We have seen the quality of the deer on our club improve dramatically over the last 5 years. 5 years ago I may have shot the deer that my FIN shot, but I know what not shooting the younger deer can do to the bucks on a larger club. The six point he shot weight 98lbs and was a 1 1/2 year old deer. It had an decent rack for a deer that young and could have been a really good deer in a few years. He hunts the swamp on a club that runs dogs. The name of the club should be IF ITS BROWN ITS DOWN b/c they shoot anything the dogs run. I can hear them in back of my house when they run dogs boom boom boom all the hunters shooting as the deer runs past. He was told several times that he could shoot a doe or an 8 point or better. The worst part of the deal is he was excited about a baby deer when I drove up to pick him up when I had passed on a 2 ½ year old 6 that morning and a 3 ½ year old 8 the night before.
I don’t care for the 6 point rule and wish the club could go to a rule about shooting bucks that are 4 1/2 yrs. or older but most people have no Idea what a 4 1/2 deer looks like. I have a BS in Biology/wildlife management and can tell the difference but most cant.
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