Originally Posted by rockport

Every time somebody wants to talk about hunting mature bucks somebody has to throw in the "ruination of hunting" or "high fences" or "guided facilities" or "meat hunting" (as if we're not eating these deer).

It gets old and now I'm supposed to feel guilty because I have time to hunt?

There are people that do things right and people that do things wrong and the vast majority of us that hunt mature bucks eat them just like everybody else and we don't hunt behind high fences or at guided facilities. We hunt them because we love to hunt and we love the challenge of hunting mature whitetail.

Those that hunt "just for antlers" do not reflect the vast majority of us that choose to pursue mature deer and quite frankly bringing it up all the time is just starting to come off as being bitter and jealous.