RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
No, I would not rather shoot a lesser buck, I would shoot a doe first. I am a trophy hunter first, and a meat hunter second. I have the chance almost every time I am in the stand to shoot a buck. I usually have 3 or 4 young bucks travel by me during the course of 1 hunt. I prefer to pass them and let them have a chance to grow into mature bucks. I realize that someone else may not share that opinion, and may shoot one of those bucks that I passed, but that's the chanceI prefer totake.I would rather not shoot a buck for 2 or 3 years, until I see one that I think is worth taking, and fill the freezer with does.I don't knock anyone who isn't a trophy hunter though. If it makes you happy, then that's all that matters.