Stolen valor

[Nutterbuster]

Have yall ever had this happen before? Hombre here posted a picture of mine and a buddy's ducks as his Facebook page photo. I complemented him on the 2 man limit, and he blocked comments on the pic. :/



Pretty funny stuff.

 

[elevatorman]

People actually do this? Insane to me. It's not the pictures I'm after. It's the experience and memories, neither of which he got.

We had a fella shoot a real nice buck last year In my county, then post it all over FB. People start to ask him questions and he says he shot it out on the west end of the county up on the mountain on public land. Problem was in his photo he was on his tailgate had the building of the fairgrounds in town behind him. And alot of locals in town, some of who are cops, have seen the deer around town and had trail cam photos near town of this uniquely antlered buck. He got arrested for baiting it to and shooting it on fairground property with a crossbow.

 

[BuckTown]

Oh the cess pool of social media. Stealing others photos all to receive some clicks and likes. Sadly, this is modern day marketing and media. Most don’t care about the authenticity and personal connections to their stories and articles, all they care about is the traffic and likes that help boost their advertising revenue.

 

[phatkaw]

My Dad and I don't get along very good but this one evening we were sitting across the table chatting while he was breezing through the paper. After a few seconds of him turning the page the one picture looked familiar to me. Even though it was upside-down
It was a picture that I took of an ex-buddy and his kid holding up a nice 11pt. I shot and a big 10pt. a good buddy shot on the same day...

That weirdo actually put that picture in the Butler Eagle and said they shot those bucks!

My GOOD buddy's was bigger.

 

[MattMan81]

You have hit the big time @Nutterbuster
Maybe you should take it as a compliment..

 

[raisins]

Reminds me of folks posting small groups they claim to have shot at 100 yards with the question "do you think this is good enough for hunting?"

The internet reveals a lot about people.

 

[gameflogger]

That is the redneck version of catfishing. Maybe we can coin the phrase “hardhead catfishing”

 

[boyne bowhunter]

Unbelievable . . . I can't imagine that. I'm at a loss for words that I can actually use here (you're welcome @redsquirrel).

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Like a guy I used to work with would say, "If you are going to be dishonest you can't be stupid."

 

[gameflogger]

But it is said………….. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery @Nutterbuster

 

[GCTerpfan]

Doesn’t surprise me. I had a guy steal my actual deer this past Saturday. He dragged it off without even shooting a shot. It was a really big buck but still, why would you want another guys deer (or picture)? I don’t understand it.

 

[rhagenw]

It just happen to me this year. This pic was shared by 3 people claiming the kill.

 

[phatkaw]

It just happen to me this year. This pic was shared by 3 people claiming the kill. View attachment 96258View attachment 96258

Yea, any good Mason would recognize that brick...

 

[SNIPERBBB]

Anything posted on the internet can and will be stolen.

 

[gcr0003]

Stolen mallard

 

[GeoFish]

Or patented!

 

[huntin_addict]

I think it's super dirty to do that.

With that said, it's not "stolen valor", which is something else entirely. Actual stolen valor straight up fires me off.

 

[Mengle]

People actually do this? Insane to me. It's not the pictures I'm after. It's the experience and memories, neither of which he got.

We had a fella shoot a real nice buck last year In my county, then post it all over FB. People start to ask him questions and he says he shot it out on the west end of the county up on the mountain on public land. Problem was in his photo he was on his tailgate had the building of the fairgrounds in town behind him. And alot of locals in town, some of who are cops, have seen the deer around town and had trail cam photos near town of this uniquely antlered buck. He got arrested for baiting it to and shooting it on fairground property with a crossbow.

Philly, MS?

 

[thedutchtouch]

That's why I usually only post photos like this one I took on a recent hunt with myself and my dog in it so nobody can act like it's their pic.


Lol but in all seriousness, I really don't understand the need for social media cred and likes. It's a bit too much. Stolen valor (of the pretending to be military variety) is even worse.

 

[Zero One Actual]

Or patented!

I see what you did there.