General Hunting Discussion
State of hunting and fishing
Very well said Great Outdoors!
Regretfully, the whole" horn porn" rant is perpetuated by the awful portrayals on outdoor television which in no way accurately reflect the land management efforts benefitting ALL wildlife put forth by landowners wishing to harvest mature animals.
Jealousy and envy fuel many of the spiteful comments seen in these threads. Right, PLHunter?
I agree, horn hunting is a big issue. We got saddled with Earn A Buck because too many guys just wanted to shoot bucks only. They seem to think that shooting a 115# 4 pointer is better than shooting a 115# doe, leading to population number and structure issues. I don't know why there are are people who fight against a possible 1 buck limit because they feel they "need" to shoot 2 bucks every year. I don't know why there are people who fight against getting rid of group bagging, because they "need" to keep shooting bucks after their tags are already filled. I don't know why the people who shoot the most bucks feel that those who wait years between filling buck tags and leave a ton of bucks alive on the landscape are a severe threat to hunting. I don't know why people are so focused on "shooting their buck" that they can't let a little one walk so that a kid could get thier first buck, or perhaps an older hunter could get their last buck before they hang it up. I think its sad that the guys who put nothing into the land or the resource and try to fill every tag think that the guys who spend a ton of time and money on habitat work while being conservative with harvests and an eye towards the future are a threat to hunting.
Yep, you are right. Horn hunters are a major problem.