ORIGINAL: bowkill74
Not only the prices but they seem to charge extra for tags or application ever year also.Plus this earn a buck deal,I had a kid just started hunting this year sitting with me for gun hunting,nobody had shot a doe yet,and of course what do you think we see opening day,a nice buck,no words could describe his reaction when he seen that buck.The dnr has to let them first timers shoot.What do you all think?.
It sounds like you missed a golden opportunity to mold a positive attitude toward proper deer management in a begining hunter.
My experience with my 12 year old son, Ryan, first gun deer hunt was quite differen, in a EAB unit. 30 minutes into shooting time, a 14" 8pt comes trotting in behind a doe and fawn. With out question, he shoots the doe, 40 yds, clean double lung, she traveled 70 yds after shot. The eight pt. runs off. 30 seconds later, a forked buck stands 135yds down the shooting lane. Ryan asks if he should shoot him, I said, only if you can make a good shot. He shoots, double lungs the buck, it makes it 10 yards.
Basically, since I had not instilled a "gotta shoot a buck" attitude into my son .... letting a buck walk and shooting a doe is/was not an issue. Shooting a doe first is just good management learned through knowedge of the enironment. Later that afternoon we each shoot another doe.
Manageing deer and wildlife is easy, managing people is the hard part.