ORIGINAL: HuntinGUS
4 1/2 year old and older bucks, by their very nature are more challenging to hunt. It's like hunting a different species.
If the woods were "littered with them I would think that it would be somewhat easier to kill one, but I can't say for sure. I have never been in woods littered with mature bucks. Has anyone?
Don't get me wrong Greg. I also think that a mature whitetail is a different animal, but I also think that a large part of the challenge is because they are not plentiful in the woods. The are sparse for the most part.
I think it's contradictory to preach "let emgo so they can grow" while at the same time saying how big of a challenge it is to kill a "mature" whitetail.Is it the challenge or the horns that one is after?
If it were the challenge, then I can't understand the "let em grow so they can grow" argument.
If it's the Horns, then I don't know why those people just don'tgo to a fenced ranch.
Sure you do........ If I just wanted the horns, I'd go to a petting zoo.
1) Wild animals are more challenging than tame ones.
2) Old animals are more challenging than young ones.
3) Old animals have bigger horns than young ones (for the most part).