Tazman

This has been an informative and for the most part a true debate and not a name calling session. I hope I did not step on any toes to hard, if I did I also apoligize. I think we can all agree that there is room for both the trophy and the meat hunter in the woods. I feel it is harder for the trophy hunter if he does not either own his own land or belong to a club that practices QDM than for the meat hunter. I count myself very lucky for where I live that even though I belong to no club, nor do I own any acreage, I still have permission to be the sole hunter to have permission to hunt a few different properties. I still consider myself for the most part a meat hunter, but will let buttons and young bucks walk, except for a scrub on this one piece of property I hunt because of a monster 6 point that I hope one day to take out before he gets on the down hill side due to age, he is probably at least 6-7 years old, maybe older.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

Charlie P

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I volnteered over 500 hours this year to our local youth football league.So my hunting time was very limited.I hadn't had a shot oppurtunity on a doe so I took a 1.5 yr old buck.The guy who's land I was hunting asked me to shoot any deer I saw.I hunt on land in 4 different county's in NY on a little over 1,200 acres.This guy lives in a suburn setting and there is a problem with too many deer.They get hit almost every night on this road.So I took the shot and took the deer home and don't feel bad about it at all.That's why I needed to take a small buck this year.If it's not a good enough reason too bad.I don't hunt to impress people on the internet.

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Beauty is in the eye of the bowholder, Bowdacious. I too am a trophy hunter and can appreciate your attitude, but even though I didn't shoot one this year its not because I didn't have the oppurtunity, and the thing about it was I had a great season and had the oppurtunity to put some people on some nice class deer this year dureing archery and gun season and I had just as much pleasure in shareing in their success. I blew some good chances this year as elk hunting interfered with my deer hunting and deer hunting interfered withmy elk hunting, just wait till next season. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Later on, Bobby

bowtech bob

thats what its all about....having fun<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>