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Old 12-02-2004, 12:21 PM
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silentassassin
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Memphis TN USA
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Default RE: "I only hunt for the meat"?

think its safe to say that anyone in their right mind would rather shoot a wall-hanger than a little spike or button buck. But I think the guys who will only shoot big bucks are hurting deer hunting as a whole. That's one of the problems right now, people aren't shooting enough does. I love venison and so does my family and its a tradition to have venison steaks and burgers and I want when I have kids some day to have the same traditions. Maybe I wait and wait and wiat for a nice buck and it never comes and I just say there passing on does and smaller inferior bucks and wasting tags. It's our responsibilty for the deer herd to kill the inferior bucks before they can mate and spread that inferiority. And if nothing else for the farmers who provide the food source that takes a beating every year from all the does and little bucks your passing up on.
standsnblinds,

Can you point out the things that you look for to tell if a buck is inferior? What steps do you go through to determine it?
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