ORIGINAL: atlasman

I wonder if all the guys preaching here practice what they preach in every aspect of hunting and fishing..........or is it just when headgear is involved??

Do you all only shoot the biggest, most mature turkey in the woods and encourage all others to pass on anything but??

Do you only shoot the oldest and most wise squirrel in the area and tell everyone else that shoots younger squirrels that they aren't really "hunting"

Do you only catch the biggest, oldest fish in the pond, stream, lake or ocean??

When rabbit hunting do you pass on anything that isn't a "mature" rabbit and just let your dog run and run and run until he finds you a "mature" rabbit?? Do you also encourage everyone else to only hunt "mature" rabbits??

On a pheasant hunt do you hold off on the trigger when a bird takes off to examine him and be sure he is "mature" enough for you to shoot??.........and tell everyone else to do the same??

When duck or goose hunting do you sit in your blind and let flock after flock and bird after bird go by or just land and sit by your decoys until you see a bird that is "mature" enough for you to shoot??...........imposing the same rules on everyone else of course.

Anyone who traps or kills predators...........do you wait and let yote after yote go by until you get that special "mature" one to come into range??........do you only set traps that will catch the wise old animals of the woods??........and do you press others to do the same??


Same thing right??...........if not, please explain how.


If older deer didn't grow bigger antlers you would NEVER hear a peep out of anyone about QDM this or "mature" that.............all the noble herd health, genetics, and ratio BS would not even be an issue.........because no one would plop down thousands of dollars for an ego trip if they couldn't bring something home to show everyone else how great they are.

All this "mature" BS and "challenge" garbage is so laughable...............without the headgear it all goes down the drain. How many guys do you see every year talking about "mature" does??........almost none.....even though they are harder to kill then a lot of the bucks taken every year. So much for the "challenge" theory