scout
New Member
With all the hype over killing a mature buck with a big rack, I've often pondered....
Are the mature bucks "smarter" due to having been hunted? I know we would like to think so, but maybe alot of hunters are poor shots!
People who have been around dogs realize some are obviously smarter than others. Even ones from the same litter! So, why is it we never see anything written by the "experts" addressing this in the deer herd? It seems to me we would rather feel the deer we kill is,for what ever reason,smarter than other deer.
Sure alot of factors come into play. I just wonder why I've never EVER! even heard another person mention this. I'm not so sure the dumb ones are killed off at a young age.
I can't accept that all deer are created equal, doe, buck, young or old.
Another little thought, Ever notice how the smartest people you ever met are in some ways the bumbest? So maybe the smartest deer to ever walk the earth never made it to age three and the dumbest is escaping every year by being so unpredictably odd! I guess I've seen to many big deer go down to the most unlikely hunters. So, to make me feel better, I'll assume those deer are the stupid ones!
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Are the mature bucks "smarter" due to having been hunted? I know we would like to think so, but maybe alot of hunters are poor shots!
People who have been around dogs realize some are obviously smarter than others. Even ones from the same litter! So, why is it we never see anything written by the "experts" addressing this in the deer herd? It seems to me we would rather feel the deer we kill is,for what ever reason,smarter than other deer.
Sure alot of factors come into play. I just wonder why I've never EVER! even heard another person mention this. I'm not so sure the dumb ones are killed off at a young age.
I can't accept that all deer are created equal, doe, buck, young or old.
Another little thought, Ever notice how the smartest people you ever met are in some ways the bumbest? So maybe the smartest deer to ever walk the earth never made it to age three and the dumbest is escaping every year by being so unpredictably odd! I guess I've seen to many big deer go down to the most unlikely hunters. So, to make me feel better, I'll assume those deer are the stupid ones!
[This message has been edited by scout (edited 08-31-2000).]
[This message has been edited by scout (edited 08-31-2000).]