Originally Posted by
Game Stalker
This general statement is true only when directed toward us all.
The aniti's are spewing their favorite brand of coffee at their local hotspot just reading it. Meat vs. Antlers should be nothing more than hunting style discussion that brings us together. Truth is, none of these deer are going to disappear. The large racked trophy deer will remain. The small buck killed by a meat hunter could easily mean the mature buck will breed for another season. Mature bucks still live and die having had minimal contact w/humans. Much breeding occurs at night anyway ensuring trophy future. Let's not forget every younger buck will become this eventual big racked trophy. Big racks are great provided we don't lose sight that the meat provided should be the ultimate goal. Anyone wasting meat solely for big racks violates the hunting ethics in it's purest form. Carry On!
That's just the thing Game Stalker.
Every young buck will NOT eventually become a big racked trophy.
That is a biological reality that seems to escape an entire segment of the hunting community. Or they simply choose to ignore it.
And that very laps in recognition is not only what helps drives the after market deer hunting gadgets industry along with the grow'em big seed sellers that profit from the perpetuation of that myth. But it sows the seeds of animosity towards those fellow hunters that don't buy into that particular train of thought.
It's not just hunting, In my experience, tournament bass fisherman are some of the worst on voicing their dis-content with others that don't manage the resource as THEY see fit.
Heaven forbid anyone that decides to chunk a couple of smallies into a cooler to eat em.
These are called "sustainable resources" for a reason.
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