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<blockquote data-quote="DMD" data-source="post: 5492205" data-attributes="member: 2937"><p>Something someone posted on here got me to thinking about how difficult it was to pass my first buck. I started hunting in the 80's on the cumberland plateau - deer numbers were pretty low, especially buck numbers, since you could legally kill like 127 a year (I'm exaggerating...slightly). In those days, just starting out, if you saw spikes - KaBoom! You didn't pass a buck. As a matter of fact, our measure of success wasn't so much if you killed a "big" buck, but how many bucks did you kill. I remember when the page started turning, and I wanted to kill bigger bucks, and I didn't feel so much like I had to kill several bucks to prove my deer hunting "chops". It was so foreign, so against everything in me to let a buck walk. At first, I always had this nagging feeling: "you're going to regret that". I remember some of my hunting buddies would just shake their head at me, saying "you're crazy for passing a legal buck". </p><p></p><p>There's no right way or wrong way necessarily - it all depends on a person's situation, goals, and desires - but, times sure have changed. We all pass small bucks regularly and think nothing about it - but, there was a day when - no way would a legal buck walk. LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DMD, post: 5492205, member: 2937"] Something someone posted on here got me to thinking about how difficult it was to pass my first buck. I started hunting in the 80's on the cumberland plateau - deer numbers were pretty low, especially buck numbers, since you could legally kill like 127 a year (I'm exaggerating...slightly). In those days, just starting out, if you saw spikes - KaBoom! You didn't pass a buck. As a matter of fact, our measure of success wasn't so much if you killed a "big" buck, but how many bucks did you kill. I remember when the page started turning, and I wanted to kill bigger bucks, and I didn't feel so much like I had to kill several bucks to prove my deer hunting "chops". It was so foreign, so against everything in me to let a buck walk. At first, I always had this nagging feeling: "you're going to regret that". I remember some of my hunting buddies would just shake their head at me, saying "you're crazy for passing a legal buck". There's no right way or wrong way necessarily - it all depends on a person's situation, goals, and desires - but, times sure have changed. We all pass small bucks regularly and think nothing about it - but, there was a day when - no way would a legal buck walk. LOL. [/QUOTE]
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