RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

I totally agree, but I enjoy it a lot more if I see it in bow range.;)

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

Of course!!!!!!![8D] :D

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

X3:D

Dan

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

Sounds like your living the dream to me.:D

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

I respect your sensibility about this! The main thing is that you hunt for your own enjoyment and use what you kill! I do struggle with those experienced hunterswho choose to shoot young bucks,but that is probably deep rooted in the frustration that I have for some of my hunting area's.You expressed yourself very well and sound like a person who has their priorities in order!
I also mount animals to honor them and to reflect on the experience of a particular hunt.I had a buck mounted that I didn't kill a number of years ago.It had died from being wounded and I followed the ravens and buzzards to find it.It was a magnificent buck and in my mind it deserved to be mounted.I have never regretted it!

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

I don't know anybody that hunts that has any better goal than that ;).

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

NO there harder to hunt I like the horns I guess you could say I m horny

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

I appreciate all of the feedback, fellas. My question was a sincere one, and all of your answers have confirmed what I already knew.... there's a ton of great folks on here.:)

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

Nope. I've mounted a couple but in my early years. My biggest are not mounted. None of them have ever been measured for score. I'm more concerned about weight. The bigger the deer, the more meat.:)

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

All the Time??[8D]

Dan

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Blackfish,
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that you like to chase horny deer?:D:D I guess if you hunt the rut, that's more accurate than one would think at first glance.

RE: Less of a deer hunter???
 

Shoot what makes you happy, thats what hunting is all about. Trust me, no one wants to shoot the biggest buck in the woods more than i do and i normally hold out for a decent deer in my area, but sometimes it just doesnt work that way. This past fall for example, i knew of a 140ish inch 8 point on the one property i hunt. Well long story short, i had him at 8 yards or so and i guess he heard me drawing back, and he bounded off to 20 yards broadside, but right behind a bush.[:@] He stood there for a minute and then slowly walked off like nothing ever happened. Well that was it, after a slower than expected season and then that, i told myself that the next decent buck to walk by was gunna get it. Well luckily for me, a nice 8 walked by and now his european mount is on my wall. I cherish looking at him just as much as i would the 140, even though i wasnt hunting for him.