BOWFANATIC some of them are really up in arms with your viewpoint and reasoning! I have often wondered how many of these trophy hunters would have the same attitudes if they lived and or hunted in areas that had a huge abundance of deer and due just to shear numbers the entire herd suffered, or there were an excellent mix of young and fully mature bucks and you could take three bucks a year and almost all the doe you wanted to boot. I have a strong feeling that many of them hunt in areas where there is a one buck limit and very few bucks to go around.
I will be honest and say that if we were only allowed 1 buck a season I might share some of thier sentiments, because they have this need to have massive racks to allow them to brag about their kill.
Richie
"Well, explain to me how that area got that way in the first place. This is the first sign that state departments take when using antler restrictions. The numbers depleted for a reason, and we know what that reason is."
Perhaps you would like to explain that one to me, in Va. you can kill 3 buck a year and over 100 doe and we still have a growing herd of deer! If you think it is due to over harvesting of young bucks you may want to do some factual research of the area BOWFANATIC is speaking of. The further north you go the fewer deer there are due mainly to the far harsher winters which kill off huge numbers of deer when they are not kept thinned out.
I am not going to lie, I love venison and I love to hunt, if I lived there and I had a choice between no venison or waiting 3-4 years and hoping no one else killed my venison to hang a rack on my wall, or taking a basket 8, I would take the basket 8.
I have no problem with trophy hunters at all, if they want to drop the money and get enough property to control their trophy herd, I say go for it. I have killed my trophy in 74 and even though I have over the years seen some in Va. that would beat it, it sure wouldn't be by a whole lot.
The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club
