The longer I am on this forum and the more I read from the so-called trophy hunters......the more turned off I become to them.
And, I gotta add, I do find it amusing that most of them have never posted any pics of any trophy deer! LOL
I'll never understand it myself. I've only killed one racked buck in my LIFE! It was a small 8point that I hunted my ass off to kill about 3 or so years ago. Some folks just don't have the opportunity or land to see a lot of deer and they take advantage of what they do get to see.
Fast forward to this year and I'm in a really good club in TN. I've had the best season I've ever had as far as deer hunting and seeing tons of deer (bucks and does) in the woods. I haven't pulled the trigger on one yet, but then again I'm seeing TONS of deer and simply having the opportunity to kill deer makes you a different hunter. Looking down on others that may not have that same opportunity is selfish and quite frankly those folks that do that looking down can go phuck themselves.
Good post but why do you think you're seeing a lot of bucks? Could it be that immature bucks are protected to some degree? You're not seeing a lot of bucks because your hunting club members are blasting away at immature bucks!!!
However, I realize that there are circumstances of the kill and certainly, some immature bucks harvest is justified. But the mature hunter that kills all the immature bucks he sees, IMO, ain't a hunter. At some point, do what's best for the herd and you don't HAVE to kill a buck to have a successful hunt.
