BH88,
Your comment about resourcefulness raises an ethics issue:
Is something that's illegal, also immoral?
What I mean is here I am right along an area I know I'm not
supposed to hunt, seeing more deer and better bucks than I do
all season long on land I can hunt! Why shouldn't I take a
wallhanger from this area rather than spend weeks trying to
take a legal spike from an area with a fraction of the deer
and 10 times more pressure? I have ALWAYS (for 30 yrs) obeyed
the game laws out of respect, fear of penalty and because I thought
they were for everyone's benefit. Now at 44 yrs old and seeing what NJF&G laws have resulted in, am questioning my ethical position.
In less than 1 week I've seen an 11ptr, 3 8ptrs, a 7ptr a 6ptr and a spike. If I see even a spike in zone 4 I feel blessed! I am curious how others feel about this? PLEASE chime in. I see evidence of
others hunting this area ( some carcasses just rotting away but missing their heads)I would not let any deer taken anywhere go to waste like that!!! While I am after a wallhanger I have too much respect for the game I seek to let anything rot away! This really has been a delema for me the last few seasons, and caused me to rethink
my position. Everyone please respond with your thoughts.
ThanX