And by your next statement you answered your own question by telling us you would shoot the largest buck!You are a horn hunter.
You are incorrect and by a large margin. Do you know how many bucks I have killed in 20 years of hunting? A grand total of
5. I shot more does that that 2 seasons ago. I saw a total of 15 different bucks this year and only put the scope on 1 of them. He was a mature 3 to 4 1/2 yo that would have scored close to 140. If that makes me a horn hunter then either you have a messed up view of a horn hunter or I am one. If I am one then I wish that every horn hunter was close to that. But sadly they are not. Sadly they would have shot all of the bucks and never pulled the trigger on the does in my questions.
By your answers you are only a horn hunter and could care less about proper deer management. You have not reguard for heard health and have no respect for the animal you are telling me that I should stop hunting.
Depending on habitat and deer heard numbers will determine how many deer you see. in Northwest Louisiana where I hunt we see about 10-15% of our heard whether that be does or bucks. In this case most biologists will tell you to shoot as many does as you can. In Northeast Louisiana where the deer population is dense they will tell you to only shoot a certain amount of does in order to keep the population at a safe rate.
I have been to many different seminars over the last 10 years, most years I have gone to more than 1 or 2. I read anything that I can get my hands on when it comes to deer management or wildlife management because I have a passion for it. To say that I do not respect the animal is an insult to what I believe. After every deer that I have ever killed I have a moment that I either stand or kneel by the deer and thank God for giving me this time and to ALLOW me to harvest this animal because that is my right per the book of Acts. Do not under estimate my love for this or my passion. I could care less what my buddies at the camp say when I ride up with any animal or with nothing. I do not hunt because I think it is cool or to say that I killed more or bigger anything than you or the next guy. I do not manage my hunting club a certain way because my neighbor is doing it, I manage my 6k acres the way that I do because that is what I believe and what research has show to be the very best for PROPER management.