Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
08-04-2007, 10:03 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
No antlers may affect the businesses that rely on antlers but I do not think it would affect hunters nearly as much. Do hunters hunt antlers or do they hunt the animal that has them? If they hunt the animal then the antlers become a moot issue. I think most deer hunters hunt the animal. Are there antler hunters? You bet! I just think that the vast majority of deer hunters hunt the animal and not its rack. If you take away the antlers you still have the animal and you still have, IMO, the vast majority of hunters hunting that animal. Would it be as popular? Nope. No tv shows about deer hunting, no "pro" whitetail hunters. Not as much equipment "guaranteed to get you close to the trophy of a lifetime". No, not as popular as it may be now but you still have most of the deer (not antler) hunters that you have now. You may lose guys that measure their manhood by the antler, but not guys that measure their skill by the animal.
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][:@]I messed up on the poll question. It should be a NO.
No antlers may affect the businesses that rely on antlers but I do not think it would affect hunters nearly as much. Do hunters hunt antlers or do they hunt the animal that has them? If they hunt the animal then the antlers become a moot issue. I think most deer hunters hunt the animal. Are there antler hunters? You bet! I just think that the vast majority of deer hunters hunt the animal and not its rack. If you take away the antlers you still have the animal and you still have, IMO, the vast majority of hunters hunting that animal. Would it be as popular? Nope. No tv shows about deer hunting, no "pro" whitetail hunters. Not as much equipment "guaranteed to get you close to the trophy of a lifetime". No, not as popular as it may be now but you still have most of the deer (not antler) hunters that you have now. You may lose guys that measure their manhood by the antler, but not guys that measure their skill by the animal.
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][:@]I messed up on the poll question. It should be a NO.
08-04-2007, 10:23 PM
#42
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
germ, i tried to answer your PM...feel free to post what you feel suited..sorry i got long winded...you know me...you asked for it
funny you mention my inner circle. the group i rifle and flintlock hunt with actually tease me about taking does. "whooopdeee dooo! you killed an overgrown rabbit!!" they would say...only 1 bowhunts..like the rest of them he really dont know all too much about deer hunting, other than driving them. occassionally he sees deer...but its by luck and chance rather than good scouting etc...they are a different type of hunter..id say they are more like the typical PA hunter than myself. alot arent seriously like me...alot dont know a whole lot about deer and deer hunting..alot hunt just for the commrodity and things like that...which is why i enjoy hunting with them once in a while..dont know what the numbers would look like...it would be interesting to find out...id love to do a poll on a huntingpa forum...but like here...the board junkies are all rather serious hunters and wouldnt care if deer had antlers or not..
im starting to change...for many reasons i wont go into detail about here...but to sum it up...antlers arent important or WHY i hunt. if i had the numbers in the areas i hunt most of the time id gladly kill me some overgrown rabbits!! hopefully i can kill me 1 or 2 this season with the bow...want to get that archery cherry officially popped! got 2 areas in mind that should be promising in terms of numbers...
funny you mention my inner circle. the group i rifle and flintlock hunt with actually tease me about taking does. "whooopdeee dooo! you killed an overgrown rabbit!!" they would say...only 1 bowhunts..like the rest of them he really dont know all too much about deer hunting, other than driving them. occassionally he sees deer...but its by luck and chance rather than good scouting etc...they are a different type of hunter..id say they are more like the typical PA hunter than myself. alot arent seriously like me...alot dont know a whole lot about deer and deer hunting..alot hunt just for the commrodity and things like that...which is why i enjoy hunting with them once in a while..dont know what the numbers would look like...it would be interesting to find out...id love to do a poll on a huntingpa forum...but like here...the board junkies are all rather serious hunters and wouldnt care if deer had antlers or not..
im starting to change...for many reasons i wont go into detail about here...but to sum it up...antlers arent important or WHY i hunt. if i had the numbers in the areas i hunt most of the time id gladly kill me some overgrown rabbits!! hopefully i can kill me 1 or 2 this season with the bow...want to get that archery cherry officially popped! got 2 areas in mind that should be promising in terms of numbers...
08-05-2007, 12:40 AM
#44
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: State of Confusion
Posts: 172
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
I have spent countless hours in full camo and 95 degree temps just to shoot a ground squirrel with my recurve from 10 yards. I think hunting is what you make it and the trophy is in the eye of the beholder. For me it wouldnt matter one way or the other I live for the hunt, all the ups and downs that are associated with it.
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08-05-2007, 06:27 AM
#45
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
I shoot way more does in proportion to bucks. So yes they are still worth hunting. I have opportunities to "hunt" places on crop damage permits but never have taken them because I like to truly hunt for my deer, notjust eradicate them.
08-05-2007, 06:32 AM
#46
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location:
Posts: 11,472
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
I'd have to find a way to hunt that would be comparable to killing a mature buck. Maybe kill a doe with my bare hands?[8D][:-] Hunt with a spear. Something along those lines.
08-05-2007, 08:08 AM
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
Posts: 2,520
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker
Bruce, If I measure my manhood by what I Kill, then I guess I would measure yours the same way, Because if you came by the house with a 6.5 year old doe, I being a Hunter of the Whitetail Deer would recognize it as a true trophy, But I can tell you this, I would Be alot more excited for you if it was a 6.5 year old buck with 170" of Bone on its head, thats just the way it is!
