RE: Trophy Hunting?
<font color=red>Taking cheap shots at Gary Alt is lame, try living in Pennsylvania and see firsthand the mindset of the majority of our hunters for over 40 years. Alt is our chance for a healthy herd. I will agree that his plan needs some refinement, but many parts of the state are absolutely overrun with deer!</font id=red>
Cheap shot? Hardly! I have an opinion on Gary Alt's plan and it differs from trophy hunters , it was hardly a cheap shot. Alt set forth his plan to entice the trophy hunters by way of a "healthy herd" or "trophy herd" which he knew all trophy hunters would bow at his knees. What you dont realize is he has a totally different agenda than you and the rest of the trophy hunters he enticed with his plan. You want big bucks , he wants to eliminate the majority of the deer herd period! Wait a few years , then we'll talk.
<font color=red>BOWFANATIC, you caught me! Good for you. I was trying to be polite and civil with bodacious regarding his regressing back to shooting small bucks again. I feel 100% safe in saying that it will not happen to me. Other than that, I don`t see where the question was answered intelligently!</font id=red>
I'm not sure how I caught you?? My comment was regarding wolfen68's post.
Gee , I'll tell you what , since you cant find the time to read all the posts to see where the question was answered intelligently , why dont you number your questions and I'll do my best to answer them. Or was that just a shot at my intelligence??
<font color=red>So, what is the reason that a veteran bowhunter would continue to shoot immature bucks? Is it an ego thing? I think it is, because I have been there before. And even the staunchest of supporters of the shoot whatever you want crowd cannot deny with a straight face that it is bad herd management.</font id=red>
LMAO!! An ego thing? The trophy hunter is asking the hunter if it's an ego thing?
Bad herd management? Kinda depends on the state of your current deer herd doesn't it? For those areas that are in dire need of management , would it be kosher with you if all experienced hunters harvested two does before harvesting a young buck? It's all about the health of the herd right?