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RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
I would be mad if a farm rasied deer took the top spot![:@]
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RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
The main reason there are more big deer shot now is................................................ .................there are more deer now. Duh.
Having more deer also allows the current luxury of passing on small bucks because you can shoot a doe. For many years in Iowa there were no antlerless tags and only very few bucks only tags. If you passed on that small buck you were unlikely to get another opportunity to HUNT for years to come. Many hunters did not even SEE a deer while hunting in the 1950's. My father grew up on a farm in Southern Iowa and NEVER saw a deer on the old family place. I think that it would be unusual to not see deer every week there now. I agree that most book deer in Iowa never go on the books. No one wants to screw up their honey hole with publicity. Bob Keep the high fenced deer off of the books. Do not buy products from people who use high fence hunting to promote those products. CWD would not even exist in many places were it not for farm raised deer. There could be other pathogens waiting out there, lets us not help them spread as has been done with CWD. Sport is what you do when you are not keeping score. |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
ORIGINAL: don128 I never had much faith in the record books for Whitetail. I don't register any of mine, nor do any of my friends in this area. The Olds barns and sheds in this part of the country have piles of racks just lying around that I'm positive would change the books considerably, prob true throughout the Midwest. I don't know how the books could be even close to accurate when the majority of hunters never enter their Bucks. States like Illinoise show high numbers of entry's because most hunters register. Most farmers in my area that shoot a 180" 10 point, or even a 200+ buck generally just throw it in the shed or ditch, with very little show or bragging. As for pen raised deer, I hope not many ever get snuck into the records. I know it sounds crazy, but I think there are many World record racks just laying around. |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
 Awesom critters Don, Score of these bucks? |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
Thx GR8atta2d, 158, 171, 205, 168, 169, these are a few of my lucky days.
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RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
ORIGINAL: Robert L E The main reason there are more big deer shot now is................................................ .................there are more deer now. Duh. Having more deer also allows the current luxury of passing on small bucks because you can shoot a doe. For many years in Iowa there were no antlerless tags and only very few bucks only tags. If you passed on that small buck you were unlikely to get another opportunity to HUNT for years to come. Many hunters did not even SEE a deer while hunting in the 1950's. My father grew up on a farm in Southern Iowa and NEVER saw a deer on the old family place. I think that it would be unusual to not see deer every week there now. I agree that most book deer in Iowa never go on the books. No one wants to screw up their honey hole with publicity. Bob Keep the high fenced deer off of the books. Do not buy products from people who use high fence hunting to promote those products. CWD would not even exist in many places were it not for farm raised deer. There could be other pathogens waiting out there, lets us not help them spread as has been done with CWD. Sport is what you do when you are not keeping score. |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d Awesom critters Don, Score of these bucks? |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
ORIGINAL: don128 Thx GR8atta2d, 158, 171, 205, 168, 169, these are a few of my lucky days. But they are not exactly thrown in thebarn lofteither  ;) |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
ORIGINAL: don128 Thx GR8atta2d, 158, 171, 205, 168, 169, these are a few of my lucky days. |
RE: Are the record books "tainted" now??
Also.........would you be pissed to see a genetically and nutritionally "farmed" deer take over the top spot in these books?? |
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