ORIGINAL: Blodg
Interesting..... I see morediscussions on these forums where people are telling "trophy" huntersthey are wrong than I do the other way around.
Did you miss my statement that I have no problem with the way anyone hunts as long as it is safe and legal?? What ruffles my feathers is when I see guys belittling others like these guys were doing. I couldn't care less if every other hunter holds out for a buck over 200" every year............just don't tell me or anyone else that we should be doing the same.
I enjoy spending time in the woods and shooting the first 1 1/2 year old buck that walked by would only take a few days.
So if a mature buck walks by 15 minutes into the season you won't shoot him because you wouldn't want to lose out on the entire whitetail experience?
- There is no comparison with the adrenalin rush during an encounter with a mature buck compared to a doe or young buck! None!
They have a name for that.........it's called buck fever.
Most people who are selective or practice QDM are not simply "letting them grow" to whack them whenever they want.
How else would you describe letting a deer walk by when you could have killed it just because his rack isn't big enough...........and then killing that same deer next year? He is not alive because of his elusiveness or keen instincts.....he's alive because you let him be.........and when his rack grows big enough you stop letting him walk by.