chickory,

So what is your problem with guys who pass on smaller bucks? Like I have said, I enjoy the challenge of hunting a mature buck instead of a little 1.5 year old spike that isn't the brightest deer in the woods, also, it helps to prolong my hunting season, and I like to see the deer around here grow to their potential.

I hear you and deaddeer and ulysses keep talking about "horn hunters", but alot of guys know that letting the young bucks grow is actually good for the herd. This enables the bucks to mature, which means that there is more competition for breeding does, which means that only the best bucks breed the does, passing on the best genes. I know you keep talking about the best genetic bucks being killed before their time, but that is speculation.

Sorry guys, I am gonna keep passing on small bucks no matter if we have AR's or not. Its not that I am too good for a small buck, its that I like seeing the deer actually get some age under their belt before they are killed. That is also the reason I set feeders out in the winter to help the deer out and I film/video deer all year round along with having game cameras to capture pictures of them. You guys that suggest not having a buck harvest for a year, fine with me, I will hunt with my scouting cameras and start patterning bucks for the next year that bucks are allowed to be harvested!