hunting becoming a competition
Anybody else have a hunting buddy that tells you what you need to shoot? I have a couple of friends that I swap hunting stories with, show them my buck, vice versa. The past few years, I feel like I am listening to a QDM seminar every time I take a deer to show them. My goals for hunting are:
1) Have fun.
2) Take a better deer than I did last year.
3) Take a doe or 2 every year.
Thats it. I don't shoot fawns or spikes. Sometimes basket racks are in trouble when they catch me in the wrong mood. I eat what I kill, but I'm not just out there for the meat. We don't hunt the same ground, so it shouldn't bother them what I shoot, IMO. Its too the point when I kill a deer, I show it to the wife and kids, take a few pics, and head to the butcher. Am I the only one who is tired of hearing "Nice cull buck?"