RE: NOT YET!!
The first couple posts are guys upset about being insulted by people who shot small bucks.But they insult the people who shoot small bucks. Deer hunters are becoming one of those groups of people who feel the need to divide and take sides within their own community. I(like a lot of hunters) am a meat hunter who passes on the smaller buck when possible, but doesn't shy away from hunting the deer I can get the closest to me.That's been a wide range of deer, mostly does, some small some medium and a couple big bucks. I'll never fault a QDM'er for passing on smaller bucks, or any hunter who shoots nubs, UNLESS, they start pounding theirchests and telling everyone elsethat they're idiots for hunting the way they do. Hunters put a lot of energy intoscrutinizing the hunting techniques of other hunters, rather than facing real problems hunters AS A WHOLE GROUP face. Let's find ways to stop the declining number of hunters and hunting advocates per capita, rather than circling our wagons and shooting inward.