Who hunts for horns and who hunts for meat?

longbranch* said:
Maybe we should re-word the question ie: If a at 50 yards and broadside, two whitetails, one a chubby, young spike-horn and the second his chewy 6 1/2 year old grandfather with a 170+class rack...both unaware of you, which would you kill??? Come on, be honest boys.
Geoff
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Not many "meat hunters" would let the 170 go. Or a 140 for that matter. Or a 120 that they try to pass off as a 140.
 
longbranch* said:
Maybe we should re-word the question ie: If a at 50 yards and broadside, two whitetails, one a chubby, young spike-horn and the second his chewy 6 1/2 year old grandfather with a 170+class rack...both unaware of you, which would you kill??? Come on, be honest boys.
Geoff
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There's more meat on the 170+.;)
 
longbranch* said:
Maybe we should re-word the question ie: If a at 50 yards and broadside, two whitetails, one a chubby, young spike-horn and the second his chewy 6 1/2 year old grandfather with a 170+class rack...both unaware of you, which would you kill??? Come on, be honest boys.
Geoff
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BOTH........the 170 in his tracks and the spiker on the run;):p..............I just can't stand to see things getting away!!!!
 
Moose is always for meat, deer usually meat as well but I've taken two nice 10 point whitetails in successive years now. Not because they were big antlered, simply because thats what I saw. I like big antlers on my wall but I'm not willing to let the freezer go empty if I don't find a big buck.

Hurketthunter84
 
It depends on the game and time of year.
Moose is mostly for meat before and after the rut.
Elk would be both.
Early season Mule buck would be meat as well.
Goat or sheep would be trophy hunts as well as whitetail during the rut.
Black Bear is for meat (burger) and prefer young ones around 150 lbs. (the bigger ones get dry fired on...lol...trophy hunting with no work).
Yotes and wolf hunting would be for sport and the more the better.
 
I will shoot for horns if something big has been spotted. I also never shoot on the first day as you do not always know what will walk by later. This year I took a nice big doe. Next year I am going out for muzzle loader as we have a big "palmated "white tail spotted but he disappeared before rifle season and only has been on camera at one in the morning.
 
A unused tag is like paying taxes, don't like ether,have phased through, shoot the first thing you can,too a buck hunter,too veal hunting spots only,too a shoot the first thing that walks by.
 
Want to be a meat hunter but the MNR wont give me a doe tag lol. The perfect scenario would be to have three tags , two bucks and a doe. Shoot a little doe fawn for nice roasts and steaks, shoot a forkhorn for sausage mince and pepperettes, and then have one last buck tag for chasing around a big set of horns ( and having something to do on the weekend)
 
ryan32 said:
Want to be a meat hunter but the MNR wont give me a doe tag lol. The perfect scenario would be to have three tags , two bucks and a doe. Shoot a little doe fawn for nice roasts and steaks, shoot a forkhorn for sausage mince and pepperettes, and then have one last buck tag for chasing around a big set of horns ( and having something to do on the weekend)
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Your ideal is close to the way it works here, except it is two doe tags and a general tag which can be used for a doe or buck.
 
I just like putting meat in the freezer. That being said, I don't like shooting immature bucks, mainly because they are what is going to keep the deer population moving forward. I could care less how big a mature buck's rack is, but I will only shoot a mature one.
 
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