Managing the gene pool

[TxHuntermn]

Been trying to outwit this guy for three years! He is now at least 6 1/2, and will have no more influence on our herd! Took him yesterday evening, he was hard on the trail of a doe. Heart liver shot at 16 yards (quartering away from me), and he took about 10 steps and gave up.. arrow flew 70 yards past the deer!

[mobirdhunter]

At least he died doing what he lived to do. How many of us wish that?! I view this as a real trophy.

[TxHuntermn]

Thanks, and I agree. I target, and hunt mature management deer just as hard as trophies. They are indeed, just as hard to kill.