#3169552 - 02/19/13 09:29 AM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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Bayou Buck
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I don't understand why there has to be this such a line in the sand between trophy hunting and meat hunting. I think you can do both.
I agree. I try to fill my freezer with mature bucks and does.
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#3169609 - 02/19/13 10:52 AM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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MUP
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Don't consider myself just a meat hunter, but I've never been shed hunting. I did find a shed once, by accident.
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#3169617 - 02/19/13 11:01 AM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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Mike Belt
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I've found more sheds not hunting for them than I have when I did hunt for them. I'd rather find a shed than a skull. My best (but not biggest) "shed" find actualy came after hearing 2 bucks going at it just over a ridgetop from my stand. Afterwards I got down and walked over to where they had been fighting and found a freshly broken off side with 4 points on it.
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#3169707 - 02/19/13 01:02 PM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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Hollar Hunter
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Registered: 11/05/10
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Loc: TN
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I don't understand why there has to be this such a line in the sand between trophy hunting and meat hunting. I think you can do both. I agree. I try to fill my freezer with mature bucks and does.
X10.......Just because I don't shoot immature bucks doesn't make me only a horn hunter . I also kill plenty of does to fill my freezer and others every year. I think I've donated to the hunters for the hungry for 5 seasons straight now as well...
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#3169954 - 02/19/13 05:49 PM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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Loc: Tennessee
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Hunting mature bucks is, I believe, a legitimate pursuit, test of skill, etc. Hunting for meat is of course entirely legitimate and the ultimate goal of hunting. Pure Trophyism, unto itself, is a entirely frivolous pursuit.
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#3169976 - 02/19/13 06:04 PM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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catman529
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Loc: Franklin TN
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I am obsessed with deer hunting and I'm obsessed with shed hunting. I love antlers, on or off a deer. I would rather pass young bucks and shoot older ones, an would love to kill a monster racked buck, but I don't at all regret killing a buck with one antler broke off and 3 pt on the other antler because I knew he was older. A 120 inch 5 year old next to a 130 inch 3 year old both broadside and my gun or bow is ready to shoot.... The 5 year old will die, but if the 3 year old is a 160 inch deer then he would die instead. So basically I care more about age of a buck than rack unless the rack is extra special....
I'll kill just about any deer though, other than passing some young bucks for an older one. I have been fortunate (lucky) enough to kill a deer from every age class from 0.5 up to 5.5 years old and got plenty of meat and had to borrow extra freezer space.
Nothing gets me as pumped about antlers though as shed hunting. I started shed hunting before deer hunting and my first 2 sheds were a fresh matching set. And I'm still hooked and will probably shed hunt some more tomorrow!
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#3174161 - 02/23/13 07:23 PM
Re: How many meat hunters?
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Stalkhunter
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Registered: 07/17/11
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Loc: Knoxville TN
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Dont shed hunt, never have. cant eat them, I like being suprised each year. Heck I dont even set out trail cameras. they are collecting dust lol.
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