RE: Is this how you feel about hunting?
First off let me say that I replied no only becuse I don't think yheywould become a nuiscence critter in need of obliteration,or however you worded it. Second Why start a pole that baits your fellow hunters? Because thats all questins like this do. Your basically trying to get a guy to say he hunts for the antlers. Why so you can jump down his throat about being a trophy hunter,SO WHAT IF SOMEONE IS. thats why we hunt,the anticapation that the next time out we may shoot a huge buck. Are you telling me you day dream of a frosty fall morning you in your stand a stick cracks and there he is that half rack year and half old four pointer you have chased all season. Heres what I think,I think ther truly are those who are happy with whatever legal deer they shoot. I think this number of meat hunters is small and usally kids and newbies and older hunters that don't know how many seasons they have left. Then you have your normal fairly experienced outspoken morons talking about how bad qdm is or how they shoot any deer and are happy with it. But that those of us that choose to hold out for trophy caliber deer every year are ruining the sport. Never mind that many trophy hunters like myself shoot 3 to 6 does a year. My theory is the other guys don't want to do the work associated with hunting mature bucks. The year round scouting,the constant trying to aquire new land ,the hanging stands in spring the walkin two miles deep on public land to get away from the lazy bozos. Not to mention the dark to dark hunts,or the hunts in weather that keeps most in watching football. So anyway I know it's a long post and if you got to the end of it you are probably a hunter like me. If you got lost or fizzeled part of the way through you are probably one of those that I am talking about.