<font color=red>I have stated i have no problems with &quot;meat hunters&quot;, what ever floats your canoe...however it seems many &quot;meat hunters&quot; have a real problem with &quot;trophy hunters&quot;. </font id=red>

I dont have any problems with trophy hunters. I dont think most &quot;plain ole vanilla brown its down&quot; hunters have a problem with trophy hunters either. I think I can speak for the majority when I say ; we do have a problem when we're constantly questioned on our choices or belittled by mightier than thou trophy hunters who feel that their way is the only way! I know quite a few trophy hunters who feel happy for other hunters who shoot young bucks regardless of their reason for shooting. They dont expect everyone else to make it easier for them.

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there aren't monster bucks walking by your treestand every 5 minutes 20 yards broadside begging you to shoot them...what a horrible and ignorant misconception. Old bucks=smart bucks...young bucks=dumb bucks. Have a nice evening.</font id=red>

You took my statement a little too serious! But if &quot;everyone , everywhere&quot; were forced into TBM , you dont think the odds of seeing P&Y bucks would increase dramatically? Especially in five years or so?


<font color=red>Each year you wish or want for that buck that is larger than the last.
If you don't or don't care, give me a real, legitimate argument for not letting that small buck pass and taking only does.
Yes, it is true, we are all hunters. Part time hunters at best. So, if you do not care about the antlers, why not help out and look out for the neighbor who may want to take only bigger bucks? Why not improve relations with everyone around you?? We are all in this thing together, aren't we??</font id=red>

I'll try and answer some of your questions , but remember in reality no other hunter has to answer to anyone why he chose to harvest any legal animal.
First , how about areas where neighbors dont give a rats behind about what deer get harvested. My area for example.(farm country) The farmers in my area shoot anything and everything to try and reduce crop damage. I've seen three farmers harvest trophy bucks in the last two years and all of them cut off the rack and hung them in the barn(they could care less about Pope & Who?).
How about remote areas where if you see a deer , your lucky? (Northern Wi) There are alot of hunters who spend alot of time in our northern forests who have gone meatless for years. Do you think their wrong for shooting the first legal buck that comes by?
We also have areas that have had some pretty drastic doe harvest plans the last ten years which have made doe hunting almost as hard as hunting mature bucks. There are alot of areas with alot of hunters who disagree with our DNR about the buck to doe population and yet they still have two extra doe seasons every year. I'm sure there are alot of other reasons hunters could give for harvesting any buck. We're all in this for different reasons , everyone needs to remember that.