ORIGINAL: atlasman
My question is do you guys REALLY care what some book says your deer scores?
and if that "score" turns out to be less then you hoped..........do you then feel not as good about the deer as you would have if the score was higher??
You are so correct. It is kind of disrespectful to the animal you just harvested.
IMHO, the only reason for scoring is to one-up someone else (read: immaturity). If you felt good about the deer when you shot it, what does it matter now that it is dead?
EVERY deer is a trophy in my book. Sure, I hunt for the big boys just like most, but I give it my own personal score first - that determines whether the arrow flies or not.