ORIGINAL: davidmil
THE TEAM???? THE TEAM???? Surely you jest. Why in the heck would anyone in his right mind(maybe that's the key point....right mind) base anything to do with hunting on "THE TEAM" or "Hurting the Team"???? Give me a break. If you want to shoot a deer you don't have to ask permission of anyone. No way should you even think about anyone you've never met from this site when you head to the woods. Hunting is NOT a team sport. It's personnal. You want a team sport.... take up street ball or something. I suggest you drop the team and become a hunter again or take up maybe Tennis doubles. That's a team sport. Heck, you could also join a dance team or one of those jump rope teams. Give me a break.[&:][&:]
I appreciate your opinions one and all.
The reason why I brought up the team/contest is because I ENTERED IT. and by doing so my taking of any deer that might effect my team should be thought out before I do it. I have killed many many deer in my life and I thought this (the contest)would be something fun and different....and it is.
Soyeah in thiscase this is a team effort. I don't buy into QMDunless it's fora healthy herd. If the herd is healthy with 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 year old bucks then thats fine with me. I don't agree with QDM to grow monster P&Y bucks. So I will shoot anything I feel like shooting at the time. This year I have been passing on bucks I wouldusually shoot because I was (and still am) trying to get a good score for my team. I don't see a problem with that.
I don't know if this buck will be effected next year or not, but I know he COULD be and more so than all the other deer I have been seeing. So I'm not justifying it from the deers point of view, but mine! I know it's nature'sway etc..etc..bla...bla..bla, andI know deer die every year from starvation and such, but why wouldn't I do something about one specific deer if given the chance. I'm going to kill deer anyway (and have already) I'm just saying it's tough to keep letting this guy walk by and not do something BECAUSE of the contest.