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05-22-2008 | 05:50 AM
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From: Mont County, Pa
RE: Anonymous Poll.....
This sounds like a quarterof two in the morning set-up thread.
No, I wouldn't take him. Here's the deal. First of all, we don't have "earn a buck" here in Pa, although I sure wish we did!!! They complain we have too many deer in my area (5-D, where you can get unlimited doe tags!), so "earn a buck" would serve to take down deer numbers, and at the same time give more bucks a chance to reach "maturity". That's another story.
Anyway, back to the question.I think what it gets down to is hunter ethics, or lack there of. If I took that buck under those conditions, I would feel guilty knowing I did it illegally. I couldn't look at him mounted on my wall and be proud of him! Where I hunt,there would be at least a fair chance of getting caught anyway.
No, I wouldn't take him. Here's the deal. First of all, we don't have "earn a buck" here in Pa, although I sure wish we did!!! They complain we have too many deer in my area (5-D, where you can get unlimited doe tags!), so "earn a buck" would serve to take down deer numbers, and at the same time give more bucks a chance to reach "maturity". That's another story.Anyway, back to the question.I think what it gets down to is hunter ethics, or lack there of. If I took that buck under those conditions, I would feel guilty knowing I did it illegally. I couldn't look at him mounted on my wall and be proud of him! Where I hunt,there would be at least a fair chance of getting caught anyway.
05-22-2008 | 06:25 AM
#5
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RE: Anonymous Poll.....
It'd be hard, but I'd probably have to pass too. Killing a Buck illegally is killing a buck illegally. If you would take him without a tag for him, why not start a month before season and get an early start on him? How about taking him at dark? Driving down the road and see him in rifle season, why not take him then?
I gotta agree with Early, I wouldn't be able to be proud of that mount, which would ruin that buck for me. I'd give him a pass and wait till after I got me a nanny. Luckily, KY doesn't have earn a buck, nor does it need it either really.
I gotta agree with Early, I wouldn't be able to be proud of that mount, which would ruin that buck for me. I'd give him a pass and wait till after I got me a nanny. Luckily, KY doesn't have earn a buck, nor does it need it either really.
05-22-2008 | 06:37 AM
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From: PA
RE: Anonymous Poll.....
I would shoot him in a heart beat , earn a buck is Bull sh!t and forces guys to break the law .
Here in PA is a great example of whats wrong withthe one size fits all deer management plan.If you live in the blacktop world on a 1/2 acre lot I'm sure it makes sense.Its my land and I will manage it how I see fit not some desk dweller in Harrisburg who is impressed more by cucumber roots than deer.[
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I think earn a giraffe is a better idea.
Here in PA is a great example of whats wrong withthe one size fits all deer management plan.If you live in the blacktop world on a 1/2 acre lot I'm sure it makes sense.Its my land and I will manage it how I see fit not some desk dweller in Harrisburg who is impressed more by cucumber roots than deer.[
]I think earn a giraffe is a better idea.
05-22-2008 | 06:41 AM
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From: Mont County, Pa
RE: Anonymous Poll.....
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
I would shoot him in a heart beat , earn a buck is Bull sh!t and forces guys to break the law .
Here in PA is a great example of whats wrong withthe one size fits all deer management plan.If you live in the blacktop world on a 1/2 acre lot I'm sure it makes sense.Its my land and I will manage it how I see fit not some desk dweller in Harrisburg who is impressed more by cucumber roots than deer.[]
I think earn a giraffe is a better idea.
I would shoot him in a heart beat , earn a buck is Bull sh!t and forces guys to break the law .
Here in PA is a great example of whats wrong withthe one size fits all deer management plan.If you live in the blacktop world on a 1/2 acre lot I'm sure it makes sense.Its my land and I will manage it how I see fit not some desk dweller in Harrisburg who is impressed more by cucumber roots than deer.[
]I think earn a giraffe is a better idea.
