Can't we all just hunt??
06-04-2008, 06:54 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,363
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
ORIGINAL: NY/Al
Yup!
ORIGINAL: davidmil
They're only complicated if you make it so. I hunt for me and my enjoyment. I don't measure horns and don't try to keep up with all the Jones with stealth cams and all the latest money pits. I'm the only one I worry about pleasing. I hunt what's legal and shoot what I feel like shooting on any particular hunt. I may pass a deer today and shoot him or her tomorrow. When I let the arrow go it's not for anyone or anything but me.
They're only complicated if you make it so. I hunt for me and my enjoyment. I don't measure horns and don't try to keep up with all the Jones with stealth cams and all the latest money pits. I'm the only one I worry about pleasing. I hunt what's legal and shoot what I feel like shooting on any particular hunt. I may pass a deer today and shoot him or her tomorrow. When I let the arrow go it's not for anyone or anything but me.
06-04-2008, 06:57 PM
#12
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast, Va
Posts: 3,965
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
Well said Davidmil and Droptine. Bowtechben, yes it is legal, the point is though, how many actually do it. I know a lot of guys on here go without filling a tag, they pass and pass and before ya know it, season is over. I have no problem with guys doing that, if they are fine with it, go ahead, for me though, if comes to the last day and I ain't killed one with the bow, any deer that walks by on that afternoon is gonna get it. So what am I saying??? Im saying that when I have farted around long enough trying kill this monster/mature buck and it doesn't happen, I go back to what really got me started doing this in the first place, and that is to kill one of God's creatures and eat it.
06-04-2008, 07:01 PM
#14
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast, Va
Posts: 3,965
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
I got some kind of fever!!! LOL I just want to say that most guys would shoot a doe on the last day, not just any buck, and I may do the same if I had a doe come by, but I may actually shoot a small buck, I just don't know.
06-04-2008, 07:06 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hughesville, PA
Posts: 2,590
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
More power too ya VA. I think I agree with what you are trying to say. I would rather (and have) eat tag soup than shoot a 1.5 year old 6 point on the last day. You would do it. The problem lies if I have a problem with you doing it, which I don't. Some guys do. I have a buddy that can't stand to see doe shot. I personally will shoot doe if I think that the herd could use a few out of it to keep ratios in check. Him riding me about a doe kill is what is bothering you right?
06-04-2008, 07:10 PM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
totally. i only got my first deer 2 years ago and i'm happy just to kill something that isn't a fawn
yes, it would be nice to nail a 200" but if i don't, it's no big deal i'm 17 and i have my whole life to bag a monster. it's nice even if you don't shoot anything. it's fun just to hang out in the woods for a day
yes, it would be nice to nail a 200" but if i don't, it's no big deal i'm 17 and i have my whole life to bag a monster. it's nice even if you don't shoot anything. it's fun just to hang out in the woods for a day
06-04-2008, 07:29 PM
#19
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Indiana (southern)
Posts: 6,146
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
Its all about personal goals for me. If any one wants to kill whatever makes them happy then thats ok with me. always has been always will be. Ill be the first to shake his hand. Some bucks just dont do it for me any more, and if i dont tag out....so be it!! im fine with that. But thats just me 
06-04-2008, 08:07 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lake County, Il
Posts: 2,205
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
ORIGINAL: Vabowman
Im just as guilty as the next guy, but damn we all seem to make things so competitive and/or complicated. We over analize, over think, think too much of ourselves, think too less of ourselves, worry about this buck being old enough, this one is too old, this one has a broken G2, my herd is out of whack, pinch points, breaklines, bedding this and that, staging up, laying low, etc etc etc.....Sometimes I guess we could all just take a day in the woods and shoot what the hell ever comes by!!! And then eat it and say thank you Jesus for this. I read an article a while back that made me think about where hunting has gone in the past 20 yrs and how I and many others have altered what makes us happy. I got to thinking, man, we all have bit on this at one point or another. This article said there is nothing wrong with just shooting deer, any deer. Forget the size, the weight, the age, sex, etc, just shoot a freaking deer and be happy. I don't always follow this motto, but it was refreshing to read this view. So, do you agree with this author about sometimes we just need to shoot a deer and be happy about it???
Im just as guilty as the next guy, but damn we all seem to make things so competitive and/or complicated. We over analize, over think, think too much of ourselves, think too less of ourselves, worry about this buck being old enough, this one is too old, this one has a broken G2, my herd is out of whack, pinch points, breaklines, bedding this and that, staging up, laying low, etc etc etc.....Sometimes I guess we could all just take a day in the woods and shoot what the hell ever comes by!!! And then eat it and say thank you Jesus for this. I read an article a while back that made me think about where hunting has gone in the past 20 yrs and how I and many others have altered what makes us happy. I got to thinking, man, we all have bit on this at one point or another. This article said there is nothing wrong with just shooting deer, any deer. Forget the size, the weight, the age, sex, etc, just shoot a freaking deer and be happy. I don't always follow this motto, but it was refreshing to read this view. So, do you agree with this author about sometimes we just need to shoot a deer and be happy about it???
