When you hunt for the meat, you hunt for the available shot. Apparently you are thinking that deer walk by in droves for our selection. I have 5 tags. I'll be lucky to fill one this year due to the availibility of hunting lands and regs governing their use. I've spent over 100+ dollars for those tags (including public lands, fishing and turkey etc). Not to mention if I want to acquire a season lease or hunt a day lease. I can pay less than 40 for the same in other states. Most expensive hunting licenses I've purchased as a resident. If an adult deer presents me with a shot, I'm taking it based on the fact that I've bought the, as Tomme says, "privilege" to shoot one; actually 5 under state law.
QDM thinks of hunting as selective as a trophy hunter would. A meat hunter thinks of hunting as a means of acquiring meat the same as he/she would use an Albertsons. We use the resource for its intended purpose, we don't (usually) abuse that resource as some kind of game or "sport". A successful hunt ends with meat in the cooler rather than a peaceful walk in the woods. But, in a state that deems sitting 20 yards from a programmed grain broadcaster as an "Awesome" hunt, I'm not surprised in how readily folks would warm up to QDM. It's a livestock management program rather than wildlife management. You want to stir the pot Tomme? I can stir it too. See? :twisted:
Shoot, I'm happy taking a doe. Prefer a dry doe to any other deer. But, when a doe doesn't present a shot and a 2 1/2 year old forkhorn does, it sure is good eating when it all comes together.
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