Right with ya !

Speaking of hunting, only 19 days to go

wait i thought hunting season started sept 25th?

DEER season starts sept. 25. HUNTING season starts with squirrels on aug. 28.

VERY good post browtines. i knew there was something i liked about you.

Well said browtines.

Now if we can get the so-called trophy hunters to quite trying to force regulations that push their agenda at the expanse of other hunters, we can all live in peace and hunt the way we each want to hunt.

Yeah easy for you to say there BSK. Not everyone is as fortunate as to have a 500 acre private utopia with mature bucks running shod. Im sure your very happy and im glad. But stop thinking about yourself for a minute.

Yeah easy for you to say there BSK. Not everyone is as fortunate as to have a 500 acre private utopia with mature bucks running shod. Im sure your very happy and im glad. But stop thinking about yourself for a minute.

i don't have a 500 acre "utopia" and i agree with BSK 100%.

Heck, I don't have a 500-acre "utopia" either! Now I do have 500 acres of unproductive hardwoods growing in chert-rock soil with a pH of 4.3 that I'm trying desparately to improve, but no utopia yet!

But you'll have a better chance at bagging a wall hanger than most hunters in this state i guarantee...

And you would be dead wrong with that guarantee. Most property I monitor is far more productive than mine.

You get my drift. Before we start blasting one group of hunters for wanting a reg change lets make sure were on level playing field before we pass judgement.

You get my drift. Before we start blasting one group of hunters for wanting a reg change lets make sure were on level playing field before we pass judgement.

Without question anyone with access to private property has an advantage over those who only hunt public property. However, TWRA's hunter surveys found the vast majority of TN deer hunters hunt private property some of the time.

Agreed. Im fortunate myself to have private land to hunt, just like to keep everyone else in mind. Know alot of folks that would really love the chance at a nice buck, just want to see that everyone gets as good a chance as we can give for hunters that are interested in that type of hunting, thats all. The more interest in hunting we have here in TN the better off we will all be in the long run.JMO

Know alot of folks that would really love the chance at a nice buck, just want to see that everyone gets as good a chance as we can give for hunters that are interested in that type of hunting, thats all.

i don't have a 500 acre "utopia" and i agree with BSK 100%.

I find it hard to understand why anyone would care what others think about their hunting choices.

What gives anyone the right to tell me or anyone else what to shoot....?


While sitting in my stands, the last thing that I am thinking about is what someone else will think of me when I bring out a deer....

JMO here, but if it bothers you that others are judging you, then maybe "secretly" you are judging yourself and you are truly seeking their approval .........

JMO....

good post.

It is not a matter of secretly judging one's self or seeking approval. It is the fact that you want to share your happiness and it never fails that some jerk comes in and belittles you by telling you what is wrong about your deer or your way of hunting. It happens all the time and it gets old.

Agreed. Im fortunate myself to have private land to hunt, just like to keep everyone else in mind. Know alot of folks that would really love the chance at a nice buck, just want to see that everyone gets as good a chance as we can give for hunters that are interested in that type of hunting, thats all. The more interest in hunting we have here in TN the better off we will all be in the long run.JMO

I find it hard to understand why anyone would care what others think about their hunting choices.

What gives anyone the right to tell me or anyone else what to shoot....?


While sitting in my stands, the last thing that I am thinking about is what someone else will think of me when I bring out a deer....

JMO here, but if it bothers you that others are judging you, then maybe "secretly" you are judging yourself and you are truly seeking their approval .........

JMO....

good post.

Yeah easy for you to say there BSK. Not everyone is as fortunate as to have a 500 acre private utopia with mature bucks running shod. Im sure your very happy and im glad. But stop thinking about yourself for a minute.

I have read enough. kept my keyboard shut long enough. I am a TN resident. I pay $136 for my license every year. I plant food plots and pay $550 a year in leases. That does not count all the money i spend on hunting each year.

That being said... All this trophy hunter, meat hunter, bambi killer, let em walk talk is absolutely crazy. I am allowed to kill my quota of deer each year. I dont care what anyone thinks about me, if they are judging me on the size horns or the length of teets a deer has, they have personal issues. Guys and gals... WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM... Be happy when someone kills a deer and when someone kills a "trophy" go slobber all over it... But I have a choice to make in my stand ever time I get the chance to shoot a deer. Kill this one or let this one walk. No one else can make that descision for me. And if I choose to shoot the deer then in "my" book it is a trophy. But better than that it is some jerky, sausage, etc.... So cool down people and remember that we are on the same side. All of us want to see hunting move forward not backwards. TWRA does an outstanding job of managing our herd. Now lets zip our zippers and quit this peeing contest. Lets go hunting.....

I find it hard to understand why anyone would care what others think about their hunting choices.

