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Old 10-07-2009, 08:51 AM
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OntElk
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One thing you may consider doing is letting more family hunt but with strict rules etc...

ie absolutely no button bucks killed,
no bucks under 140"
under 3.5yo...and so on
Don't do that at all IMO!!!!!!!! Hey I follow the same rules in my backyard hunting grounds so I don't have an issue with the rules.(other than than the 140. it's about age not size for me.) What I think is wrong is telling someone else how they can fill thier tag. It's wildlife and belongs to no one, including the person who's the landowner. If you want those rules followed then stick with what you're doing. The only guys I invite to hunt WITH me are ones I know I don't have to worry about as far as following the "rules". If they decide to shoot a spike however, who am I to tell them they can't. That spike is no more "mine" than it is his.

If I'm your relative and I know you hunt I am not insulted when you tell me no. Don't worry about that. They expect it but figure no harm in asking a family member.
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