Question for "mature buck" advocates
03-05-2008 | 12:38 PM
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RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
ORIGINAL: GregH
Hunting for mature bucks is like removing the training wheels from your bicycle isn't it? It's a bit more of a challenge. [:-]
Hunting for mature bucks is like removing the training wheels from your bicycle isn't it? It's a bit more of a challenge. [:-]
03-05-2008 | 12:39 PM
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RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Gus...
Is it easier to kill a lot of deer ......if you hunt where a lot of deer live?
I can tell you the answer to that question is "YES".
So....wouldn't it stand to reason .......if there were more mature deer (insert name of location, here)......that they would be easier to kill?
Takes NOTHING away from...nor does it even take into account a hunter's prowess. It's simple math.
Gus...
Is it easier to kill a lot of deer ......if you hunt where a lot of deer live?
I can tell you the answer to that question is "YES".
So....wouldn't it stand to reason .......if there were more mature deer (insert name of location, here)......that they would be easier to kill?
Takes NOTHING away from...nor does it even take into account a hunter's prowess. It's simple math.
03-05-2008 | 12:41 PM
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RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
It may be easier than it was before there were more mature bucks, but it's still a challenge, which was the question.
03-05-2008 | 12:45 PM
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RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
Hey, then why not go back to the recurve. You could then have a then and now colauge.
ORIGINAL: GregH
Hunting for mature bucks is like removing the training wheels from your bicycle isn't it? It's a bit more of a challenge. [:-]
Hunting for mature bucks is like removing the training wheels from your bicycle isn't it? It's a bit more of a challenge. [:-]
03-05-2008 | 12:47 PM
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RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Gus...
Is it easier to kill a lot of deer ......if you hunt where a lot of deer live?
I can tell you the answer to that question is "YES".
So....wouldn't it stand to reason .......if there were more mature deer (insert name of location, here)......that they would be easier to kill?
Takes NOTHING away from...nor does it even take into account a hunter's prowess. It's simple math.
Gus...
Is it easier to kill a lot of deer ......if you hunt where a lot of deer live?
I can tell you the answer to that question is "YES".
So....wouldn't it stand to reason .......if there were more mature deer (insert name of location, here)......that they would be easier to kill?
Takes NOTHING away from...nor does it even take into account a hunter's prowess. It's simple math.
My question was more toward the "challenge" aspect that so many seak of while championing the the idea of not shooting young bucks.
If the woods are littered with 4.5 year old deer would it be that difficult to kill one? I see a lot of the same people who are "trophy" hunters also advocate that you "let em go so they can grow". Seems like they are after the horns more than the challenge........
03-05-2008 | 12:49 PM
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RE: Question for "mature buck" advocates
Let me try to take a crack at this. Hopefully I can effectively verbalize what I am thinking.
Your original question along with the bold part of your quote above suggests that you really are not much different from the "mature buck only" crowd that you are questioning. The only difference is the minimumage of the buck you desire to shoot. Hopefully I can explain it well....
Forgive me if I am wrong, butyou seem to have a desire to shoot a buck rather than a doe. How is that fundamentally different that someone who desires to shoot a mature buck rather than a young buck? Person A prefers any buck versus a doe. Person B prefers a mature buck versus a young buck. The same question that you are asking of Person B could be asked ofYOU by Person C who huntsexclusively for meat.Person Cdoesn't care...not even a little...about antlers or sex or even weight of the animal. Hypothetically,Person C sees all deer equally and valuesthem all equally. Person C could then askYOU (Person A)the same questionYOU are asking Person B. Person C would ask, "Why do you desire to shoot any buck over adoe? And whydo some areas limit my ability to legally kill a doe? I just want to eat venison,so why is my desire to shoot any deerless valid thanother hunters' desire to shoot a buck only or a mature buck only?"
So really, deep down inside, you know the answer to your question. Some peopleshoot mature bucks because it is more satisfyingto them than a young buck. Just as any buck is more satisfying to you than a doe. Forgive me for any false assumptions and for any flawed logic...I just woke up.