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Rather than quality deer management
I'd like to see QUANTITY deer management. I could really care less about antlers or bagging a buck that scores a lot of B&C points. I just want venison in my freezer. I'd be just as happy to shoot a smallish doe (if it were legal) as I would a 200+ lb 14 point monster.
Does anyone else have a similar mentality, or am I alone in my meat hunting ways? Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with people who are after a nice rack. I would just prefer a high chance of getting any deer to a slight chance of getting a trophy deer. |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
The 2 things are not mutually exclusive. MANY areas have lots of deer,as well asgood numbers of big bucks. The biggeest factor in determining the quantity of deer is habitat. Lots of deer need lots of food. Not all places can support that.
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RE: Rather than quality deer management
We have plenty of carrying capacity left in Vermont. Of course the winters are probably a huge limiting factor.
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RE: Rather than quality deer management
ORIGINAL: VT_Hunter1980 I'd like to see QUANTITY deer management. I could really care less about antlers or bagging a buck that scores a lot of B&C points. I just want venison in my freezer. I'd be just as happy to shoot a smallish doe (if it were legal) as I would a 200+ lb 14 point monster. Does anyone else have a similar mentality, or am I alone in my meat hunting ways? Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with people who are after a nice rack. I would just prefer a high chance of getting any deer to a slight chance of getting a trophy deer. But I don't know any deer hunter just as happy to shoot a smal doe as they would a 14 point buck ;) |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
ORIGINAL: jf5 ORIGINAL: VT_Hunter1980 I'd like to see QUANTITY deer management. I could really care less about antlers or bagging a buck that scores a lot of B&C points. I just want venison in my freezer. I'd be just as happy to shoot a smallish doe (if it were legal) as I would a 200+ lb 14 point monster. Does anyone else have a similar mentality, or am I alone in my meat hunting ways? Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with people who are after a nice rack. I would just prefer a high chance of getting any deer to a slight chance of getting a trophy deer. But I don't know any deer hunter just as happy to shoot a smal doe as they would a 14 point buck ;) |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
ORIGINAL: VT_Hunter1980 ORIGINAL: jf5 ORIGINAL: VT_Hunter1980 I'd like to see QUANTITY deer management. I could really care less about antlers or bagging a buck that scores a lot of B&C points. I just want venison in my freezer. I'd be just as happy to shoot a smallish doe (if it were legal) as I would a 200+ lb 14 point monster. Does anyone else have a similar mentality, or am I alone in my meat hunting ways? Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with people who are after a nice rack. I would just prefer a high chance of getting any deer to a slight chance of getting a trophy deer. But I don't know any deer hunter just as happy to shoot a smal doe as they would a 14 point buck ;) |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
Of course the winters are probably a huge limiting factor. Then you don't have a huge carrying capacity. |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
ORIGINAL: rybohunter Of course the winters are probably a huge limiting factor. Then you don't have a huge carrying capacity. |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
ORIGINAL: rybohunter Of course the winters are probably a huge limiting factor. Then you don't have a huge carrying capacity. Apparently, it wasn't always this way in Vermont. My father, and most other old timers, tell me stories of seeing up to 20 deer in a day of hunting. I usually see a doe or two every other season. What happened to result in such a downward spiral? I know Vermont will never have the seemingly limitless amount of deer that places like PA and TX seem to have, but we can certainly accomodate a lot more deer than we have now. |
RE: Rather than quality deer management
I eat large amounts of deer meat, practicly live on the stuff so quantity is important to me. With that said I still try to shoot big bucks, I let most of the small bucks walk and shoot a lot of does. I usually take5+ does a year and 1 or 2 bucks. Living in MD we have plenty of quantity, quality you have to work for a little bit.
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