Problem Hunter in Quality Deer Managment
#64
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
#68
I didn't get in on the conversation back then, but aside from the family matters of the OP's situation, unless you are in a high fence, or the land is an island, 250 acres is not big enough to do what he wants to do.
C. Davis
C. Davis
#69
and 1 buck a year isn't going to have a big effect on the deer herd's genetics. During the rut, there will be bucks cruising over 1000s of acres. Maybe 50 different bucks will pass through his property between October and November. Shooting 1 small buck won't mean anything.
#70
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
And just because a buck is small doesn't mean he carries good or bad genetics. Young deer die all the time. If that one buck is the focal point of your deer herd then you're one car/deer collision of being out of business.
When is this fascination with big antlers going to end? Whatever happened to hunting for meat? When did that become a bad thing?
When is this fascination with big antlers going to end? Whatever happened to hunting for meat? When did that become a bad thing?