What kind of deer hunter are you?

[lpcjon2]

So what kinda deer hunter are you? a meat hunter or a sport/trophy hunter?

[bornagainbowhunter]

This is almost like a loaded question.  NOT trying to start trouble here, but there is another side to the story.  I hunt because I like to eat deer, my family likes to eat deer and I like to hunt.  That part makes me a meat hunter.  

I also hunt because I like to find a buck (pick 1 buck out) and hunt him.  Not just any deer that comes along.  That makes me a sport hunter.

If I am hunting an area that I have not had the ability to scout all summer, therefore I don't know what is using the property, I will only kill a nice mature buck with a good set of horns.  That make me a trophy hunter.

I choose the does I kill for meat and the bucks I kill for horns.  That is just me.  Does eat better but a set of ears on the wall would just look silly...  

[Brad_Gentry]

I voted for meat hunter, but only because as a generalization horns don't even really rank on the importance scale. I hunt to have hunted; because I just love it, and because it's something I'm driven to do. I think you could maybe break the poll down even more, as "trophy" is a very relative term and doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with horns. It can be different for every individual...

[SteveB]

Can't answer - it's not that black and white.

[reddogge]

I didn't vote as I don't fit into the little pigeonholes.

[Spectre]

Both.

[Bob B.]

I am a meat hunter, I guess any deer is a trophy to me.  That said, even if you can't eat horns, I would not hesitate to put an arrow through big "moster buck"!!  :cool:  

Bob.

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

..one that kills deer

[fredhill]

i truely doubt that the majority who responded meat are hunting for the meat. we hunt because we enjoy the pursuit, the thrill, the euphoria of hard won success. i'm sure if you have the discretionary income to buy all the equipment for hunting you can certainly afford to buy meat at the store. now if you use the term "meat hunter" to mean i shoot whatever i can get, that's different.

[dragonheart]

Originally posted by getstonedprimitivebowhunt:
..one that kills deer

ME TOO

[Dave Bowers]

Yea I have to say both...I hunt for meat to feel my freezer. But if I usually look for a nice buck with a bit of age on him.

[Eugene Slagle]

I'm a little both, I'm a meat hunter & have no problems taking a nice Doe for the freezer but if I spot a nice Buck then I'll try to close the distance on him.

Haven't seen many nice Bucks around here so meat for now.

[Brad_Gentry]

Originally posted by fredhill:
 i'm sure if you have the discretionary income to buy all the equipment for hunting you can certainly afford to buy meat at the store.  

There's other reasons to want to eat wild meat Fred... like trying to avoid all the unnatural crap they pump into most animals raised for commercial meat production...  

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Since I remarried about six years ago I guess I'm a trophy hunter to a degree but I always put one in the freezer for sure and take a doe or two for some elderly folk that can't get out and hunt but like the meat.

 My wife will cook but won't eat it and my girls have slacked off on it so I just eat deer once in awhile.
 
When I was single it was meat all the way I looked at horns as good handles for draggin out meat.

 I just hunt because I love it, don't really even care if I kill one anymore but it's nice when I do. Being there is good enough if that's all it was.
 
 Stiks

[xtrema312]

Both, but like the pole results so far, I am about 85% meat hunter and 15% trophy/sport hunter.  I don’t have a lot on my wall, but we eat real well.

[xtrema312]

Originally posted by fredhill:
i truely doubt that the majority who responded meat are hunting for the meat. we hunt because we enjoy the pursuit, the thrill, the euphoria of hard won success. i'm sure if you have the discretionary income to buy all the equipment for hunting you can certainly afford to buy meat at the store. now if you use the term "meat hunter" to mean i shoot whatever i can get, that's different.

The money I spend now on gear, bows, guns and so on is my hobby.  I use more of it off season then on.  I could get rid of about 90% of it and probably have little effect on my hunting success.  I have what I need to kill a freezer full of meat every year, and it was paid for about 20 years ago.  Only gas, one or two arrows and licenses really are required every year.  I figure about $300 for about 150# of meat.  $1.50 per pound prime stuff with no fat, bone, hormones, antibiotics, for fast growth feeding.  Sounds like a good deal to me.

[soopernate]

I couldnt find a button for CRAPPY hunter  

[Bowwild]

I voted as a "trophy/sport" but only because my dream for every season is a buck bigger than I've killed before. I classify myself as a sport hunter because I will only very rarely shoot a young buck. I'd rather fill the my either sex tag with a doe than more bucks like I've killed.

However, I always kill 1-3 does for myself, my family, and/or hunters for the hungry.

[rxhntr]

I like to fill my freezer and will not pass up an opportunity to do so, but that being said, I will make every effort to take the biggest  buck if the opportunity arises.

[joe skipp]

Fill the freezer early....then hunt for a decent buck.