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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5824446" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p>That was once true. Just not necessarily the case with the "trophy" velvet buck hunt.</p><p>This particular hunt is more about an extra opportunity to kill a trophy buck, more than it is about archery being harder. It's actually pretty easy to kill a velvet buck over a corn pile in late August.</p><p></p><p>Totally agree.</p><p>But hunting ethics have been greatly replaced with the desire to get facebook credits for killing a big buck, no matter how it was killed. Many are simply killing pet deer in people's back yards, then telling others what a great bowhunter they are.</p><p></p><p>The single biggest problem I have with the August velvet hunt is how vulnerable older bucks are to illegal corn baiting, easily patterned, easily poached with impunity. TWRA has come up with yet another idea that tends to reward the dishonest poacher, while punishing the ethical honest hunters. </p><p></p><p>Am saying this in part because only a teeny, tiny percentage of ethical TN deer hunters have any interest whatsoever in deer hunting in August. The velvet hunt causes an increase in poached bucks, mostly older bucks, which takes those older bucks out of what was available for all hunters.</p><p></p><p>Never mind the negative images portrayed to non-hunters about this particular "trophy" buck hunt, which cannot be so easily countered with hunters are providing a service in deer population control, and providing healthy venison as a food source.</p><p></p><p>Ideas such as the "trophy" velvet buck hunt just put us one step closer to less hunting period.</p><p></p><p><strong>It's not all bad, just that, imo, the positives of this hunt do not off-set the negatives, when everything is considered in full context, rather any one ethical hunter's desire to kill a trophy velvet buck.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5824446, member: 1409"] Yes. That was once true. Just not necessarily the case with the "trophy" velvet buck hunt. This particular hunt is more about an extra opportunity to kill a trophy buck, more than it is about archery being harder. It's actually pretty easy to kill a velvet buck over a corn pile in late August. Totally agree. But hunting ethics have been greatly replaced with the desire to get facebook credits for killing a big buck, no matter how it was killed. Many are simply killing pet deer in people's back yards, then telling others what a great bowhunter they are. The single biggest problem I have with the August velvet hunt is how vulnerable older bucks are to illegal corn baiting, easily patterned, easily poached with impunity. TWRA has come up with yet another idea that tends to reward the dishonest poacher, while punishing the ethical honest hunters. Am saying this in part because only a teeny, tiny percentage of ethical TN deer hunters have any interest whatsoever in deer hunting in August. The velvet hunt causes an increase in poached bucks, mostly older bucks, which takes those older bucks out of what was available for all hunters. Never mind the negative images portrayed to non-hunters about this particular "trophy" buck hunt, which cannot be so easily countered with hunters are providing a service in deer population control, and providing healthy venison as a food source. Ideas such as the "trophy" velvet buck hunt just put us one step closer to less hunting period. [B]It's not all bad, just that, imo, the positives of this hunt do not off-set the negatives, when everything is considered in full context, rather any one ethical hunter's desire to kill a trophy velvet buck.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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