If I was that kid I would of shot that deer!!
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I'm not complaining about not shooting a mature deer .What I'm trying to say is my trophys don't have to have big racks ,to take them cleanly and legally is all I need but I don't care to be looked down on because of it.DirtyGun wrote:I don't care if folks shoot immature deer to put in the freezer if that's what satisfies them. That's all well and good with me.
However, when those same folks complain about never seeing any mature deer or never having a shot at a mature buck...then they had best realize that if they let the young ones grow up, they may just get that chance.
The same conversation comes up all the time. Hunt how you want to hunt...but if you want to shoot mature deer without needing that 'lightning strike' of one showing up out of the blue, then you may want to look into managing the areas you hunt a little better.
i agree wif you 100%... thats just tha way it is down here in our neck of tha woodsgeorgiaboy wrote:I was watching a hunting show last night and this guy is in a ground blind with his son who is maybe 10-12yrs old. The young fella had never killed a deer and wouldn't you know the first deer in the field is a small buck, 6pt about 12-14 inches wide. When the boy raised his gun his dad scolded him saying "we don't shoot deer like that!" Later in the show he compromised and let him shoot a doe for his first deer.
Have we become so obsessed with horns as a hunting society that we won't even let a boy kill his first deer if it doesn't meet certain "guidelines"? Now don't get me wrong i get the QDM thing, if that is what you won't to do god bless you, but just because i take an animal that doesn't meet your standards don't look down your nose at me!! I hunt because i enjoy the outdoors...not killing animals, when i have to start legitimizing the animals i harvest it's time to give up the sport.
Any legal animal taken with any legal weapon should be considered a trophy...to do otherwise dishonor's the animal.
could not agree more my friend.. i have only been bow hunting for 7 years and i have shot 6 deer and they are all trophies. i still remember the very first deer i shot as if it were yesterday. the real trophy is hunt in itself, not the bone on it's head. like i always say, you can't eat the antlers!! enjoy being out there, and if you take a deer, consider it a blessing, not a must!! i have been out on hunts and passed deer up just because i didn't feel like shooting them, but rather watch them. had 2 big doe's directly under my stand, they stayed in the area for over 10 minutes. that was an awesome experience. i find it sad when i talk to people and they say the same things.. "i won't shoot doe's"... " that buck's too small"... "why did you shoot this buck? look at the tiny antlers"... it's sad but the commercialism of the sport has spilled over into our bushes and fields and i think alot of people are more concerned with inches rather than pounds.. just my 2 cents..LongCarbine wrote:My son and I have taken our fair share of deer .We hunt on public land mostly. None of our deer are on the wall, but they are all trophys to us. We do get razzed by some people, when we bring in a doe or small buck. But thats their problem ,they just don't get it , or they watch to many hunting shows. Anyway I'll just keep on shooting the one's that taste good in garlic and butter!