re: these grown men should be embarrassed posting all of these 4 point and 6 point bucks

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If the deer have to be out in the wet cold then so do you if you want to hunt my paradise.

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we should teach em to shoot. Level the playing field.

Until then I will drink my coffee, turn on my heater and hunt in my fluffy slippers

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In turn we see more mature animals to harvest

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This isnt everyone's goal and Jackie bushman convinced you that it is what hunting is about.

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This isnt everyone's goal and Jackie bushman convinced you that it is what hunting is about.

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given the choice between taking a large racked buck versus a small racked buck. Large racks have been the choice since God put em here

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we will always be dead last in everything. Sad

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Sorry you lost the election Eddie.

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dont want the state restricting the size of the deer I can shoot on the basis of a pipe dream

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its not a pipe dream. Antler restrictions work.

It works everywhere.

I have no problem w what any hunter shoots or where he posts pics as long as it is legal.

But we all desire to kill bigger deer versus smaller deer. There is no need to lie, this is just fact

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But we all desire to kill bigger deer versus smaller deer. There is no need to lie, this is just fact

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True, but I'd rather kill 2 or 3 deer every year than kill 1 4.5+ year old buck every 3 years.

Some are going to come on here and say "shoot does for meat", but some of us can't hunt every weekend and have to take what we can when we can.

My friends hunt in Polk County Texas, they passed antler restrictions about 8 years ago. The hunting there has gotten so much better they cant believe it. There are some biological reasons you want older bucks in your herd.....results in better breeding, more intense rut, healthier fawns, and a better herd. This helps all hunters, the meat hunter and the trophy hunter.

Article from Texas in 2010

A 13 inch inside is not that hard to find.

Just a couple years of letting small bucks walk and everyone sees the benefit. I mention Polk County because it us just an ugly pine thicket, like much of La.

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The only thing I dont like about the way it is now is that we have doe days

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I didn't know that this still existed. Looks like area 5 and 9 are the only areas that have it like that. Seems like with the tag system no one should care when you shoot them.

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Where I hunt it VERY common for old deer to not get this wide.

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I expected someone to report this, but most all research indicates that a 3.5 year old deer is very likely going to be over 13 inches inside. Sure there are some exceptions.

Yes it does and it sucks, and people who want less small bucks dead should be livid about it.