Thread: Summer hunting .....a question of ethics??

Originally Posted by dave-m

either you shoot it or...... someone alse will

That mentality right there in trophy hunting in my opinion is the difference between an area producing nice heads or huge heads. the amount of blokes I've heard say that who also whine about not be able to shoot big ones is unbelievable. A stag might need another couple of years before he's ready but if you let him go he might get shot, well tough luck its a chance you have to take. I'm not self righteous but I think the reason I have a small amount of big heads compared to the blokes I know with lots of small to average ones is because I can watch a nice 12 point stag walk away in the hope I run into him when he's a big 14 or 16. And bloody oath the amount I've passed on that I've never seen again compared to what I have seen again is a huge gap but in the end my patience did pay off and I'm much happier with my big red on my wall than a dozen young tens gathering cob webs in the shed.

I know this wasn't your point and I'm not having a crack at you, just when I hear that line used I can't help it!