I don't care what anyone shoots. I do hate it when hunters shoot a little buck andwhines about it. That is more of a problem with rifle hunters though then bow. Glad you stuck up for the older gent but don't quite agree with all your reasons.

Passing on young bucks doesn't mean they will be just as dumb as next year. Safe to say I pass on 20 -30 young bucks during bow season before rifle season starts. Most don't live through rifle season. The ones that dowill be tougher to hunt the next year.

Giving them a pass isn't going to get them throughtill next year. I passed a 140 class buck last year just hoping he would make it another year. It was tough letting him walk.Well he made it throughhunting season. We had a very mild winter but westill found him dead when we were shed hunting. He had already shed one side and the other shed was laying beside him. He was either poached or hit by vehicle.Probably the first as thereis only one road in that area and we have a few poachers in this area. It is always a gamble passing on bucks and expect to hunt themthe following year. Anyone thinking you got a dumb buck to hunt the next year is just fooling himself.They don't get big bykilling them when they are young. The older they get, the harder it gets and I get enjoyment out of bowhunting them that way.

Tim