ORIGINAL: IL-Cornfed
Soooooo, it oter words you thought about QDM but now you've decided against it???
I remember you singing a different song, I guess that was very short lived![&:]What happened to that "mature" buck that you said you wanted? Perhaps the realism of the sacrifice and dedication seemed a bit more of an obstacle than you could overcome?
One more thing, WHAT IN THE WORLD were you doing sitting in a deer stand before the season opens ?!? One thing is for sure, you'llforever shoot yearlingswith stunts like that. Stay away from your deer until you can hunt 'em! It's no secret that the first time of two you hunt a fresh stand will be te best chance you ever have at a quality deer from that location. It does indeed take a totally different mindset and dedication level to get in the game and one must be honest with himself about just how far he's willing to go. Good luck this Fall with whatever you want.
Well that's alot to answer.
As far as QDM goes. There will be ALOT of does taken this year.
and as far as bucks go, I'm not saying I'm going to be shooting yearlings left and right. If I shoot a buck under 3yr old I will ONLY kill 1. The does taken this comming year will outnumber the bucks.
As to why I'm sitting in a deer stand. If this was a spot I had to worry about stinking up I wouldn't be sitting in one. You would have to see my hunting spot to understand. There is a house on one side of me, 150yds away. Another house about 200yds away. The landowners kids ride 4 wheelers through the woodlot a few times a week. There are occasionally dogs passing through. My spot really reminds me of GMMAT's without the herd density of his place. Deer become accustomed to human smell. I think in some cases it's hard for you to understand what some of us hunt. Like GMMAT and myself for instance. I'd say your place you hunt is pretty remote, big bucks, and you HAVE to worry about overhunting stands, stinking your place up and so forth.