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
No antlers may affect the businesses that rely on antlers but I do not think it would affect hunters nearly as much. Do hunters hunt antlers or do they hunt the animal that has them? If they hunt the animal then the antlers become a moot issue. I think most deer hunters hunt the animal. Are there antler hunters? You bet! I just think that the vast majority of deer hunters hunt the animal and not its rack. If you take away the antlers you still have the animal and you still have, IMO, the vast majority of hunters hunting that animal. Would it be as popular? Nope. No tv shows about deer hunting, no "pro" whitetail hunters. Not as much equipment "guaranteed to get you close to the trophy of a lifetime". No, not as popular as it may be now but you still have most of the deer (not antler) hunters that you have now. You may lose guys that measure their manhood by the antler, but not guys that measure their skill by the animal.
[][:@]I messed up on the poll question. It should be a NO.
No antlers may affect the businesses that rely on antlers but I do not think it would affect hunters nearly as much. Do hunters hunt antlers or do they hunt the animal that has them? If they hunt the animal then the antlers become a moot issue. I think most deer hunters hunt the animal. Are there antler hunters? You bet! I just think that the vast majority of deer hunters hunt the animal and not its rack. If you take away the antlers you still have the animal and you still have, IMO, the vast majority of hunters hunting that animal. Would it be as popular? Nope. No tv shows about deer hunting, no "pro" whitetail hunters. Not as much equipment "guaranteed to get you close to the trophy of a lifetime". No, not as popular as it may be now but you still have most of the deer (not antler) hunters that you have now. You may lose guys that measure their manhood by the antler, but not guys that measure their skill by the animal.
[
][:@]I messed up on the poll question. It should be a NO.
Good hunting this fall and if you get down my way on your visit to MD, look me up.
08-05-2007, 10:27 PM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
And that is part of the problem... too many folks care too much about how someone else measures their manhood. How you measure my manhood is not my worry. How I measure myself is what I "worry" about.
Good hunting this fall and if you get down my way on your visit to MD, look me up.
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker
Bruce, If I measure my manhood by what I Kill, then I guess I would measure yours the same way, Because if you came by the house with a 6.5 year old doe, I being a Hunter of the Whitetail Deer would recognize it as a true trophy, But I can tell you this, I would Be alot more excited for you if it was a 6.5 year old buck with 170" of Bone on its head, thats just the way it is!
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
No antlers may affect the businesses that rely on antlers but I do not think it would affect hunters nearly as much. Do hunters hunt antlers or do they hunt the animal that has them? If they hunt the animal then the antlers become a moot issue. I think most deer hunters hunt the animal. Are there antler hunters? You bet! I just think that the vast majority of deer hunters hunt the animal and not its rack. If you take away the antlers you still have the animal and you still have, IMO, the vast majority of hunters hunting that animal. Would it be as popular? Nope. No tv shows about deer hunting, no "pro" whitetail hunters. Not as much equipment "guaranteed to get you close to the trophy of a lifetime". No, not as popular as it may be now but you still have most of the deer (not antler) hunters that you have now. You may lose guys that measure their manhood by the antler, but not guys that measure their skill by the animal.
[][:@]I messed up on the poll question. It should be a NO.
No antlers may affect the businesses that rely on antlers but I do not think it would affect hunters nearly as much. Do hunters hunt antlers or do they hunt the animal that has them? If they hunt the animal then the antlers become a moot issue. I think most deer hunters hunt the animal. Are there antler hunters? You bet! I just think that the vast majority of deer hunters hunt the animal and not its rack. If you take away the antlers you still have the animal and you still have, IMO, the vast majority of hunters hunting that animal. Would it be as popular? Nope. No tv shows about deer hunting, no "pro" whitetail hunters. Not as much equipment "guaranteed to get you close to the trophy of a lifetime". No, not as popular as it may be now but you still have most of the deer (not antler) hunters that you have now. You may lose guys that measure their manhood by the antler, but not guys that measure their skill by the animal.
[
][:@]I messed up on the poll question. It should be a NO.
Good hunting this fall and if you get down my way on your visit to MD, look me up.
If we get the time, Ill do that. And good luck also.
08-05-2007, 10:50 PM
#49
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Huntin' In Colorado
Posts: 2,910
RE: Is this how YOU feel about hunting?
I'm an avid duck and goose hunter! I have killed thousands of birds and consider myself one of the best. They say that 10% of the hunters kill 90% of the game, I'm in that 10%. THE ONLY REASONI HUNT WATERFOWL IS TO FIND A 10 POINT GOOSE!!!!!! I know he's out there and I'm not gonna stop until I find him!!!!!
08-05-2007, 10:55 PM
#50
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 297
RE: Is this how you feel about hunting?
We dont have alot of big bucks where i hunt at, so i dont worry alot about horns or atlers or what ever those things on there head is called. I hunt for the peace and quiet and for theadrenaline rush and also to hear my hounds runand forthat tasty venison. Plus at Fort Pickett they tag all the does for you. you can kill as many as you want wit the bow and never have to buy bonus tags.I cant wait till huntn season