Yet it actually takes at least four hours on average to catch a 1-pound walleye. And only 1 deer in 100 lives long enough to grow a trophy rack like the ones adorning hunting magazine covers. My concern isn't that feelings of inadequacy compel people to buy products though that's true. What worries me is that some outdoors media create pressure the state's natural resources simply cannot support. Demands on DNR biologists for more and bigger fish and game increase each year as hunters, anglers, and wildlife watchers expect the same success they watch on TV or see in magazines.
Nature has limits.
I wish we could say the same about our appetite for fanciful images of outdoor life. All rights reserved.