ORIGINAL: Mdbowhunter16
Well if you have unethical hunters around i would take that buck if he was under my stand...I know how it is to have people like that around and sometimes that will be a trophy buck in that area because other hunters are taking all the bucks out before they have time to mature.
.... and I wonder WHY there won't be any big bucks around in certain areas when folks like you suggestto "kill 'em before someone else does!" ???
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Bottomline is that NO imamature buck should really be killed in the first place. If there isn't a very good chance that the buck will survive, it's still a LOT better chance than if YOU kill 'em now!
Good luck and good huntin'