Should You Shoot a 3.5-Year-Old Buck?
For 95% of America’s whitetail hunters, especially those of you who hunt on public land, the answer is YES. Trouble is, too many young and/or inexperienced hunters watch too much television. A great-looking 8- or 10-pointer steps out and some guy or gal whispers into the camera, Nice buck, but he needs another year…or he’ll be shooter in a year or two… BTW, I hate that overused saying, He needs another year... Anyhow, the young hunter plays off what the TV “expert” says and does, and passes up a 120- to 140-class buck that he or she should have shot. I was glad to see my friend Lindsay Thomas of the QDMA put the right perspective on it. The QDMA sometimes gets a [...]