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Old 07-26-2006 | 04:51 AM
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Default RE: Is the obsession to shoot big bucks corrupting bowhunting?

I would have to agree to an extent. Some areas will never produce monster bucks and trying to hold the people who hunt those areas to "monster bucks" standards is a sucking the fun right out of hunting for a lot of people.
Some parts of the country a 130" deer is a HUGE deer, in others it's so everyday it doesn't get noticed.

I'm not against letting the young ones walk, but waiting for each buck to wear dentures before allowing him to be shot isn't so much hunting as it is selective harvesting.

I say let each buck be larger (bigger rack or larger body)than the last &hunt the bigger deer for your area.
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