Another way to ruin hunting
#81
an undeveloped buck is not teaching young hunters the right practices. patience is a virtue in hunting and life. its like fishing and killing a juvenile white sea bass just cuz you so can say it was your first. the wait will make it that much better. make a worthwhile kill
#84
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
I don't apologize for shooting a legal three pointer here in Pa. I hunt public land and just about anything you drag out you really had to work for. Yeah, I hear it from guys I drag past or in the parking lot. Funny thing is all these guys want to tell you about is the big deer they shot somewhere else with an outfitter, and I should have let it grow more. My answer is "It is as big as the one you shot here." That shuts them up.
#87
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Houston, Tx
Posts: 457
IMHO the biggest thing thats ruined hunting for youth is the so called "hunting industry" and OUR(as a culture) focus on horns and trophies... it really misses the entire point of it...
it kinda bothers me to see a kids first deer:
1) happen when they're 14(when their parent has been hunting their whole lives)
2) is what we on our ranch would be considered a once-a-blue-moon wallhanger
3) is witnessed not by the child's loving parent, but a paid-for guide, in front of a video camera
4) was "given" to them as a gift
hunting is not a competative sport... it is a way of life, a way of belief, and a superior understanding that gets lost in todays focus on managing deer herds for "quality"...
But i suppose such is the way of things...
it kinda bothers me to see a kids first deer:
1) happen when they're 14(when their parent has been hunting their whole lives)
2) is what we on our ranch would be considered a once-a-blue-moon wallhanger
3) is witnessed not by the child's loving parent, but a paid-for guide, in front of a video camera
4) was "given" to them as a gift
hunting is not a competative sport... it is a way of life, a way of belief, and a superior understanding that gets lost in todays focus on managing deer herds for "quality"...
But i suppose such is the way of things...
#88
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: orange co va
Posts: 45
corpsman45,
I was in you situation 8 years ago when i retired from the navy and hadnt hunted in 20 some years. i had to start learning to hunt all by my self until 2 yrs later i ran into a high school buddy i hadnt seen in 23 years who just happened to be a hunting freak.
I had to learn about scent control, noise discipline, stand placement ect.. but i also had to put up with his quest for the ever bigger buck and his insistance on me only shooting 6ptrs 15 inchers or better. But i was trying to put meat in the freezer, i continued to kill what i came across, improving what i did every year. now i kill between 8-10 deer every year. some are very big and some are not so big. i love it when a 4-5 yr old buck walks in to my trap, but i also wont pass up a 2yo. my buddy still gives me a hard time about it but my responce is almost always the same.."no matter how much salt i put on the horns they still dont tast that good".."their only good to stir the soup with". keep hunting and learning from you mistakes, read every thing you can about hunting and keep reading this site and ask these folks your questions.
I was in you situation 8 years ago when i retired from the navy and hadnt hunted in 20 some years. i had to start learning to hunt all by my self until 2 yrs later i ran into a high school buddy i hadnt seen in 23 years who just happened to be a hunting freak.
I had to learn about scent control, noise discipline, stand placement ect.. but i also had to put up with his quest for the ever bigger buck and his insistance on me only shooting 6ptrs 15 inchers or better. But i was trying to put meat in the freezer, i continued to kill what i came across, improving what i did every year. now i kill between 8-10 deer every year. some are very big and some are not so big. i love it when a 4-5 yr old buck walks in to my trap, but i also wont pass up a 2yo. my buddy still gives me a hard time about it but my responce is almost always the same.."no matter how much salt i put on the horns they still dont tast that good".."their only good to stir the soup with". keep hunting and learning from you mistakes, read every thing you can about hunting and keep reading this site and ask these folks your questions.
Last edited by deermeat01; 07-15-2010 at 06:18 PM.
#89
when i was a wee lad my grampa and i went hunting for everything together, absolutely everything, and he was there for my first kill of every animal, and he always told me that the first is the best and not to worry bout how it looks cuz only god and i should care. well he was absolutely right and would pat you on the back for raising this topic. hunting is all about the love of the sport and the positives that come from it, if someone wants to hunt for the fun of it let them, but if someone wants to simply hunt trophies, then more power too em