How do you hunt……?

Meat

I hunt for any shred of success I can get.

Antlers. I get no thrill or excitement shooting a small buck or doe and I don't really NEED the meat.

I aim for the cutest little bambi I can find. Nice & tender.

Spots are for pots!

Early season does for that sweet meat. Stinky rut bucks to support my ego. Preferably all with a bow.

A good mature buck, the youngest does

I’m out for the experience more than any. That could mean a doe or small buck with my pistol. Or just the perfect day in the woods.

We are blessed with a fair amount of deer that allows me to be somewhat picky. There are very few days where I don’t get an opportunity at a legal deer. Our area was put in the CWD zone last year and they removed the point restriction on bucks that had been in place for several years. It was the first year in over 40 that I didn’t tag a buck. Had multiple chances, but choose to eat my buck tag.

For meat. If it’s brown, it’s down.

This one meant the most to me. First archery deer. Passed away quickly after sprinting 50 yards and excellent tasting meat. Not everyone has the opportunity or land to hunt big trophy bucks and I really don’t know if I want one anyways.

First legal animal to offer me an ethical shot.

Deer don't excite me much anymore unless it's a biggun.....a good beef steak taste better anyway

No elk gets passed up if I have a tag .....especially with my bow

Except where you don’t have it……

Don’t care much for carrying handles. I am happy for the folks that worry about it.

Small deer are easier to pack out or get in the side by side.

I shoot the first legal deer I see. Don’t much matter to me. First legal deer that I have a tag for gets an arrow or bullet to the vitals. Same with the next few I see.

I hunt a few crop damage farms, so that goes into it a lot, has to be antlerless for me to shoot mostly.

Landowner wants them gone, so I do my part.

Both. If I holdout for antlers, it usually results in more meat.

Just gotta shoot a couple more small ones. It all evens out. Lol

I will say, sometimes I’m a butt head, I like shooting button bucks to make the antler hunters mad.

Not often, but sometimes.

meat for me.

I think hunting for antlers is something most mature hunters grow out of. As a kid and teenager, hunting for antlers was important, once you reach adulthood, it isn't.