Trophy Hunting?
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As for trophy hunting, sure, I would like to kill a 200 inch P&Y buck. But, I don't see whitetails like that. This weekend is/was the final weekend of shotgun here in Indiana, and I took a shot yesterday at a group of deer. I couldn't tell antlers from the trees and everything else at about 100 yards, so I picked out the biggest body I saw and shot. Obviously, I want to put something on the wall, but I also want to put something in the freezer. As for your comment on what are we doing to the gene pool, in my opinion, trophy hunting helps with land you are hunting. By not shooting the yearlings and the 1 1/2 year old deer, you are letting them grow up and get bigger. The big deer that are usually "trophies," are usually 3 1/2 and up. By shooting a 4 or 5 1/2 year old, you let that 2 1/2 year old get bigger, and the next year, he may be a trophy.
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We don't shoot anything we won't eat. No sport-hunting here, even if we could afford it.
A big rack is nice, getting in the record books would be cool, but getting venison on my own as opposed to buying questionable-quality beef is the reason I hunt. I could go spend a couple hundred on a quarter-cow at the butcher shop, or buy a license and a box of shells and get better tasting meat, some great time in the woods, and time with the family as we hunt together.
We looked at all the world-record bucks at the new Cabelas the other day and it was impressive, but I think if I ever get one I will just hang the skull and antlers on the wall rather than a full cape mount. Don't have to worry about deterioration that way.
A big rack is nice, getting in the record books would be cool, but getting venison on my own as opposed to buying questionable-quality beef is the reason I hunt. I could go spend a couple hundred on a quarter-cow at the butcher shop, or buy a license and a box of shells and get better tasting meat, some great time in the woods, and time with the family as we hunt together.
We looked at all the world-record bucks at the new Cabelas the other day and it was impressive, but I think if I ever get one I will just hang the skull and antlers on the wall rather than a full cape mount. Don't have to worry about deterioration that way.
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Originally posted by 2Bowers
We looked at all the world-record bucks at the new Cabelas the other day and it was impressive, but I think if I ever get one I will just hang the skull and antlers on the wall rather than a full cape mount.
We looked at all the world-record bucks at the new Cabelas the other day and it was impressive, but I think if I ever get one I will just hang the skull and antlers on the wall rather than a full cape mount.
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Re: Trophy Hunting?
Originally posted by Waxy
What's the deal with Trophy hunting?
Are all Americans as crazy about it as TV and magazines make you out to be? Am I way off base here? I know TV and magazines aren't always the most accurate description going.
What's the deal with Trophy hunting?
Are all Americans as crazy about it as TV and magazines make you out to be? Am I way off base here? I know TV and magazines aren't always the most accurate description going.
I don't know about what's on the TV shows, but I'm assuming it involves a guide. And, from the ads I've seen in the magazines, guides tend to push trophies. Which is probably fed by the mentality that if I (the guide's customer) pay a huge sum of money for a hunt, I better have something worth bragging about. So, I'm guessing that's why what's on TV is overly concerned with getting a trophy.
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Next time you're in a magazine shop, check out the hunting magazines. It might surprise you, it rather sickened me the last time I checked.
If it's not about big bucks, cougar hunts, or trophy turkeys, it doesn't make it to print.
When I talk about TV, I'm talking about shows like Bill Jordan's Realtree outdoors and a couple of the other shows that used to be on TNN anyway. You'd see a guy absolutely wired to shoot a buck. He'd pass up 50 beautiful does for the chance at a buck, a lot of times, for a pretty mediocre one at best.
The shows tended to focus on trophy hunts and areas with the best "buck" hunting.
I still remember clearly after the world record Biggar buck was shot here in SK. The mountain of publicity that followed from the US was unbelievable. Milo Hansen was like a movie star overnight. Americans by the plane load came up to find the next one.
That said, I think you're right Mikeman, I would guess that for most hunters it is the meat that is #1, and that TV has skewed it just like they skew everything else.
I'm glad to see it.
Waxy
If it's not about big bucks, cougar hunts, or trophy turkeys, it doesn't make it to print.
When I talk about TV, I'm talking about shows like Bill Jordan's Realtree outdoors and a couple of the other shows that used to be on TNN anyway. You'd see a guy absolutely wired to shoot a buck. He'd pass up 50 beautiful does for the chance at a buck, a lot of times, for a pretty mediocre one at best.
The shows tended to focus on trophy hunts and areas with the best "buck" hunting.
I still remember clearly after the world record Biggar buck was shot here in SK. The mountain of publicity that followed from the US was unbelievable. Milo Hansen was like a movie star overnight. Americans by the plane load came up to find the next one.
That said, I think you're right Mikeman, I would guess that for most hunters it is the meat that is #1, and that TV has skewed it just like they skew everything else.
I'm glad to see it.
Waxy
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From: rural SE Michigan
Another meat hunter here. Got whitetails out the wazoo and can't count the close calls on the highway when those eyeballs are in my highbeams!
I, too, like a young doe. And in my area, it seems more responsible to be harvesting them, as there is a plethora of them.
Head shots? I tend to be more cautious and do the lung shot. I know where to find them, even in the swamp, after they run (and run they will).
The heck with trophy machismo...I want good meat in my freezer and less critters in the road. Local farmers appreciate the help, too.
Glad to see similar viewpoints here.
Oldbones
I, too, like a young doe. And in my area, it seems more responsible to be harvesting them, as there is a plethora of them.
Head shots? I tend to be more cautious and do the lung shot. I know where to find them, even in the swamp, after they run (and run they will).
The heck with trophy machismo...I want good meat in my freezer and less critters in the road. Local farmers appreciate the help, too.
Glad to see similar viewpoints here.
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