ORIGINAL: rybohunter
I'd like to do a study and see how many guys in IA, IL, MO who've hunted more than 20 years shoot the 1st 1.5 old buck they see, compared to the same demographic in PA, WV or NY?
Ryan,
I know lots of people ( with more years in the woods than me)in IL that shoot the first buck they see every year. They have for years and no amount of QDM cheerleading/brainwashing will change their minds. We still have big bucks here. I don't see it as hurting the herd, I see it as less hunters screwing up my season. They are usually tagged out by the 1st week.
As for the OP, who cares what others shoot. We never hear about shooting a mature coyote/rabbit/dove/quail. Its all about the antlers. It didn't used to be that way. Horn porn is ruining hunting IMO.