ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
No one did, Tony. I answered your question. You asked (in an interrogative form...)...
I guess a lesser fawn can be the sacrificial lamb so he can be "ready" when the one he wants comes by
I answered...."Exactly" (read - YES).
I then added that "I"
OR ANYONE ELSE shouldn't need to worry about what anyone else thinks about why we take a legal deer.
Kinda goes back to the "shoot what you want" thing, doesn't it?
The deer (fawn) in question is taken legally. It serves a purpose.
I would NEVER, EVER be a proponent of someone taking a deer they would , at the time, or subsequnetly "regret" taking. But the deer, as I said, would serve a purpose. It would also be taken legally.
What the problem with this scenario?
I gave you a personal example of the first deer I shot .......... i regretted it ... it was because I listened to others ..... when a kid comes on here and says he doesn't want his 1st deer to be a fawn and there are guys telling him he should shoot one anyway for the experience .... it says alot about what hunting is to those guys ...[&o]
First of all, nobody told me to take a fawn for the expierence. I would be thrilled with a fawn for a first. How do I explain being happy with a fawn but more happy with a giant buck or even a mature doe? Its not about the prize at the end its how you got there. When I went to the bowshop yesturday and I paid with my own money that I had earned, It made me feel good. When I take a deer with equipment that I paid for, and scouted, and patterned the deer, that is the icing on the cake. PT, I dont listen to anyone on which deer I take. I aggree with GMMT because I also believe that getting the first kill is important so your ready for larger deer. He didnt put the idea of shooting a fawn into my head.