RE: I AM SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL!
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I think a lot of the hard luck, "never see nothing" hunters out there would be shocked at the size of some of the bucks living in their area. They're in there. You just have to be good enough to find then see them.
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Good point. The thing is, I see as many if not more 'big rack only' hunters whining than I do the "everyday run of the mill" hunters, especially about not being able to kill "trophies". I'm sure all states and areas vary widely from one to the next, but what you said for the most part is true, the big ones are out there but many "trophy hunters" don't want to do what it takes to get one. So they would rather pass laws that make it easier for them to see and get a big one. I was always under the impression that trophies were just that, trophies?! And shouldn't it take some work to earn those deer, isn't that what makes it so special? If an area or state is having basically no mature deer shot from year to year, then the obvious would state that something needs to be done differently, and those aren't the areas I am referring to. I can only speak for Indiana and the areas I hunt, and there is certainly no shortage of big bucks in Indiana. But there are still the "trophy hunters" here preaching QDM as the only way to go because they don't want to spend the time and energy it takes to find one(not all of them, just a select few, and the majority whining are younger hunters that don't feel they need to work for it). They are here (and most other places), all you have to do is go to a check station on opening day of gun season and you will have all the proof you need. Granted, most of those guys "luck" into those big ones, but they are still huge and there are plenty more out there.
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