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RE: ANNUAL LET 'EM GO AND LET 'EM GROW
Was this because you let them go? There are sacrifices to be made to hunt like this.BTW, I'm not married. One other thing that switched me from a trophy hunter was taking my son out at an early age. He couldn't sit for hours and do what a person must to hunt solely mature deer. However one of my most memorable hunts was when I took a small buck he grunted in out of a ground blind we set up. |
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To be honest I don't see anyone in here starting a heated debate over which bow is better so why argue over this??? My only problem is when people imply that the other guy can't hunt because of what they decided to shoot. I say shoot what you want and stop the bickering because to be honest with you, whenI climb that tree on Sept 30, I'm not gonna give a damn nor probably will I remember what half of the comments were anyways when that deer walks into range. |
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Somehow I dont' see this thread as being pinned to the top as an "annual thread"[:-]
* I'll just say that I practice (and am very fanatical about) QDM on the land that I hunt. I am fortunate enough to have enough land and the neighboring parties around me play by the same rules. However, I find it absolutely astonishing for people from one end of the country to be telling people from the other end of the country how they should hunt and what they should be shooting. You can sit there and tell a hunter they should hold out for a 140+" buck or pass? What if circumstances make it impossible for a hunter to never see anything more than a 100" buck? They shouldn't shoot a buck their whole lives bowhunting? It GREATLY depends on your situation and if you can grow enough big bucks in the area you hunt. I've been on both sides of the coin. |
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You fanatical about something,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,no way.
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Forgive me, I didn't read all 5 pages. I have no problem with someone NOT shooting a buck because they want a bigger one, but I do have a problem with someone telling me not to shoot a small one so it can grow bigger, not that anyone here has done that. I HATE state imposed antler restrictions.....It's all about money, regardless of what color they paint it.
Anyway, let me reinterate.....I am not saying anyone here is ridiculing anyone for shooting a small buck. No one has. But just like I have no right to tell someone to shoot a small buck, I feel no one should tell me to NOT shoot a small buck. I know one thing, the first legal buck that passes by within 40 yards of me this fall is in big trouble. |
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I just miss seeing the name "Wolfen" attached to this... :D
Did you try to get it back Jelen? It just doesn't look the same without it... ;) |
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ORIGINAL: jelen Mod's place it where you see fit but I think this post deserves a place with the rest in the forefront of all members... Take quality pics, make quality recoveries, shoot deer with quality broadheads, and harvest deer you can be proud of, and how about letting some deer go so that they can grow?   Seeing this thread go up in flames made my day. Nice to see this misguided effort losing steam. It amazes me that throughout history people have to be continually taught the lesson that no one likes to be told what to do. I shouldn't be so hard on the "Let 'em grow" crowd............I practice it myself. I "Let them grow" too..........just long enough to drop their spots ;)  |
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ORIGINAL: GregH I also find that the ones who complain about the trophy hunters are the ones that couldn't hunt their way out of their garage, even if the big door was open.[:-] It has been proven on this very site that the ONLY thing required to see and kill bigger bucks more often is to not shoot them. Same guys, same gear, same skill level.........bigger bucks on the wall. The notion that skill is a major factor when the bigger bucks are plentiful is a joke. I guess the Drive-Thru society we have created just isn't willing to put in the time and effort required to kill a big buck anymore........they want to just set up trail cams and check their cell phones for pictures with time stamps on them and then jump in the woods for an hour when they know the deer are coming..............then tell everyone what a great hunter they are :eek: The usual comments from the people uncapable of killing a mature buck are, " Ya can't eat the horns", "My young small buck is more tender than your big ole buck" (BTW, so are young does) and (my favorite) " I'm getting back to the basics". Well, you never left the basics by continuing to shoot small bucks. Hunting mature bucks will really test your skills.;) Telling other hunters what to shoot and what not to shoot with their tags is just plain stupid and selfish..........but most of all it is a TERRIBLE way to try and get kids interested in hunting. Nothing like taking a kid out for 8 hours and telling him he shouldn't shoot any of the deer he sees because they aren't "good enough" [:'(] |
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I shouldn't be so hard on the "Let 'em grow" crowd............I practice it myself. I "Let them grow" too..........just long enough to drop their spots ;) Aaah... C'mon now, Atlas... Do you really care if they've got spots or not? [8D] |
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