Hear entirely too much "should have left it grow".
BS spoken by trophy hunters. (Or wannabe)
Too darn much TV. Every deer video is on some private pay to hunt farm. Some, are pen raised, many are "free range" but still "managed".
Guys think real life is like that.
So they shït on another guys trophy. Pretty sure they have bad feeling toward "meat hunters".
The flip side is what has been done to our deer herd. We used to be covered in deer. PGC managed for numbers and opportunities.
Then, buck fever took hold. (Or money fever)
Kill off the does, antler restrictions.... Now it is opportunity to kill bigger bucks. And it has worked. We see nicer bucks. For PA.
But, we used to have lots of deer. Knew I could find some by taking a little walk. Very rarely hunted and didn't at least jump some.
People actually upset we didn't hunt with them. It was social, Little posted land.
Now? Fewer deer. Posted land. Folks don't want anyone hunting on them. Fewer places to hunt, even though there are almost 1/3 fewer hunters.
Driven by trophy hunting! Last 2 bucks I killed were the 2 biggest ever. But I used to see deer. Hunting was fun, killed a lot of deer, we pretty much ate deer meat as our red meat.
Can legally get a bunch of tags now. Can't, in good conscience, kill several does. Feel guilty shooting one.
I've been hunting the same big woods in PA for 36 years and, with the exception of doe hunting, the two biggest changes have been the addition of all the early seasons and posted land. I'm not sure the deer numbers are down as much as it feels like in PA. There's lots more pressure from all the early seasons and the deer are more dispersed. You don't see large groups of deer like we did when I was a kid. Deer also have lots more posted land to slip into when pressured.
Originally Posted by 16penny
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