bb1970
Six Pointer
Let me start by saying I have a guy that I work with that seems to make it a race to see who kills a deer first or who kills the biggest and sometimes it’s hard not to get caught up in that .I have to really think about the last year that I went without killing a deer probably not since the turn of the century anyway. But as I sat pondering the past deer season I try to figure out why I haven’t used a single tag this year. Well I could say ” I haven’t gotten to hunt much this year “only 4 mornings and 3 evenings “ which is the least I’ve hunted in many years,but that ain’t it cause I seen plenty .as I look over so many posts where people say “ I’m eating tag soup,I’m deerless this year,no luck this year and on and on, I can’t help but think was I really looking for ”A” deer ? My mind goes back on the season pasted at the deer I’ve seen , several smaller 4’s,6’s and tons of spikes and does. And I think back to the first Saturday of ml season at 2:30 in the afternoon when I seen one of the 4 shooters that I’d had on trail cam a Big wide 8 pt only to realize he was moving real slow ,breathing real hard and missing his left antler. It was obvious to me he had just been in a fight and lost ...... so I choose to let him walk because he only had one antler that was the only opportunity that I got at one of the deer that I had on my shooting list.So it got me thinking , and I know some folks like to shoot does some like any deer but we are all different as for me , my family dont eat a lot of venison so that’s why I choose to shoot only bigger deer , cause if I ain’t going to eat it I sure want shoot it . So I’ve came to realize it’s not A deer it’s The deer that Im after so from this year forward I’m going to try to keep that in mind when folks start and they always do towards the end of the season “got to get me a deer, seasons bout over “ it’s not A deer it’s The deer I’m hunting and not put so much pressure just to kill a deer .I know I’ll probably catch a lot of flack about choosing to hunt the way I do, but to each his own I guess.Sorry for the long post ........