Originally Posted by
lovethebigguns
My family and I eat deer as our main meat staple and so I am not a bit ashamed of the 90 pound doe I arrowed the other day! As a matter of fact, her roast tasted like a little piece of Heaven the other day smothered in gravy with a big pile of mashed taters and corn on the side!!
We all have our goals when we head to the stand, to some a 200" deer is the goal and nothing under 150" is acceptable and that's just fine! Mine is to fill my freezer with venison. Early in the season I will usually let the spikes, forks and small 6's walk IIIIIIIFFFFFF I can... As RUGER77 said, had I shot that spike at 200 yards, I would've been more than happy to slap my buck tag on it. The very last few days of season if I still have a buck tag left, fellas I'm gonna fill it with a legal deer as soon as I can!
Some of you may read this and say "With that mindset, he'll never grow trophy deer on his hunting ground" I guess if you're idea of a trophy is a 200" deer, then by golly I'll say you're probably right my friend!!
But by God my wife and kids and I will eat good this winter!!
Sorry if I've rambled!
Hear hear! Nothing worse than eating tag stew all winter long. Fill em up and keep the freezer full!
Made up my backstraps from my buck last year and my goodness... that was the best, most tender meat... like you said, a little piece of heaven.
Don't know about you guys, but I can't afford to buy the amount of meat that one deer provides. And with the number/price of extra tags that we get between bow and rifle seasons, it's penny on the pound when it comes down to it, and some of the best eats around.
There is nothing wrong with shooting a small buck or any doe. We might rib guys at deer camp that shoot a 'dog' of a deer but ya know what, I've done it. Did I think it was bigger than it was? Yes. Was I ashamed of it? No. Meat in the freezer.