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A small spike will never be a good buck? We named this guy "Funky Ear" when he first showed up in January 2020.
I don’t think anyone here is judging, and public land is a whole different deal. You have no control over the management practices and are in constant “competition” with other hunters.I can only speak for myself but I do not get to hunt much and hunt in heavily pressured public lands out east. I shoot anything that is legal for my first deer of the year (other than fawn unless its getting late in the season). I hunt mainly for the meat and love to cook... I have not found a good recipe for antlers yet. I understand why people want bucks to get passed on and grow bigger antlers but just remember not everyone gets the opportunity to spend alot of time in the woods. So long as its legal, I try not to judge anyone else who hunts differently than myself
I used to hunt public land (National Forest). We got up very early, drive for an hour then walk in to our hunting area, probably over a mile in. That felt like deer hunting to me back when I was in my 30's, 40's and 50's. Then there was the long drag out, most of the hair would be worn off the deer we killed by the time we got to the truck. Then drive home an hour and start butchering the deer. Oh, to be young again...I only miss hunting public land when im sitting in a warm permanent blind surrounded by acres of corn, soybeans, turkeys, deer, and skwirls, raccoons, coyotes, rabbits... I know someday ill be back there, but for now, no judgment on those that are hunting public
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