I've never blurred out anything and wouldn't know how to anyway. I've never had any negative feedback and my list of social media contacts is widespread geographically and diverse in a lot of respects.

In some small part, I think my social media pics help normalize (or re-normalize) hunting, generally and hunting in Africa, specifically. I have lots of social media contacts who probably don't see dead turkeys, dead rattlesnakes, or a dead cape buffalo outside my instagram pics. Those dead animal pics are nicely balanced and interspersed with pics of my beautiful wife and precious children.

Personally/Professionally, I am a trial lawyer and a named partner at a two-man Firm. There is zero chance of any personal/professional repercussions for my hunting lifestyle. That is not true of everyone; and I harbor no ill-will towards those who blur their face for anonymity. That is not cowardice, it is prudence.

That said, I think everyone who can ought to consider being open/public about our outdoor pursuits (so long as it is done tastefully). It lets non-hunters know that we [still] exist. It may even spark interest and lead to creating a new hunter.