Originally Posted by
bristowboy_20
IMO: a mature animal is just an old animal. a mature deer can have small antlers or large antlers.
Trophy hunters are looking for wallhangers.
Mature animal hunters pass up the younger deer for something a little older.
Ive killed a few smaller racked mature deer.
It almost appears to me that "meat hunter" in most cases just = I didn't see any big ones.
I mean I am a trophy hunter but
1. we eat all of our meat
2. I also shoot does
3. I will also take what I can get if I can't get a big one(although I'd probably go without if that meant shooting small bucks but I don't see why it ever would)
That seems pretty similar to me.