JimmyMo32

so you are saying every deer you shoot is a "trophy? id like to see that

and if you are a trophy hunter.. then what do u do with the meat.. since slob hunters are the ones who only hunt for meat

JagMagMan

I'll second that! IGNORANT!
Besides, why would you keep something that you are ashamed of?

NY Bowhunter

Interesting thought. If someone proclaims to be purely 100% a meat hunter (which is fine btw) then why would they keep the rack if it was a buck? Sounds like such people would be contradicting themselves. I think that's the idea behind this thread.

tsoc

Just say what you feel Chris!I am laughing as I am typing this!

Schobs

Meat hunters keeping racks is the same thing as keeping a photo. I dont know any hunters that get rid of the racks from the bucks they shoot. Its a keepsake, like a souvenir from the hunt. I see absolutely nothing wrong with calling yourself a meat hunter and keeping the racks. Im not a trophy deer, i dont have the time or opportunity to pass up any bucks smaller than 140" or w/e you consider a trophy hunter. The deer are all the same on the inside, and if they happen to have a rack of antlers, thats great, but im not gonna throw out a small rack because for some reason i think i failed by not shooting a large buck, and will never be ashamed of any animal i take.

kshafer

im what you would classify as a meat (or slob) hunter. i may not be a good help here because i have only shot a doe. my way of hunting is that i will shoot whatever gives me the shot and i will be prouder than heck of it is whether it has antlers or not. if it does have a rack then it will go on a board for memories, and if it doesnt then i will probably tan the hide. meat hunters arent slobs, racks just arent top priority. besides you cant eat them.

bhensley

You know Salty, I am a meat hunter period. I have passed up very nice sized buck knowing that a doe I see is heading my way just because the meat is better. The first buck I shot I cut off 1 of the antlers for a keep sake and it sits on the fireplace mantle. Meat is the only reason I hunt and I will pass a big buck just so someone else can have it who would enjoy it. So don't go saying I am a "slob hunter" and can't get a trophy buck. I am from KS, now live in MO and will be moving back to KS next month, trust me I have seen and had opportunities to takemany trophy bucksand will have in the future. Their just not on my priority list right now. I don't even buy tags for bucks, the only ones I get are the anydeer tags they give everyone as thier first tag.

BWfVA

Well I am a meat hunter with limits I will not shoot any thing that is under 4 points most of the time this rule is off limits on gov. land or near the end of the season. I will not pass on my chances to shoot a doe. I figure if I shoot a 12 pointer the horns are just a bouns

srwshooter

slob hunters, thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard. hunt for the sport and the fun of it. i do hunt number one , for the meat. we happen to like it. i like to kill a trophy buck too. and have killed some real nice racks, but its not the only reason i hunt. there is way to much pressure put on young hunters to only kill trophy bucks. kill what ever makes you happy.
i have about 50 sets of antlers nailed to my building wall, i can tell you where most everyone was killed to. its the memory of the hunt, i also have 8 mounted .

uncle matt

I don't think it's necessary to re-iterate what was replied by skeeter, craigs, jimmyMo, JagMag or bhensley. Salty has said enough in his postings for me to loose what little respect he had built here.

All I can say is that there are a few things you can't take back boy - mainly bullets, arrowsand words.

It's a long road back, a long road.