little ones make big ones
11-26-2006, 04:49 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dysart, IA USA
Posts: 10
little ones make big ones
Im not going after anyone on here but i was just looking at the bucks takin this year on the buck contest. I live in NE iowa and every one complains about not having enough big bucks in the area. (they are there if you know how to find them) But these are the same people i talk to later in the season and have harvested a spike, fork, basket rack, so on and so forth.Why, evenwith a bow huntingbeing able to hunt during peak rut, do people take small deer and not give them a chance to grow?
**** I know there are exceptions, first deer, children ........... But im talking about people that hunt more than that.
**** I know there are exceptions, first deer, children ........... But im talking about people that hunt more than that.
11-26-2006, 05:15 PM
#3
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Location: Racine, Wisconsin
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RE: little ones make big ones
ORIGINAL: Buck Master
Im not going after anyone on here but i was just looking at the bucks takin this year on the buck contest. I live in NE iowa and every one complains about not having enough big bucks in the area. (they are there if you know how to find them) But these are the same people i talk to later in the season and have harvested a spike, fork, basket rack, so on and so forth.Why, evenwith a bow huntingbeing able to hunt during peak rut, do people take small deer and not give them a chance to grow?
**** I know there are exceptions, first deer, children ........... But im talking about people that hunt more than that.
Im not going after anyone on here but i was just looking at the bucks takin this year on the buck contest. I live in NE iowa and every one complains about not having enough big bucks in the area. (they are there if you know how to find them) But these are the same people i talk to later in the season and have harvested a spike, fork, basket rack, so on and so forth.Why, evenwith a bow huntingbeing able to hunt during peak rut, do people take small deer and not give them a chance to grow?
**** I know there are exceptions, first deer, children ........... But im talking about people that hunt more than that.
A heck of a post at that.
11-26-2006, 05:32 PM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Armada, Michigan
Posts: 470
RE: little ones make big ones
I agree some what. But in some states there is a lot of pressure and if you pass it, will end up getting shot. I am not a trophy hunter i just like to hunt they all eat the same. just my opinion
11-26-2006, 06:05 PM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Posts: 6,006
RE: little ones make big ones
Some people don't care.
Why is that so hard to understand?
They don't care.
They don't hunt because they want huge antlers. They hunt for the pure enjoyment of the sport.
Let me guess your response;
"They can shooot a doe instead of that little basket rack."
Again, they don't care.
It doesn't matter to them.
Its all about the experience.
I'm not a trophy hunter, but I do practice QDM. Take the buck I tagged this year for example, it was a cull deer. 4x2, the two point side being taller and having more mass than the four point side. He needed to be taken out of the herd anyhow. Was he a huge deer? No. Am I happy with it? You better believe it.
Let me say it one more time, because at this point I know you're just chomping at the bit waiting to reply to this telling me that I'm wrong, that people who shoot little bucks can just as easily shoot does instead;
They don't care!
Why is that so hard to understand?
They don't care.
They don't hunt because they want huge antlers. They hunt for the pure enjoyment of the sport.
Let me guess your response;
"They can shooot a doe instead of that little basket rack."
Again, they don't care.
It doesn't matter to them.
Its all about the experience.
I'm not a trophy hunter, but I do practice QDM. Take the buck I tagged this year for example, it was a cull deer. 4x2, the two point side being taller and having more mass than the four point side. He needed to be taken out of the herd anyhow. Was he a huge deer? No. Am I happy with it? You better believe it.
Let me say it one more time, because at this point I know you're just chomping at the bit waiting to reply to this telling me that I'm wrong, that people who shoot little bucks can just as easily shoot does instead;
They don't care!
11-26-2006, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Posts: 37
RE: little ones make big ones
I'm 14 years old and pass on alot of small bucks, and have hadthe opportunity to harvest some great deer. Often times just the expierience of wildlife encounters amount to a trophy. If you don't let them go they won't grow.
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