Well, yesterday those " if its brown its down" deer drives occured out where I was hunting.
The funny thing is that out of the three bucks killed by members of our group, two of them were BIG bucks. My best friends uncle got a 8 point with a 17-3/4" inside spread, 6" brow tines, 9-1/2" G-2' s, and 7-1/4" G-3' s. His son and another guy were doing a push towards my friend and I, they pushed out about 10 deer that I saw sneek around them and out across a open field, then, I heard a gunshot (that 8 point), and another 6 doe snuck out into the field, stopped, browsed for awhile, then walked off, followed by two more doe and a button buck.
Right after that, we pushed out a small grown up apple orchard and pushed out a buck (a big 7 point). Another guy in the group' s son shot him. This buck had probablly a 17" outside spread and good tine length.
That kids younger brother then shot his first deer, a little 5 point (he is a junior hunter and it was legal).
Also, another guy in the group got a BIG doe. It was almost the same body size as the big 8 point.
So, lets see, a few small deer drives, 4 shots on 4 walking deer, and 4 deer are hanging right now. Not the war and bloodbath that many would have you believe.
So, the guy who shot the 8 point got his biggest buck to date (and he is 50 some years old). The kid who got the 7 point got his biggest buck to date. His brother got his first buck. Another newbie hunting with us got to see a small buck and 5 doe, and action was hot all day............ wow, when you think about it, I guess that was a dangerous, bullet blazing, deer running with their tounges hangin out, evil bloodbath.