I have absolutely zero problem with this viewpoint greg..........matter of fact I would say the same thing if I ran into guys complaining about no big bucks but shooting all the little ones..........it's just that I don't see that around here and I never have. Honestly, guys around here are very content knowing a big one could stroll by once in a blue moon and that makes it so very special...........feeling like that years lottery winner LOL. The DEC took a survey of NY hunters in 20066 and found them to be satisfied with the number and size of the bucks they see............pretty much spot on with the attitude I hear from the overwhelming majority of guys in the field.
That is a great outlook and healthy too but unfortunately, not what I'm seeing in PA. PA's rifle bickering and whining is what pushed me to pretty much be exclusively archery. Too many squabbles, trespassing, stealing deer, spots, etc...not that it doesn't happen in archery, we just don't hear or see it as much.
There will never be an answer that satisifies PA hunters as a whole. Well not that one that would work for the animals, the enviroment and public. I fear it's a never ending debate.
No one around herehas any illusions that NY is Kansas.........nor do they complain it isn't.........we just get in ourtrucks and drive to Kansas ifthat's what we want.
Great analogy, and that's why the midwest is viewed as the promise land of antlers...LOL