Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
08-19-2007, 03:51 PM
#31
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Illinois
Posts: 251
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
GregH, thanks. After I killed my first with a bow, I stopped hunting with a gun. It just didn't do anything for me when I killed using a gun. To me, if it is easy, it isn't an accomplishment. I just enjoy sitting in a tree with my bow! I have been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.
Go to the Taxidermy section of the forum and"your best mounts" thread. The 2 deer I spoke of are inthe lastpost on page 9. The deer to the left of my elk and the deer to the right of my elk are the two. I couldn't pass them up. Page 10 is more of mymounts. Trust me, the little ones mean just as much as the big ones!
Go to the Taxidermy section of the forum and"your best mounts" thread. The 2 deer I spoke of are inthe lastpost on page 9. The deer to the left of my elk and the deer to the right of my elk are the two. I couldn't pass them up. Page 10 is more of mymounts. Trust me, the little ones mean just as much as the big ones!
08-19-2007, 03:53 PM
#32
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: Dr Andy
Personally I'm going to try to hold out for at least a six point. There's so many deer there it's sick. Does are going to be all fair game. QDM should be changed to QAM (quality antler management)
Personally I'm going to try to hold out for at least a six point. There's so many deer there it's sick. Does are going to be all fair game. QDM should be changed to QAM (quality antler management)
You're going to hold out for a 6 pointer? You hunt in the 2nd best county for P&Ys in the state and you're holding out for a 6 pointer??? What's wrong with this picture? I hunt in Lake and McHenry counties and Lake has more mature bucks in its herd than anywhere I've ever hunted in 40 years! Exercise some patience and you'll see what I'm talking about.
08-19-2007, 04:03 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Posts: 3,215
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
You're going to hold out for a 6 pointer? You hunt in the 2nd best county for P&Ys in the state and you're holding out for a 6 pointer??? What's wrong with this picture?
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
08-19-2007, 04:06 PM
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lake County, Il
Posts: 2,205
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg, I hunt in Clumbia County Wi most of the time. It's A herd reduction zone and they give you 4 tags a day for free!. I want to put something on the wall at my buddy's cabin. It's not like I only get to shoot one,and according to the DNR I'll be doing a public service. At last count they have over 45 deer per sq. mile,this includes all the ag land. I don't think I'm hurting anything. BTW it would have to be a big 6
08-19-2007, 04:08 PM
#35
Join Date: May 2006
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RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
- making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
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QDM is not a rich mans game, anyone can play to some degree. I am 16 years old, been doin qdm for 2 years on the property i hunt and it works. We dont own the property, i dont spend any money i wouldnt spend if i wasnt into QDM, and i still acomplish my QDM goals. So how is this a rich mans game?
08-19-2007, 04:11 PM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Posts: 3,215
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
QDM is not a rich mans game, anyone can play to some degree. I am 16 years old, been doin qdm for 2 years on the property i hunt and it works. We dont own the property, i dont spend any money i wouldnt spend if i wasnt into QDM, and i still acomplish my QDM goals. So how is this a rich mans game?
08-19-2007, 04:11 PM
#37
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,598
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: JoshKeller
there are still a few of us out there who dont hunt to shoot big racks. If it happens, good, if not, it doesnt ruin our hunting seasons.
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
You're going to hold out for a 6 pointer? You hunt in the 2nd best county for P&Ys in the state and you're holding out for a 6 pointer??? What's wrong with this picture?
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
You have a great point Josh. Do you have a problem when fish and game place a length limit on bass? Its done for the quality of the bass. It works with deer to if enough people subscribe to it in the area or it is forced upon them.
08-19-2007, 04:12 PM
#38
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: JoshKeller
there are still a few of us out there who dont hunt to shoot big racks. If it happens, good, if not, it doesnt ruin our hunting seasons.
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
You're going to hold out for a 6 pointer? You hunt in the 2nd best county for P&Ys in the state and you're holding out for a 6 pointer??? What's wrong with this picture?
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
Josh it is a two way street we can not have the TDM(Traditional Deer Managemnet) of the past. Having areas of way over population will be the end of hunting as we know it also.
I think there is middle ground, both sides need to let down their guards and listen
08-19-2007, 04:12 PM
#39
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: JoshKeller
there are still a few of us out there who dont hunt to shoot big racks. If it happens, good, if not, it doesnt ruin our hunting seasons.
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
You're going to hold out for a 6 pointer? You hunt in the 2nd best county for P&Ys in the state and you're holding out for a 6 pointer??? What's wrong with this picture?
I personally hunt because its fun, I like being outside, I love deer meat, and it gets me away from work. Since I only get to hunt my best property once a week, and if I have a doe in range, I'll gladly take her. Then again, if a 1.5 year old buck comes by, I'm also going to take it, because I garuntee that I wont be able to taste the difference between a 1.5 year old buck, or a doe. I really dont get off on big racks, and I personally think this whole QDM fiasco is ruining hunting - making it a rich mans game, and belittleing other hunters because they dont want to hold out for a 150" buck.
But with the amount of does you can and should shoot, along with the plentifull supply of mature bucks, why not wait abit and see what happens?
08-19-2007, 04:14 PM
#40
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Posts: 3,215
RE: Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
seeing as how I can take 3 bucks, and something like 7 does, I generally take what I can, because deer meat doesnt last long in my house. I dont get to hunt as often as I would like, and I take advantage of any oppertunity that I can get to tag a deer for the freezer - whether its a doe, 1.5 yr old buck, mature buck - it all taste the same to me.