ORIGINAL: tsoc
The insinuation that big bucks are easy to kill I don't agree with!
Read closer...........no one said they were "easy" to kill.
The fact that they exist or exist in greater numbers increases the liklihood of having the opportunity to kill one.That is a function of probability and can not be refuted.
I agree........which leads to my confusion when I hear so many guys talk about wanting more of a "challenge" and that is why they hunt for "mature" bucks........then in the same sentence they ask for everyone to help them put more big bucks out there to make things easier. Which is it??
A buck that reaches 31/2 years old is an entirely differently animal from the rest of the herd and that only is magnified with each additional year that goes by,with their cunning and awareness.
I think that is a VERY subjective statement. So many things go into a bucks awareness I don't think a blanket statement like this one can be applied. Hunting pressure, number of does, how it was raised, amount and terrain of land are just a few of the many things that go into a deer's awareness. Deer of the same age can be vastly different depending what has happened to them in those few short years. Their innate instincts for danger are undeniable..........I just think that experience is a big part of the equation as well.
With the logic that you are suggesting to really challenge ourselves we should hunt where very few animals exist.
If you are truely out for the "challenge" then that would be correct I guess..........wouldn't it?? Where is it easier to kill a deer??.........where there are 2.......or where there are 2 dozen?? (same land makeup)