What gives anyone the right to tell me or anyone else what to shoot....?


While sitting in my stands, the last thing that I am thinking about is what someone else will think of me when I bring out a deer....

JMO here, but if it bothers you that others are judging you, then maybe "secretly" you are judging yourself and you are truly seeking their approval .........

JMO....

good post.

Agreed. Im fortunate myself to have private land to hunt, just like to keep everyone else in mind. Know alot of folks that would really love the chance at a nice buck, just want to see that everyone gets as good a chance as we can give for hunters that are interested in that type of hunting, thats all. The more interest in hunting we have here in TN the better off we will all be in the long run.JMO

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Doesnt everyone have a chance?I got drawn for Catoosa ,every time I tried,and according to Setterman,the woods are full of em any way.

I have read enough. kept my keyboard shut long enough. I am a TN resident. I pay $136 for my license every year. I plant food plots and pay $550 a year in leases. That does not count all the money i spend on hunting each year.

That being said... All this trophy hunter, meat hunter, bambi killer, let em walk talk is absolutely crazy. I am allowed to kill my quota of deer each year. I dont care what anyone thinks about me, if they are judging me on the size horns or the length of teets a deer has, they have personal issues. Guys and gals... WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM... Be happy when someone kills a deer and when someone kills a "trophy" go slobber all over it... But I have a choice to make in my stand ever time I get the chance to shoot a deer. Kill this one or let this one walk. No one else can make that descision for me. And if I choose to shoot the deer then in "my" book it is a trophy. But better than that it is some jerky, sausage, etc.... So cool down people and remember that we are on the same side. All of us want to see hunting move forward not backwards. TWRA does an outstanding job of managing our herd. Now lets zip our zippers and quit this peeing contest. Lets go hunting.....

Does CLHC have any buck regs?

It is not a matter of secretly judging one's self or seeking approval. It is the fact that you want to share your happiness and it never fails that some jerk comes in and belittles you by telling you what is wrong about your deer or your way of hunting. It happens all the time and it gets old.

My mother is 83 years old and the one phrase that i remember her saying more than any other is this..."What will people think?"

I will never understand why she is always so concerned about what other people think or may say.......who are these people that she is trying so hard to please...?

IMO, the people that she is trying so hard to please should be judging themselves instead of other people......

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself...

Hope you get over this obsession with what other's think and write here.....you will be a happier person.....debating is a good thing, IMO, but worrying what someone on here thinks about you, especially someone that really doesn't know you....well, that is just not right....

many times when people give their opinions here, others take it too personal, when maybe it wasn't meant that way....Just because someone does not agree with you does not mean that they are belittling you....IMO.

good luck to you....

Having a disagreement on a topic or a method of hunting is one thing. Questioning why a hunter killed a deer is another. When a hunter posts a picture of a buck (or doe) he/she kills and is happy with it, then they should recieve a congratulations or compliment not a scolding or a lashing saying "should have let him walk". That is disagreeing but it is also belittling when the hunter is proud of their harvest. Sometimes, IMO, it is better to not comment at all.

I agree with you BH, we shouldn't care what others think or say especially when we don't know them. But since we don't know many on here we should keep quiet sometimes. We don't know what kind of land they hunt, how many deer they've killed or let walk, etc. I watch people post pics on here and they have to say "this is only my 3rd buck" or "my first buck with a bow" to justify why they shot it. If it's legal, no justification should be neeeded. But it happens alot. I know it isn't going to change either. If I kill a 2.5 year old buck on the eastern end of the state, why would someone in unit L care if I shot it or not?

I don't post many kill pics on here. I really don't care much what others think, but I am not gonna let my excitement after a harvest be drained cause someone doesn't think or feel the same way I do about my kill. Especially when they don't know how I arrived to my conclusion to harvest the animal.

I agree with you, but I will add this final thing.....

When we post something here, we normally expect differences in opinion. Why should the difference in 'what we shoot" be any different?

I can not remember a post , or very few that I have read on here that everyone agreed about the content....It's just human nature, I guess.

So.......you have to ask yourself this. Is it worth the "possible" aggrevation to post a pic here and maybe get some comments that you don't want? That is up to you.

Should you have to expect negative comments about your kill...? Nope, but you know in advance that you are going to get some, especailly if it is not a BIG deer......Most comments will be favorable and maybe you should focus on those comments and let the others slide off your back, so to speak.

This is somewhat of a public forum and we have many people here that have differences in opinion.

Heck, I killed a 115 inch buck with my bow and had a guy tell me that I should have let him walk....I simply laughed at him and walked away....

I think what happens is that we can get 100 favorable comments but it's always that one or two unfavorable comment that sticks in our throat.......we should simply let it go, IMO.