I'd love to hear your opinion on that.
I think hunting as we have known it is doomed, and eventually you will have to go to a priviate company to hunt, and I think it stinks. I'll be fishing when it comes to that I'll lay down my guns and bow. I think horn porn is what is ruining the sport. I have no problem with people hunting for their own reasons but I think it's turned the corner, in today's society everyone wants everything NOW and they would rather pay for it then earn it.
I let a nice s 6pt walk by at 14 yards last night, it should be my choice to do that not a mandate from the goverment telling me I can only shoot an animal of X size. If I decide later in the season to take a smaller buck, for what ever reason I choose too bad. Look at Il cornfeds post you doesn't respect someones elses choices?
I let bucks walk by all season, I put a stalk on one and kill it at 15 yards with my bow and it was a great hunt someone like him would look down on it because the deer didn't score 140. I've shot deer at 8 yards off the ground with my bow, to me that's a meaningful hunt . Someone like ilcornfed would tell me I should shoot a doe for meat, to me it means something how I killed the deer.
Let's say my daughter calls a buck in to bow range for me this season, I shouldn't shoot it because a horn hunter wants it left so the can put a set of antlers on the wall instead of me and my child having a great memory.
I think that when you are impregnating does,putting tags in their ears, feeding deer so that an area can hold over it's natural capicity you are no longer hunting.
A group of guys that hunt together want to have rules that you can only shoot X size buck, I have no problem with that. But don't try and impose what you want on me.
I got into the trophy hunting for awhile and it almost ruined hunting for me. I know a couple guys that don't take their kids when their young because they might not be able to shoot Mongo if the kids there.
But there is a fine line between reasonable and excessive. I'd say we're on the excessive side of it.
I totally agree.
But at least they are hunting and supporting the sport.
I don't think they are supporting the sport I feel they are ruining it.
I think high fences and pay by the inch and guarenteed hunts are and will be the downfall to hunting and when it comes to that I will no longer hunt and I won't care if they shut everyone of the places down.
If hunters don't stick together we will lose hunting all together.
You'll have killing area's hunting will already be dead.
It's as useless as they are.
Righ back at you cornfed.