ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr

AR's certainly DO produce trophy deer. If they didn't, why are so many ranch's thriving on trophy fees?? Absolutely AR's produce trophy bucks, I'm not sure how anyone would think it wouldn't. We all know as a buck ages he becomes harder and harder to kill. So, add in an AR, get the deer older, and guess what?? Bigger deer equivalent to trophy deer.

Why do I shoot a little buck if it supposedly doesn't matter to me? Well, that statement was twisted in it's context a little bit. What doesn't matter is if I shoot a big buck, or a small buck.....I could care less, actually. In fact, I'm gonna just come right out with it.....I'm gonna get reemed for this one I'm sure, but I would rather shoot a small buck than no buck at all. People ask all the time, "Why do you hunt?" We see it here quite often as well. The politically correct answer is "To be one w/ nature. To see game, get them close, and enjoy watching them walk by me undetected."

You know what I say to that? If you aren't hunting in hopes of SHOOTING something, you aren't hunting, you're nature watching. And that's fine. Nothing wrong with that at all. Everyone has to decide what they want. Some of ya'll are ok w/ not shooting a deer if it doesn't meet your expectations. I'm not gonna argue that, ridicule you in any fashion. By all means, if that's what YOU want to do, enjoy. All I ask in return is that I not be ridiculed because I WILL shoot a small buck. Why am I wrong for doing that??

(disclaimer; I am not trying to insinuate that someone ridiculed me for my choices, my wording was meant in general terms.)