Not me. I pass up young bucks no matter where I'm hunting.

Same here

Not me. I pass up young bucks no matter where I'm hunting.

Not me. I pass up young bucks no matter where I'm hunting.

My question is, who on here will admit they are strictly a trophy hunter??

My question is, who on here will admit they are strictly a trophy hunter??

depends on the freezer and/or the mood at the time. freezer is empty, i'm killing the first thing i get a shot at.

I have on certain days.... Does that count...

My question is, who on here will admit they are strictly a trophy hunter??

Ditto!

My question is, who on here will admit they are strictly a trophy hunter??

Just depends on if I already have meat in the freezer or not..I try to harvest atleast 1 deer during bow,so that when ML and Rifle season gets here,im less likely to pull the trigger on the first small buck that comes by...I try not to shoot small deer,but it does happen..But if im on public land,I'll shoot what ever is legal..I've never killed on public land,so,that might change if I had a few public land deer under my belt.

My question is, who on here will admit they are strictly a trophy hunter??

Not me. I pass up young bucks no matter where I'm hunting.

My question is, who on here will admit they are strictly a trophy hunter??

That depends on how you classify "trophy hunter." I hunt for bucks of a specific age--generally 3 1/2+. I'll kill the first buck in this age range that I see, regardless of his antler quality. If a "trophy hunter" only shoots large-antlered bucks, then I'm not a trophy hunter. If you consider anyone that holds out for older to mature bucks to be a trophy hunter, then I'm a trophy hunter.

They taste the same from either place.

depends on the freezer and/or the mood at the time. freezer is empty, i'm killing the first thing i get a shot at.

Not me. I pass up young bucks no matter where I'm hunting.

i woulkd rather shoot a doe than a small buck LET THEM GROW!!!!!

but when does are not legal,the buck goes down!!! gotta kill em to grill em

but when does are not legal,the buck goes down!!! gotta kill em to grill em

Unless you hunt strictly during rifle season, there are many many days of Archery and MZ to shoot does, even in unit B. But no excuse is needed, shoot what makes you happy!

odds with a bow are not very high and i didn't even see a doe during 2 straight weeks of muzzleloader.

Why are your odds with a bow not very high? And I would be working on either location, or tactics, if I didnt see a deer in 2 weeks of hunting anywhere, at anytime!!!

i didn't say i didn't see a deer. i didn't see a doe. compared to firearms, odds with a bow are low.

Sounds like you hit a bad spell this past season

...places i had hunted and saw/killed deer most times in the past were covered with sign but all was noctournal.

Join the club.

I had 3 cameras set up during the season (I actually keep them going year round), and got plenty of pictures - virtually all at night, even before the beginning of the season.

I was seeing good daylight movement on cameras, until that heat wave hit right during our local peak of the rut in MZ season (and when we did most of our hunting). I saw plenty of deer and good bucks on cam during that period. But all at night.

basically what I saw in KY at the same time. Maybe this year it will hit right

Deer shooter maybe. Aint much huntin to that.

just as much hunting as anything you do.

I started shooting ANY and ALL legal deer possible. Because I choose to hunt with a bow, I figured back in 1981 when I started deer hunting, that I needed all the LEGAL practice on live targets I could get. Heck, even seeing a deer back then Let alone a buck, was almost IMPOSSIBLE. ANd then to try to kill that deer with a bow was CRAZY thinking.

But after killing a couple hundred deer, and several P/Y class bucks, I have come full circle.

I hunt and kill what makes me happy at THAT time.

I also believe, that after travelling all over several states, and COUNTIES, it is VERY difficult if not IMPOSSIBLE for MOST other hunters to understand where most of us, on this forum, are "coming from" when referring to our feelings on the subject of deer hunting.

THe reason I feel this to be evident is because it is VERY difficult for a resident of say Williamson County, Tn. to relate to why a resident of say Polk COunty, Tn. won't pass on an "immature" looking buck. THese may be two extremes but they do prove a point.

It is VERY easy to be choosy when there are LOTS of CHOICES!!!

Try going ALL deer sesaon KNOWING you will do VERY well to SEE, let alone get the chance to kill, 5 bucks...THE ENTIRE SEASON!!!

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Try going ALL deer sesaon KNOWING you will do VERY well to SEE, let alone get the chance to kill, 5 bucks...THE ENTIRE SEASON!!!
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Deer shooter maybe. Ain't much huntin to that.

Deer hunter? Any Richard Head with a gun or bow can be one of those but Sportsman, now that takes some conscious effort and may be just out of reach for a few of you.

sportsman definition

1.a man who is interested in or takes part in sports, esp. in hunting, fishing, etc.
2.a person who can take loss or defeat without complaint, or victory without gloating, and who treats his opponents with fairness, generosity, courtesy, etc.