Younger, smaller bucks do nothing for me. I enjoy watching them, and learn what I can from them, So I have no problem letting them pass. I get a certain amount of self gratification just knowing I could have killed him if I had chose to.
The chances of abucks I pass on making it to maturity on the public hunting land where I now live and huntare slim! However the chances of one I drop the string onmaking it, is 0.
Many bucks I pass on are killed the same season, Yetitdoesnot change my goals!
If someone kills a 1 1/2 year old 6pt and is pleased with it, then Im glad for them, Shake their hand and give them my congrat's.
On the other hand if I was ever blessed enough to own a large chunk of property, you can bet your hinq quarters it would be under some type of QDM, TDM program and those that hunted it would play by the rules or find somewhere else to hunt!
Reminds me of an old prayer.
Lord, please give me the strength to tolerate those things I can not change, and the will to change the things I can!