how much do you like killing deer ?

[oldrank]

Im not gonna sugar coat it... i love killing deer. I love eating deer n sometimes i actually visualize them as walking packs of steaks n burger. I still get pumped taking down a doe after 25 plus yrs of hunting. Anyone else think this way ? I hope it never goes away.

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[Milk Weed Seed]

I hear you! I enjoy killing them too, it takes up most of my thoughts for sure. I got engaged on NY's former opening bow date of 10/15 so I could remember it:-) There's no way I would forget opening day.....

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[headgear]

Not as blood thirsty as I use to be but still very much enjoy putting meat on the table.

[PredatorTC]

I must admit, I'm a softy when it comes to this one. I hate shooting does. I feel bad for them. Throw some horns on their heads and its all different. I enjoy the battle of wits. I feel like a mature buck has the upper hand to start with so it doesn't bother me to take them down.

I better add that I don't have a problem at all with others shooting does. Just doesn't interest me.

[Jackson Marsh]

I love the chase and the chess match of the hunt. I usually do not kill does. I have nothing against it, but on the public I hunt I usually do not kill them. That being said if I was short on meat I would whack one.

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[Dewey]

I must admit, I'm a softy when it comes to this one. I hate shooting does. I feel bad for them. Throw some horns on their heads and its all different. I enjoy the battle of wits. I feel like a mature buck has the upper hand to start with so it doesn't bother me to take them down.

I better add that I don't have a problem at all with others shooting does. Just doesn't interest me.

You and I think alike on this. I've been saying I want to kill a doe with my recurve all season but then end up setting up on buck beds just to have an encounter with them even though I had no tag to kill one. For me these encounters and getting in a bucks zone is what it's all about. The kill is not nearly as important to me anymore. Never had the wackem and stackem mentality. Give me 2 deer a year and I am thrilled.

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[Zap]

I let a lot of deer walk this season....so far.

Maybe I am getting soft?

[Milk Weed Seed]

I must admit, I'm a softy when it comes to this one. I hate shooting does. I feel bad for them. Throw some horns on their heads and its all different. I enjoy the battle of wits. I feel like a mature buck has the upper hand to start with so it doesn't bother me to take them down.

I better add that I don't have a problem at all with others shooting does. Just doesn't interest me.

You and I think alike on this. I've been saying I want to kill a doe with my recurve all season but then end up setting up on buck beds just to have an encounter with them even though I had no tag to kill one. For me these encounters and getting in a bucks zone is what it's all about. The kill is not nearly as important to me anymore. Never had the wackem and stackem mentality. Give me 2 deer a year and I am thrilled.

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A mature doe is just as smart as a mature buck. Sometimes Even smarter IMO, plus they have all those eyes traveling with them..... I love killing heavy old does, just as much as bucks! "Shoot to kill! shoot to thrill!"

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[PredatorTC]

I must admit, I'm a softy when it comes to this one. I hate shooting does. I feel bad for them. Throw some horns on their heads and its all different. I enjoy the battle of wits. I feel like a mature buck has the upper hand to start with so it doesn't bother me to take them down.

I better add that I don't have a problem at all with others shooting does. Just doesn't interest me.

You and I think alike on this. I've been saying I want to kill a doe with my recurve all season but then end up setting up on buck beds just to have an encounter with them even though I had no tag to kill one. For me these encounters and getting in a bucks zone is what it's all about. The kill is not nearly as important to me anymore. Never had the wackem and stackem mentality. Give me 2 deer a year and I am thrilled.

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I can defiantly relate Dewey. I had a doe within range with the recurve one evening and I just didn't end up shooting.

[Stanley]

I only kill a fraction of the bucks I see, so I'm not a psychopath. I get more enjoyment out of the anticipation of the hunt than the kill.

[Zap]

I only kill a fraction of the bucks I see, so I'm not a psychopath.

[hunter_mike]

I get a ton of satisfaction out of making a swift clean kill, knowing that i did my part efficiently as the predator in the food chain. Dont get me wrong im not out to kill everything in the woods, i enjoy seeing them living and breathing up close and personal more than anything. And i really hate to see them suffer from a bad shot, gives me a sick feeling when it happens but its all part of the ups and downs of hunting for me.

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[Ghost Hunter]

I like hunting them always have liked it. Any deer with a bow is a trophy. But, I'm not as mad at them as I once was when I was younger.

[Dhurtubise]

I only kill a fraction of the bucks I see, so I'm not a psychopath. I get more enjoyment out of the anticipation of the hunt than the kill.

Me too. Pulling the trigger is actually not a part of the game I particularly enjoy. There is a moment during an encounter where you choose to take (or try to) an animal or let it walk. That moment when I decide yes is the true apex. As far as seeing them as walking burgers.... guilty as charged.

I enjoy the whole process of the hunt. I might enjoy when I enter new territory to scout and start finding good deer sign as much as the actual pulling of the trigger. Definitely, for me, the anticipation is much more exciting than the actual .... Climax if you will....

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[Edcyclopedia]

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