So my question is... other than looking for a rack to hang on a wall, why would a hunter go after an older buck rather than a young one?
The way I see it, hanging on to the older, mature bucks would tend to strengthen the herd. If hunting regulations required three point and below (Washington State), the survivors, the bucks smart enough to evade hunters, would tend to be the best of the young. They would therefore be competing with the mature bucks for dominance within the herd. Wouldn't that produce better animals?
PLUS, a spike is a whole better eating!
Someone please tell me why that doesn't make sense.