OK, this thread is just TOO civilized. No bickering or name calling or anything. I'll end it with this..........

It's easy to call yourself a QDM hunter when you &quot;GOT NO VENISON&quot;.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> It twas the Devil made me do it. It had to be said. It was there for the pickin'.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

davidmil, I've got a freezer full of venison, so I quess I'm doing something right? <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Hunt the thickets

LOL david....couldn't resist could you<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>
...don't blame me, I lowered the population by 6...1 buck and 5 does

...and for the folks that didn't get any deer this season, I'm sure you made up for them <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

I also forgot to mention that I have a freezer full of venison.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

hc4runner
MO. bowhunter

When I started hunting as a young kid, I was not selective. Now I usually get at least 1 opportunity everytime out at a buck. So I try to hold off for at least a P&Y buck nowadays. Back in Highschool, I remember passing up a lot of big ones, just to get a chance at a couple B&C bucks I saw a lot. Even passed up a good buck with a forked droptine a few years back, which nowadays I would gladly shoot since I don't have near as much time in the woods as Highschool. The way I am is why shoot a basket buck when you can shoot a doe? Does are around every corner, and aren't hard to get a shot at(at least around here)
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this was my 4th year of rifle hunting and i finally got my first buck...this coming year i am going ot bow hunt and after the first deer which i hope is a doe instead of a spiker or 4pt i am going to limit myself to what i consider a nice buck for a good hunk of bow season..then after that i will decide when hte shot comes...i think any buck will still get an arrow flung at it for my first buck with a bow even if i already got my first deer with a bow and it was a doe..but i do plan to become more selective after my first harvests with a bow...i see way to many nice bucks in fall turkey season to shoot small ones and while im gutting it see a bruiser walk by..that would be my luck..so i think i will wait but we will see what happens when i see the deer...

People think I hunt in an area with deer. Lordy... seeing a buck everytime you go out is like Buckmasters or Realtree. If you see 10 or 12 in a year here you've done really well... and that's if you hunt about 50 days. Lordy, we go lots of times and don't even see a deer, doe... fawn... roadkill... NOTHING.<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

I also made the progression from any buck to at least something in the 120 class. This year I was satisfied with a nice doe in the last week of archery season as no shots presented themselves at a large buck although there were numerous oportunities at smaller 6 and 8 pointers. It iritates me to hear the guys I work with tell about all the buck their group got during gun season when none of the bucks were anything but basket racks. My part of Iowa would have loads of trophies if these guys would take does for the meat and let these small bucks mature another year or two. To each his own though I guess. If some hunters are happy with taking these bucks I try to persuade them to see my opinion without being critical of thiers.

Jon
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Hey Tophy Hunter, you are right on. Not only do you let the smaller bucks walk but next year they are not smaller. We try only to shoot what we intend to mount. Live in Randolph County and see or shoot 130-140 class every year living by this.

DM, I'll trade ya places.....

QDM = quality doe meat?
Quick Draw McGraw?
Quite da midget?
Quite a dinky measurement?

~Will Hunt For Food~