Thread: The choice is yours.........

Spiker

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Spiker, the hind maybe preggers and also the boy one should be a bit fatter.


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Ive only seen 1 deer in my hunting career so i would shoot the spiker as i am not after a trophy and would prefer to leave the hind to hopefully bring the numbers up

I never hunt for meat in any of my spots that are likely to produce a trophy. In any scenario I wouldnt shoot either if hunting for myself as I only hang yearlings.

But if I needed an animal for someone else and It wasn't a hassle to get out, I would tip over the spiker.

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Context is everything. You just can't answer this question without giving it context.

High population/low population? Trophy hunter/meat hunter? Public land/private land? New hunter/experienced hunter? Etc.

Also, to me, what I shoot and when is a very private thing. I make different decisions depending on the context.

But I don't get too prissy about it, and I'm certainly not guided about what other people think. I would never have been a pro meat hunter if I had worried about other people's views (I got ostracized out of NZDA in ay event). My over-riding approach is that "they are still making them", so I make my decision and don't look back.

Having said all of this, I do think a bit about what other people want, and that's a lengthy spiker with a bit of potential. So unless there was a compelling contextual issue not to, I would shoot the hind and leave the spiker for a bone hunter. If he was an ordinary spiker, he would be the one to cop it.

Under "ordinary" circumstances, if there was an ounce of room in my fridge, one of them would go down anyway.

Interesting debate you have started. Spiker for me.

Seeing as we shot 2 spikers last week, I'll have to go spiker but wouldn't begrudge someone shooting the hind, I however don't believe in shooting hinds with fawns at foot, leaving them to starve, that's just cruel & unethical

Many interesting thoughts behind everyone's thinking. . Personally if only taking 1 think the hind for me! Other considerations to think about which one turns broadside first ? @7mmsaum .since you started this thread .. now let's here your thoughts ???

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Broadside? Dam things are looking at the gun what more do you want.
It's obviously a paddock and if It was mine id knock em bother over, only because I need the grass going on what I can see that hind ain't in fawn.
Drop them both at @Dundee place on way home job done.



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Hind... Then the spiker as it was still standing there looking at what happened to mum....

Same here, being a Jafa I'd take both, sometimes spikers are dumb and hang about.

Or if two of us were there we would line up on both them and let rip on the count of 3

No one mentioned how far the carry is? If it was another 18km ................

Originally Posted by Dundee

No one mentioned how far the carry is? If it was another 18km ................

oh look, some deer

Every one is different & Every year is different .....

This happened on 3 occasions at the end of last year, Put rifle down and just sat back and watched. (had plenty of veni in frezzer, should of taken camera instead) that was 2014.

2015 how ever, Hunted all year, Not one deer, I'd shoot both if I could. Do 2 or 3 trips over 2 days to get all the meat out if need be too.

Past up a pair last week at 100m. The freezers are OK at the moment, so let them feed away.