I've shot some a pretty good way off
with 30/06, 308, and 243, but I prefer
to be close up.
Whatever somebody wants to use legally
and ethically is fine with me. I do expect
others to respect my choices and methods
as well and not criticize my methods and
deer age. They're all trophies to me
Speaking of age, in 93 I killed a fawn in Illinois. Her and her mother were standing side by side and I made the choice.
A hunting forum that I belonged to at the time acted like I had killed their favorite dog or one of their children. They were stupid.
That's the prevalent attitude now days
Age and antlers are what everyone thinks
about. JMHO- a free ranging whitetail
deer has everything stacked against its
surviving year after year. Parasites,
poachers, predators, fighting, etc.
The only way to insure seeing the same
deer year after year is to fence and feed.
Treat em like livestock
I don't care any about antlers anyway.
I'm more proud of putting meat in
freezer bags by my own hand and not
carrying my animals to some place
and paying someone to cut up my
meat and such. Never had one mounted