That is why I "trophy hunt" ( on top of the fact that we always get enough meat in our group that we don't NEED to shoot little ones... ). Let the little ones grow!

I get to watch the does and the little bucks fool around, see how close I can let them come, watch them trying to figure out what "just isn't right" - It truly is a blast to watch their behavior, and I pity the hunters that shoot atjust anything and everything that moves. They definately miss out.

I had a conversation like this with another hunter one time. He's known to be one of those that blasts first, and checks the deer's size and sex later - assuming he even hits it. I can't remember exactly which "Deer doing silly things" story i was telling, but he was all "NAHH, Deer don't do that! Ive never seen them do anything like that in all my years of hunting" - deep down I really wanted to say "Yes, thats because you've never let them get close enough to do that, let alone even watch them before shooting them"