Telling others to pass on smaller bucks is regulating the way they hunt. Most of the guys that encourage passing younger bucks would LOVE to see antler regs state wide to force everyone to comply with their ideal way to hunt.


Bottom line is for 10 years you shot smaller bucks............why should others not do the same??


Why is that???........because meat hunters aren't real hunters so they don't just can't relate??

QDM?

Always practice what you want. There are areas out there where monsters live. Bottomline you can't shoot a monster unless you hunt where one lives! In NC they shoot everything that moves. I don't care they can do it. I have my eye on several places that this year(it took 6 yrs) I know have good potential. Never stop scouting and never over look the little woods that lead to big woods.

I personally always scout but limit it to near neighborhoods. Just this week while discussing my hunting tactics with customers, I saw light bulbs go off. They made comments like "I always see deer while checking my mail". Most places only require permission within 150 yrds to bow hunt. Other places may not allow hunting within city limits but either hunting with a bow will trump that or the city will stop some where with feeder woods out. Learn where they are and socialize with people. While you do that find out where they live and every now and then you will get lucky. You will find they either live in a place you want to hunt or know someone. Someplaces I've been waiting 10 years to hunt others I have been hunting for ten years. BTW it does help when deciding where to live.

When you find these places hunt smart. You won't screw up the patterns even of the biggest buck. It will come down to being at the right place at the right time.

[quote]ORIGINAL: BOWDACIOUS

just alil lol

EXACTLY!!! My point is simple..... I don't care where ANYBODY lives, in ANY state, there are monster bucks that have fallen there..... just check the record books! My point is simple, IF we could educate the general hunting crowd to the advantages of QDM then there would be a LOT more of them in EVERY state! I really don't think most folks are aware of what the top end is of some of the trophies that have been taken in their respective states! The fact of the matter is that the genetics are there in most areas, the deer just need AGE and nutrition to realize the full potential! It just takes some dedication and possibly some personal sacrifice!

It's funny.... a "meat hunter" is only a meat hunter UNTIL a TROPHY walks by!!!

I tried my damndest to stay out of this one.


For those that shoot only mature bucks for the challenge aspect of the sport , wouldn't the above mentioned goal if succeeded take some of the challenge away? Sounds like quite the conundrum.

Not sure what you mean by that? I've always considered myself a hunter who's main goal is to put meat in the freezer and have fun doing it. I've had many "trophys" walk by over the years. I shot one and either missed the opportunity or flubbed on others and I still consider myself the same hunter I was when I started.
Are you saying a "TROPHY" doesn't have meat?

Answer this simple question please.
Is it acceptable (in your mind) for hunters to shoot several doe (or what's legal in your area) each year before shooting a young buck? No matter the age/experience or geographical location of the hunter.

TROPHIES don't have meat on them??


Too bad you have to break all of us into different groups of worthiness.


I thought we were all just hunters.

What a shame that people always have to either prop themselves up or try to knock others down..........everything has to be a competition

Just curious, are you the same type of folks that don't practice Catch & Release fishin'??? Are you the types that go home with stringers of bass or trout??? Cavemen.... get in the now?? I'm guessing just a small group of thick headed old timers that don't think of tomorrow only NOW. [&:]

Why do you stand against common sense and a quest for quality?

I'm glad I live in Texas. Its kinda fun to sit back and read post like this one. Luckly the wildlife dept. stays out of our business. We are aloud to manage the wildlife any way we see fit. That makes things so much more enjoyable and everybody is happy because they each get what they want.

IL-Cornfed, I'm with you. I still havent figured out why grown men like to kill the first pencil horned 4 pointer that walks by. I honestly think its because they have no self control and have an itchy trigger figure and just cant wait to kill "their buck" so they can brag to all their buddies, even though the horns get sawed off and thrown in a box in the garage. [:'(]

What's a trigger figure??


Seems to me that the only boys worried about braggin' are the ones who want more big bucks around so they can kill one easier.........and then tell everyone how hard it was

A box full of antlers for your own personal memories........or a wall full of mounts for everyone else to see. Now which do you think represents bragging??

The fact that you care so much what other people think about what you shoot speaks volumes. I personally don't give a damn what anyone else thinks or says. I hunt for me...............no one else.

Guess again


Why do you get to define quality?