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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5658110" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I <strong>completely</strong> agree with this, again, <em>if your goal is top-end mature bucks</em>. Perhaps at one time this was my goal for my family's property. Now, not so much. As we've aged, we're now focusing more on wanting a fun, more carefree hunting experience. And because we draw so many bucks to our property during the fall and rut months (upwards of 50 unique bucks), we can afford to kill 5 or 6 bucks each year without doing harm to the buck population or age structure. That's basically one per hunter. If someone wants to kill a top-end 2 1/2, more power to them. Are we producing high-grading? Almost certainly. But year after year, we can have fun hunting and still have a realistic chance at a decent buck. Maybe we're not producing as many monsters as possible, but we still photograph the occasional great buck, which keeps anticipation high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5658110, member: 17"] I [B]completely[/B] agree with this, again, [I]if your goal is top-end mature bucks[/I]. Perhaps at one time this was my goal for my family's property. Now, not so much. As we've aged, we're now focusing more on wanting a fun, more carefree hunting experience. And because we draw so many bucks to our property during the fall and rut months (upwards of 50 unique bucks), we can afford to kill 5 or 6 bucks each year without doing harm to the buck population or age structure. That's basically one per hunter. If someone wants to kill a top-end 2 1/2, more power to them. Are we producing high-grading? Almost certainly. But year after year, we can have fun hunting and still have a realistic chance at a decent buck. Maybe we're not producing as many monsters as possible, but we still photograph the occasional great buck, which keeps anticipation high. [/QUOTE]
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