Couple of guys posting in this thread would do well to talk less about hunting and maybe actually do some hunting. Passing mature bucks so they can spread their genes and because you "can't eat horns"....GMAFB!
You must be who Rio is talking about.
There's a right time to take a buck. A right time in his season, and right time in his life.
"Mature" is subjective too... A buck that lives to see 3 1/2 around here is pretty old. Because everyone shoots everything with antlers 'because they can'.
Philosophies get a bit different when you actually start trying to improve things. Would it piss you off if you were following proper management techniques only to have the hunter 1/2 mile from you shoot anything with hair on it?
Some get it. And some don't.
