Originally Posted by SEWoodsWhitetail
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It’s not that I have a problem directly with the cell cams or corn because I don’t. Really it just frustrates me when people are shooting the young stud bucks whether it’s over a corn/cell cam combo or not. I just think it’s happening a whole lot more with the onslaught of baiting and cell cams.

I genuinely would not lose any sleep or be frustrated over a neighbor shooting a mature buck; even with having used a cell cam or corn. The frustration comes from those deer that have the most potential getting shot at 2-3 years old.


Originally Posted by hallb
Why does everyone have to have the same goals as you? I don’t get that. Grow out of shooting young bucks? Some people just go hunt and shoot what they want to for whatever reason they want. Why should your goals be forced on others? I personally use corn and cell cams and choose not to shoot young bucks. Didn’t shoot a buck last season. You’re also lumping all hunters that use corn and cell cams into the same category of hunters.


Again, I don't have a direct issue with cell cams or corn or the people that use them, rather it's with people continually shooting the stud young bucks and never progressing. It's not about forcing my goals on others; it's about being a good steward of the resource. For the same reason nobody on here wants someone shooting 15 gobblers a year or 25 bucks a year, I don't want people shooting all the stud young bucks year after year in perpetuity because said things are bad stewardship of the resource we all share whether it's on your own property said things occur on or not. And it's not even about trophy hunting/big racks as some young deer have just that. It's about progressing to the challenge of killing a mature buck and having a better age structure, among other things, on the landscape that results in healthier herds. Big racks are icing on the cake of older age class management.

It's not always about what you want to do; sometimes it has to be about what you should do. As one person mentioned, the early English settlers WANTED to shoot all the Bison, but at some point, it should've become about what they SHOULD'VE done rather than what they wanted to do. Many loggers and timber buyers WANT to cut through every single perennial creek in AL. It's their timber/their land what does it matter to you?! Same concept here as said practice effects all of those around you therefore you should begin to consider what is good for the resource in addition to what you want.

I know this makes people mad, but I'm not one to filter my thoughts on a matter for the sake of not hurting feelings.


A dead 2 yr old is the same as a dead 5 yr old. DEAD! It's not the same as killingb15 turkeys, it's 1 deer. I want my bunch to progress evertime rhe kill the next deer but that has nothing to-do with anybody else. There's a little to be said about minding your own bussiness!

Last edited by Triple J; 08/30/23 07:32 PM.