Originally Posted By: Bill D.
My hang up here is the shooting of a maybe 50 or 60 pound fawn. How much meat can there be? To me that is just shooting to kill something, not hunting. Just my 2 cents and I am ok if folks don't agree and won't argue the point. Just my personal thoughts.



The yearlings are the good tasting ones and the larger does weeks after the rut. The big old bucks are rutted out and lean tough meat.

1) it is very very difficult to judge size if they are running at you.

2) they will run across 1000 acres in 5 minutes when driven.

It is very rare that any deer will stay in a 200 acre area year round. They may settle into a 500 acre area for the winter when it gets -10 but there is no season for them then.

I personally would take a button buck to 8 point and be happy throwing my tag on. More cars take deer around here then all the hunters put together. Hunters get one week a year cars and truck are 365 days a year.

Cheers Don.

EDIT: P.S. taking a deer during a rut is like cheating.

Last edited by DonoBBD; 12/06/15 10:11 AM.
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