WAIT, TIME OUT! I never said I don't enjoy each and every-time afield. Whether i see a good buck or not, is not how I judge my time in the bush. I'm strictly talking about what quality of animal I wish to harvest. Don't put words in my mouth that I only enjoy the hunting expirience if I shoot a "book" buck. Because that is not true at all. I enjoy watching does, smaller bucks, oppossums, tweety birds and the squirrel wrestling with that ear of corn that is as big as he is.

So in a simple statement I'll summarize. I love hunting, my choice is to pursue the better bucks in my area.

In fact I could have been done months ago, if I'd have taken that 2 1/2 year old basket 8 point that was under my stand. So perhaps I enjoy my time afield even more than you huh? Now that's probably not an accurate statement, (I hope) but if I was looking at it with tunnel vision I could come to that conclusion. Too each his own.

Here's something to ask for all those out there who "Don't Care"... If you told someone you shot a buck would you say...

1. I got a Deer...??
2. I got a Buck...??
3. I got a Nice 10 point...??

Then ask yourself if you did shoot a buck would someone want to know how many points it was... Sure they would and you would be proud to tell them, 8 point, 4 point, whatever the case may be....

Scoring a buck is no differnt... It's just another form of measurement on your trophy...

JMO...

Depends where you are

Who said anything even remotely close to that??


Who is judging them negatively??

and BTW I hope you don't expect everyone to believe the reason behind all the "What do you think he will score?" threads is building a knowledge base on the local herd

So it's more of a bragging thing when talking to other people??............rather then a personal knowledge thing??


or did I read that wrong?

It's more of a "being proud of your animal thing"...

I know myself, I talk to ALOT of people about hunting... And when I tell someone about a deer that I have taken, they want to know about it... How Many points, weight, score, story, ect... If you never told anyone about a deer you take then you aren't proud at all...IMO...

And the score is just another aspect of that...

Why should these guys have to listen to you? Do you pay for their lease. What happens if they shoot something not up to your standards?

Where I live the big deer your hunting has as more a chance of getting hit by a car then a hunter getting it.

I decided not to participate in the "contest" because I really don't consider hunting to ba a competition.

The more the empahsis is put on the size of the rack the less support we will see from non-hunters. I'm not talking anti-hunters. It seems like everything is going toward growing big deer, it's a slippery slope.

chchchchchiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllll bud. LOL Just giving my opinion on the subject don't go postal on me.



Half of that statement is true.... guess which half.[:-]

Hey whatever .... if people are wrapped up in the score then so be it. It just seems like each year it leans more and more to that being the primary reason for hunting and I'd rather not see it happen.

Sorry, I worded that wrong. I should have said "less of a person".

The negative comments are sprinkled liberally throughout this thread.

A few of them:

It's a general attitude I see that is demeaning to those who want to know just how big their buck is in comparison to others. It could be that people aren't trying to come across this way, but in many instances it reads that they are looking down on those who want to measure their buck.

Straightarrow, you are correct, there is absolutely a negative connotation in many of these posts implying that there is something wrong with having any curiosity in the score of ones antlers. The comments from atlasman and NY Bowhunter are too obvious for them to be unintentional. To each his own fellas, to each his own.