i hunt in " sconny" and saw a huge buck last weekend during the t-zone. the buck to doe ratio out where i hunt seems to be about 1 to 1. thats pretty good i plan on trying to get the 9 other guys i hunt with on about 300 acres to not shoot little bucks or yearlings, unless its late in the season. i looked at some pictures lately and saw that most of the deer taken were 6 points or under. i mean just imagine the racks we' d have up there if we didnt shoot the small ones.

GBhunter..

With that ratio and enough nutrition to keep the animals on your tract of land, it wouldn' t take anymore than two years and you would be seein shooters all the time. Good luck to you this season.

" Basically, it all boils down to this:
There are 4 kinds of White tail hunters.
No. 1, The Buck hunter
No 2, The doe hunter
No. 3, The deer hunter
No. 4, The poacher
In my book, the top 3 are A-OK. No. 4? I hope ther' s a warden around the corner or hiding in the brush. "

Russ...I do not and never will consider the poacher a whitetail hunter. The top 3...absolutely yes, all law abiding, ethical hunters who respect the game they hunt and the land they hunt on. #4 is just a slob who' s intends to break the law in hopes of killing a deer...

I have hunted deer for 40 years, I have killed big mature bucks, little bucks and does, never have and never will shoot a fawn. I have progressed through the years in what deer I will kill, for the first 20 years I hunted if it was legal and brown it was down. Since then I will kill any legal doe I can and any buck with 8 or more points. This is with a gun.

I just started bow hunting and have yet to kill a buck with a bow and I will be honest 4 point or bigger and he is down, once I have that first bow buck under my belt I will return to my 8 point or better buck rule.

I will say this though, every one is different and as long as it is legal and makes them happy I don' t care how small of a buck they kill.