RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
What's with the hostility toward gun hunters for taking smaller bucks. I do both, and can say that I am more likely to pass on something during bow than gun season. The reason being that the gun season is like a week long. If I see one I'm dropping it, period. I try not to shoot button bucks, but I'm not going to cry about it. It's meat in the freezer. If I pass on a deer during archery season, I'm likely to see at least a few others later on.
I don't like to call people out on these messageboards, since it's ultimately pointless, but it bothers me when private land hunters bust on public hunters for shooting smaller deer. To most, any deer is a trophy, since most don't have the time to extensively scout an area before they start hunting, not to mention they have to compete with so many other hunters during gun season.