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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4543004" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I am certainly one of those "age" guys <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and certainly haven't seen any criticism in your questions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>Good questions, imo.</p><p></p><p>However, most of us "age" guys are also "antler" guys as well as "meat" hunters.</p><p>Most of us just prefer to eat female deer instead of bucks.</p><p>Most of us just prefer to let the bucks grow bigger antlers (with age) before we kill them them.</p><p></p><p>For some of us, that simply means killing no bucks younger than 2 1/2 (which is basic QDM).</p><p>For others, we have no desire to kill any buck younger than 4 1/2, and may mainly target 5 1/2's and older.</p><p>We're all at a different stage in our hunting journeys.</p><p></p><p>But <u>at the end of the day</u>, <u>we're all hunters</u>.</p><p></p><p>Some of us might further define ourselves as "hunter-managers",</p><p>as we get comparable enjoyment to our roles as deer herd "managers"</p><p>as we get from hunting, especially since our hunting decisions (what we kill or don't kill)</p><p>is the main way we do our "managing".</p><p></p><p>For me, few things are more enjoyable over time as monitoring a particular buck from his youth to his maturity,</p><p>and then being able to kill him and eat him. </p><p>I can also say that about any particular deer, it's just that female deer are typically more challenging to specifically identify from year to year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4543004, member: 1409"] I am certainly one of those "age" guys :) and certainly haven't seen any criticism in your questions :) Good questions, imo. However, most of us "age" guys are also "antler" guys as well as "meat" hunters. Most of us just prefer to eat female deer instead of bucks. Most of us just prefer to let the bucks grow bigger antlers (with age) before we kill them them. For some of us, that simply means killing no bucks younger than 2 1/2 (which is basic QDM). For others, we have no desire to kill any buck younger than 4 1/2, and may mainly target 5 1/2's and older. We're all at a different stage in our hunting journeys. But [u]at the end of the day[/u], [u]we're all hunters[/u]. Some of us might further define ourselves as "hunter-managers", as we get comparable enjoyment to our roles as deer herd "managers" as we get from hunting, especially since our hunting decisions (what we kill or don't kill) is the main way we do our "managing". For me, few things are more enjoyable over time as monitoring a particular buck from his youth to his maturity, and then being able to kill him and eat him. I can also say that about any particular deer, it's just that female deer are typically more challenging to specifically identify from year to year. [/QUOTE]
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