B & C ruined deer and hunting camps

High fencing ruined deer hunting. The fact it’s actually legal and people are proud of it continually blows my mind

b&c has been arouns forvever.. like a hundred years lol. What "ruined" it is tv and social media. All these big shots on tv shooting these monster pets, and every billy bad arse around on social media thinking he is some professional hunter with his film equipment and deer mgt practices lol. That "ruined" hunting.. not b&c

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What do you ole timers think?

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That I don't really agree with your conclusions.

Tv and canned hunts did their part to ruin it. However, every deer is based on, shot, and priced by B&C. Not the hunt or age itself..just dollars.

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Used to be that friends congratulated a young hunter after hunting 3 years, not shot anything, and finally killed a "rack".

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We are kind of in between what you are talking about. Young hunters, whether in age OR young in experience, should shoot whatever they get an opportunity to shoot.

Grown men who've killed a bunch of deer are ASKED to be more selective. I don't get much excitement in shooting the little 6 point that comes to my stand every other day.

My nephew (who is 22ish) killed a 140" 11 PT this year. His largest before that was a small 4 PT.

The excitement that resulted in that was nearly unbearable. That would've been much more difficult to accomplish if we just shot bucks willy nilly.

To each thier own

Short version - I'm not high fiving Billy bob for shooting his 4th button buck of the year

dog hunters are ruining hunting.

I think TV and hunting shows ruined it with the "horn porn". When I first started hunting, I got just as much excitement from shooting a small doe as a nice buck. Over the years I've killed my share of nice bucks, and grew out of the phase of having to shoot everything I see. I have plenty of small racks in my shop that I cut the horns off of. I don't particularly see the point of ME shooting a small or young buck, just to cut the horns off and throw it in the shop with the rest of the pile. Rather let them walk and get bigger the next year.

I think if you're a young hunter or bringing up a new hunter, let them shoot anything they get excited about! Let them get some deer under their belt.Once they kill a few, the mentality usually changes onto wanting to kill something bigger.

It’s only our first full year with our lease.lots of young deer.
Our rules are follow MS guidelines for shooting bucks.
7 or better unless it’s an old deer with shitty horns.
Kids are the exception for their first deer.

That’s it. To be honest I hunt for the meat. If I shoot a nice buck I euro mount and put it outside bc my wife hates the idea of mounts in the house.

Was hunting in the last 100 years ever about feeding your family?

If everyone went out in the woods and killed every basket rack deer that they saw, there wouldn’t be nearly the amount of deer we have today. I think that the drive to want to kill bigger bucks that most clubs have today is the reason for the amount of deer and quality bucks we kill each year. Oh and by the way I’m pretty sure a child will be a lot more happy holding a 150” buck up for the first time then a 90”. It’s not only about the kill, that makes most happy when they kill a nice deer. It’s knowing that you have had a chance to kill that deer several seasons before but you didn’t and that resulted in a wall hanger. With that said I’m still happy for a child who kills his first buck whether it’s a mount job or a spike.