A great friend of mine who is also a member of this site came upon a group of hunters standing in the gas station parking lot looking into the back of a pickup. As most of us hunters do, we get curious to see if someone shot a nice buck, with that said my buddy walks around the gas pumps and sees the tailgate down and proceeds to look over the bed rail.
10 deer laying in the back, not one over 50-70 pounds dressed, all shot in the morning on drives. He informed me that the majority were button bucks.
Let me tell you this , I have nothing against driving deer, grew up doing it here in Hunterdon County before the housing boom of the late 80's. The issue is was it really necessary to shoot all those small deer and then stand around in the gas station parking lot with the tailgate down for everyone to see like you accomplished something great?
Shooting those small deer takes no skill whatsoever, don't tell me it does because they are a smaller target, don't want to hear it. If you need to kill a mass of little ones like that you are not a hunteryou are just out killing.
This state is breeding these killer types who care nothing about herd management, land management or the future of deer hunting here in NJ. The doe tag situation is out of control. Say what you want, it is pretty much the consensus among hunters, not killers.
Like many here, we see and hear of people boasting about shooting 7, 8, 12 deer a year, keeping two for themselves and the rest go to the food pantry.
I'm all for donating deer meat, have done it in the past, but I don't go out to shoot deer to give away.
The clubs who relentlessly pound the deer herds on their private land indiscriminately, are always the ones crying around there are no deer left after a few seasons. Stop being pigs and killing every damn deer and manage the herd.
These unlimited doe seasons is really having a negative effect now and something needs to be done. I've lived my whole life here in Hunterdon County, grew up on a working farm close to Spruce Run Reservoir and have seen the changes. We are headed in the wrong direction as deer hunting is concerned.
Teach the young hunters to respect the wildlife and the lands, they are the future of hunting and the stewards of our dee herds.
Some won't agree, it's expected, but those who actually spend time in the woods more than a couple days a year and know the animals and the ways of the woods will.
Had to get this off my chest.
10 deer laying in the back, not one over 50-70 pounds dressed, all shot in the morning on drives. He informed me that the majority were button bucks.
Let me tell you this , I have nothing against driving deer, grew up doing it here in Hunterdon County before the housing boom of the late 80's. The issue is was it really necessary to shoot all those small deer and then stand around in the gas station parking lot with the tailgate down for everyone to see like you accomplished something great?
Shooting those small deer takes no skill whatsoever, don't tell me it does because they are a smaller target, don't want to hear it. If you need to kill a mass of little ones like that you are not a hunteryou are just out killing.
This state is breeding these killer types who care nothing about herd management, land management or the future of deer hunting here in NJ. The doe tag situation is out of control. Say what you want, it is pretty much the consensus among hunters, not killers.
Like many here, we see and hear of people boasting about shooting 7, 8, 12 deer a year, keeping two for themselves and the rest go to the food pantry.
I'm all for donating deer meat, have done it in the past, but I don't go out to shoot deer to give away.
The clubs who relentlessly pound the deer herds on their private land indiscriminately, are always the ones crying around there are no deer left after a few seasons. Stop being pigs and killing every damn deer and manage the herd.
These unlimited doe seasons is really having a negative effect now and something needs to be done. I've lived my whole life here in Hunterdon County, grew up on a working farm close to Spruce Run Reservoir and have seen the changes. We are headed in the wrong direction as deer hunting is concerned.
Teach the young hunters to respect the wildlife and the lands, they are the future of hunting and the stewards of our dee herds.
Some won't agree, it's expected, but those who actually spend time in the woods more than a couple days a year and know the animals and the ways of the woods will.
Had to get this off my chest.
