I read some of those comments on the other site. I just don’t understand how someone who sees that video can defend or say they won’t judge a person without knowing the “full” context of the video. In no part of that short video did the guy try to quickly put that animal down. Not 1 freaking instance of any humanity whatsoever from the guy. I can understand the reasons for possibly having to use a knife or choke out the animal but there was no sense of urgency to dispatch it as quickly as possible. Then add the taunting and nobody can question your true intentions here IMO. This is all I need to know about an individual. I don’t need any context to the video or who the hell filmed it. You are a 1st class dirt bag and you get what you deserve. Even if you want to throw excuses around about having a tough childhood or whatever lame excuse you want to use as an excuse.
What a clown
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Nick87
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Maybe if people didn't record everything they did and then share it with the world. What a concept.
CRJR45
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Maybe if we didn't feel the need to judge everybody and VOICE our judgement on social media ?
Everyone complaining about the public perception of the whole thing are just adding fuel to the fire , IMO .
PETA might of missed it but it's mainstream now , thanks to us ....
El Jason
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I doubt it went mainstream because of us.
CRJR45
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I mean all of us , collectively , the hunting community .
BuzzH
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Snyder isnt from Wyoming moved in from elsewhere. But yeah, Cody Roberts, Snyder, and those idiots that roped the moose...not a good look for Wyoming lately.
Caseknife
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What I don't understand about the whole "influencer" thing is, why would somebody look up to some unknown person on the internet to figure out life? Maybe I am too old school, kind of old also, but my influencer was my father and uncle. No desire to "learn" something from someone I have never met making money on "likes" on the internet.
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Couldn't agree more.
Nick87
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Shut it all down tomorrow I'm good with it.
CRJR45
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I mean , why does everybody feel they need to make a detailed assessment of the situation ?
I could care less what that idiot does .
But on the slide and here everybody thinks their opinion matters and rip the guy apart .
I just don't get it , maybe everybody else is perfect , never made a mistake or did something stupid ?
Charles Barkley said it best 30 years ago - I am not your role model !
Just because someone is famous does NOT make them a role model , IMO
Nick87
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Well when you put it out there for the world to see if guess that's what you're asking for? I've done a lot of stupid shit never videod it. Pondered it after and thought you know what, yah let me post this on the internet for likes. #*^@#* that guy.
CRJR45
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He didn't release it , someone else released it , I thought ?
But what have we become as a society ? Just a cancel culture on steroids ?
Boycotting a company over the owner of the companies political opinion? Ruining someone's life over a moments stupidity ?
WE , as a society , can't wait to express our opinions of a total stranger or company and tear them down , for what ?
America's latest past time is the judgment of others , or so it seems .
Dougfirtree
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Who the &%$# is Aron Snyder??? 
Nick87
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What we've become as a society is look at me let's post it on social media. I get that this is social media but I feel like this is somewhat of a small group. None of us here are looking for followers or financial gain being here.
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It wasn’t a moment of stupid it was a moment of truth. Doesn’t matter if he released it or not it showed the world who he is. Not saying it wasn’t along time ago and he has changed but that whole what you’ll do when people aren’t watching thing
CRJR45
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Same here , who is he and why should I care ? LOLWho the &%$# is Aron Snyder???
CRJR45
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I wasn't referring to HT specifically , just "WE" in general
Nick87
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I know, I gotcha.
LopeHunter
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Do not need to understand. It is real with real ability to build brands, sway opinions and make lots of money for a few in the same way a small percent of actors/musicians/athletes earn millions of dollars a year.
You can personally ignore social media and dislike its impact but you can’t wish it away from shaping how things you care about are impacted by social media.
Everytime you see a child or adult staring into a rectangle for an extended period of time then you are seeing opinions shaped.
If you have deep pockets while passionate about a topic then you can jumpstart an influencer by “investing” in their launch (see Peter Thiel’s launch of JD Vance toward the Presidency) or “sway” an existing, prominent influencer to bless your product or initiative ($5,000 to get a mention by a person with 100,000 followers of which is about 1 in 33 of remaining, active social media accounts which are trying to grow into mega-influencers though a lot of survivor bias at play so presumably less than 1% of people hoping to be significant social media influencers get to where can earn over $100,000 a year from social media revenues).
An aspiring influencer used to be able to buy “likes” and “followers” to launch into relevance so a lot of influencers would briefly become relevant but the free meals and hotel stays evaporated as a person (or brand) must be interesting and do interesting things on a regular, recurring basis to organically stay relevant. Being attractive in appearance or elite at a skill people care about is helpful. And, navigate minefields that litter the playing field.
There is a growing number of civil wars underway within social media which began in earnest when Senator Obama was first attempting to become President. Is more difficult today to try and be neutral on any subject. You are hounded to pick a side on subjects big and small. The internet is forever and a harsh mistress.
Influencers can lose significant numbers of followers as try to navigate the civil wars that span politics, religions, social policies, sports, armed conflicts, real and perceived injustices, environmental causes, financial inequities, current events and random outrages.
Examples span pro/anti-Palestine vs. pro/anti-Israel, Iran vs. USA, Russia vs. Ukraine, USA ICE vs people, tariffs, Prayer in public schools, pronouns, gun ownership, trophy hunting, meal choices, adultry acceptance, LEO support other than on January 6, etc.
My opinion is as Fish and Game Departments have lit a fuse to a powder keg as they gleefully seek to maximize revenues as raise the non-resident cost to apply for big game tags and raise tag costs.
A virtual moat is being expanded which pushes away potential participants so we that currently participate are aging out and time will thin our “herd” to be a decreasing percentage of registered voters. Will be easier to chip away at hunting trapping and fishing.
Social media influence will be an effective factor as attempts are made to have millions of people not aware of the North American Conservation model confidentially accept that a poacher is a valid example of all hunters and mass shooters are a valid example of all gun-owners.
Hunters are a fragmented segment not prone to opening their checkbook to support focused pro-hunting efforts to shape opinions of active and future voters. Hunters are an easy target, though, and a single moment such as the Cecil the Lion outrage raises millions of dollars in donations from your neighbors and extended family while creating an echo chamber to shape the hearts and minds of young people to presume there is no ethical hunting.
