ORIGINAL: Windwalker7
I personally don't care if the deer I get is buck, doe or button buck.
I'm not a trophy hunter so rack size doesn't matter to me, just so it is legal.
I like venison. Jerky, butterfly chops, steak, burger and smoked.
If given a choice between an adult doe with fawns, I will shoot one of the fawns, passing on the adult doe.I feel thatby passing on the doe allows at least one fawn to possibly survive the rest of hunting season. I never felt comfortable about shooting a doe while the fawns stand and watch me approach mamma.I had that happen and didn't like that feeling.
If I can tell which is a button buck, that is the one I will shoot.
I feel small bucks already get lots of protection. I see lots of bucks in Greene Co. but many are sub legal. Last year I had one guy tell me he saw 15 bucks on the first day on the farm I hunt but only two were legal. He couldn't get a shot.
I'm sure many won't like my opinion, but I'm being honest about it, sorry.
Same here Windwalker... I am not into making antler soup...
If I wouldn't know better,I would think that it is the stick throwers who want the AR in place...Sorry boys,you can't have it all your way...Because of the AR restrictions you are goanna loose more buttons cause we don't care about what they show on tv about big racked bucks...Would AR be in place if they didn't have hunting shows on tv??? Not a chance....Quite of few of us hunters live in reality outside of what they show on the boob tube..