So what, Dude? So what if someone wants to hold out for a two antlered deer and let the other one go. It's their choice. The trophy is in the eye of the beholder, not you or me.
their choice, sure, and my choice to shoot a nubbin buck but me doing THAT bothers a LOT of horn porn loving hunters doesn't it ?
For me , the choice of weapons does not change the size of the deer I'm after. The terrain, genetics, herd and age structure does.
do you hunt with a recurve ?
Just admit you are a traditional elitist with antler envy. [8D]
here's a bit of reality - we're almost ALL elitists
Big Duane, you can call it horn porn all you want, but all you've proven is that you are a traditional elitist that feels that the stick in your hands makes you more of a hunter. Your opinion, and you're entitled to it. I respectfully disagree.
HuntingBryhow do you feel about crossbows? how do you feel about me shooting a young buck with great potential for meat? how about me shooting the 180" buck you've watched all fall after its dropped its horns ... you ok with that ?
we're all elitists, from the compounders who think crossbows aren't bows to those who preach big buck QDM, the anti-baiters, the anti-doggers ... you name it, elitism exists and in full force... few hunters truly don't care how others hunt.
where do you fall is the question
me?
I shoot a recurve, today. Its a much much more difficult task to kill a deer with trad equipment than compounds. thats fact, no different than killing deer with compounds being harder than to kill deer with rifles.
shed33 you've injected the variable of difficult terrain/physicalness to the equation. I've done a lot of elk hunting, very successful elk hunting too and its much tougher with a trad bow than a compound, like I've said above.
I've got a muzz tag this year, the farther from the trailhead I hike, the pickier I'll be at shooting an elk