DINKS

[jeepguy]

Why do hunters make it sound like thier complaining when they harvest a animal[deer] and then say this is my dink like its small but i shot it anyway who really cares how big ur deer is its the joy of the hunt the whole experince if u dont like DINKS dont shoot em let them grow to be big bucks

[fish vacuum]

I haven't seen it on this site. Most people seem happy to have harvested a deer period. I think it's rare that a person in WA takes a buck and is NOT happy about it.

[csaaphill]

He's refereing to the post in 2012 buck on page 15 some guy is calling his own deer a dink. The guy apologised though and it was meant as a private joke betwen him and his friends. Obviously he's shot one bigger last year and was referring to this years as a dink. No need to draw this out though he already appologised for offending people.

[Kioti]

I have never had anyone tell me ... "Hey thats a nice 3 point buck steak".
Deer meat is deer meat ... no matter if its a spike or a 4 point...and anytime I can take one I am ecstatic.

[boneaddict]

If we took away all the dinks posted on this site, there would only be about 3 buck threads on here      Its just a form of communication.  All trophies to someone as well as they should be.  Its the BBD threads that are dinks that are annoying.

[BLUEBULLS]

I shot a "dink" this year. I hunted 7 days for a good one and never found him but at the end of the day... or week in this case, I needed meat and I secretly enjoy shooting dinks too.

I'm happy with my "dink" but I'd be a whole lot more happy with a giant.... I don't think most guys are complaining about shooting a dink they're just bummed they didn't get mr. Big.

[bearpaw]

Big, Dink, or any other term has a different meaning to everyone. What is big or small to one hunter may be the opposite to the next hunter. It's all in the eyes of the beholder, as it should be. 

[Gutpile]

Why do hunters make it sound like thier complaining when they harvest a animal[deer] and then say this is my dink like its small but i shot it anyway who really cares how big ur deer is its the joy of the hunt the whole experince if u dont like DINKS dont shoot em let them grow to be big bucks

 My question is why in the world would this offend you? I could care less who shoots a small deer or what they call it. I've shot my share of dinkers and will probably shoot many more. 

[Dhoey07]

Why do hunters make it sound like thier complaining when they harvest a animal[deer] and then say this is my dink like its small but i shot it anyway who really cares how big ur deer is its the joy of the hunt the whole experince if u dont like DINKS dont shoot em let them grow to be big bucks

 My question is why in the world would this offend you? I could care less who shoots a small deer or what they call it. I've shot my share of dinkers and will probably shoot many more.

I believe that he is saying that any animal harvested should be respected, and shrugging your shoulders and calling your deer a dink is somewhat disrespectful to the animal.  Kinda an ethics thing........I think

[Biggerhammer]

Why do hunters make it sound like thier complaining when they harvest a animal[deer] and then say this is my dink like its small but i shot it anyway who really cares how big ur deer is its the joy of the hunt the whole experince if u dont like DINKS dont shoot em let them grow to be big bucks

 My question is why in the world would this offend you? I could care less who shoots a small deer or what they call it. I've shot my share of dinkers and will probably shoot many more.

I believe that he is saying that any animal harvested should be respected, and shrugging your shoulders and calling your deer a dink is somewhat disrespectful to the animal.  Kinda an ethics thing........I think

I believe jamming a bullet at 3000fps plus through a deer's vitals is much more disrespectful than calling him a "Dink". I have disrespected deer for many years, "Dinks" and others alike. In the end they all die the same and the BBQ could care the less about the antler score.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Ok, I am coming out of the closet. I love shooting dinks, they eat well. I can only stop my actions once I draw my quality tag, then I will get back in the closet that year.

[Jonathan_S]

I believe that he is saying that any animal harvested should be respected, and shrugging your shoulders and calling your deer a dink is somewhat disrespectful to the animal.  Kinda an ethics thing........I think

This is what I took away from it too.  I know a guy who is always ashamed of his deer if it isn't a good sized 4x4 at least.  It's too bad he will harvest an animal when he isn't proud of it.

BTW, I shot five does before I could even get a "dink".

[dscubame]

I was pissed I shot a 4 point dink last friday evening when the next day I got into the biggest buck I have seen in my 30 years of hunting.  I feel that is a ok reason to be disappointed in making a decision in the early season to shoot a dink.  I now have no tag for my preferred late season and for 5 years in a row now I am going to WA deer camp without a damn tag.....  I did it to myself.

[Bean Counter]

I passed on a mule deer dink in the summer archery season this year. Glad I did because I just saw a much bigger 4 pointer last week. You can't tag the big ones when you'll instantly settle for the smaller ones.

[Ripper]

All deer are trophies to me. I can kinda understand why someone would say that though. Now day's it seems like there are so many people into trophy hunting that some people feel as though if they shoot anything short of that then they have to justify it. I think it's a self confidence thing myself, but hey, I'm no expert. We should all be happy with what comes our way and not worry about what anyone else thinks about it. As has been said, meat is meat! The little ones are more tender anyway!