Can't we all just hunt??
#32
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
ORIGINAL: bloodcreek
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
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
#33
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
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.
#34
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
ORIGINAL: bloodcreek
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
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
#35
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
I'm with bloodcreek here. I have my goals each season. If someone harvests something that makes them happy that is all that matters. Some people may be happy with any buck they can take. If it tickles them to death and gets there blood pumping than I'm just as happy for them. I've ate more tag soup than I have buck tenderloin. But, I'm ok with that. If the buck I'm after beats me that year I'm happy with that too. I've actually crawled out of my stand on closing day with a smerk on my face and gave the buck his props out loud and let him no that I will be back again next year on the way to my truck.
ORIGINAL: bloodcreek
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
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
#36
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
ORIGINAL: Seif5034
totally. i only got my first deer 2 years ago and i'm happy just to kill something that isn't a fawnyes, 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
totally. i only got my first deer 2 years ago and i'm happy just to kill something that isn't a fawnyes, 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
#38
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 17
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
To top it all off we have to wonder what the law makers are going to change for next year. I have tried to contact my local game warden at www.gamewarden.us and have had success.
#39
RE: Can't we all just hunt??
I have to agree with you 100% on this topic, great post! I can remember when Id shoot pretty much anything as long as it wasnt a fawn oryearling and if it was a doe that had a fawn with her. My first archery buck was a big spike buck. My first ever archery deer was an old dry doe. My biggest archery buck was the one I shot in 06. But other than that I will shoot pretty much anything that gives me a good clean kill shot. Its great to see the big boys running around and hoping to get that chance, but it doesnt always happen. It seems too many of us here are caught up in the big buck phenomena and it has corrupted many of us. Dont get me wrong, Ill take the first 130 class buck that comes along in a heartbeat and you can bet hell be on the wall. But is that what hunting has become. I beleive corporate america has alot to do with it. These big archery companies, gun companies, hunting shows, and accessorie companies tend to lead us in the wrong direction by making many of us beleive that if you use their product you will only harvest big deer or you should only harvest big deer. I dont buy into that crap on damned minute. What works in one part of the country will not work the same in another part. I say take what is offered because it may be the only thing offered, and then give thanks.
#40
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???