ORIGINAL: rybohunter
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
Since I fish a lot I always use this analogy
To me QDM is a lot like fishing. There are legal limits for a fish to be so big, why is it so hard for people to accept size limits for deer? Then you have the C&R guys who are a LOT like the QDM guys who urge others to refrain from killing that legal but small fish (buck).
rybo ... if NYS institutes an antler restriction greater than the current, "one antler of at least 3" in length", I will be the first one jumping up and down with glee .... but until then, if it's legal, I can't get down on the guys that shoot the small bucks. That's all I'm saying.
OK, so you would like restrctions higher than those that exist, so you must believe in letting bucks get older before attempting to kill them? And obviously from your calling, you believe in trying to extend and share your beliefs to others. Right? So why wouldn't you tactifully try and share your beliefs about deer hunting and not shooting young bucks to others? Guys might listen a lot better from a preacher than a couple scruffy guys from PA, OH and MI
Ryan, they actually listen less
Anyway, I would like to see it due to the fact that when I lived next to that farmer that TDM'd, I saw some pigs, and shot one. I also shot 2 other 8 pointers that were 2 1/2 year olds. In the summer, I had 6 bucks come to my pond ... I have NEVER seen anything like that before! I saw so many bucks ...... It works .... I know it does. I do tell people my experience, and if I ever get the chance to own land again, I WILL TDM it. The key is, I refuse to look down on the guys that shoot the small ones ..... it's old school thinking, but that's how my Dad always did it..... and ILCornfed, he got TONS of pleasure and excitement from shooting small bucks ..... most of his life,any buckswere few and far between.... it's different today .... last season I saw more bucks than does ...