make sure its legal before you shoot

[300UltraMagShooter]

Everyone is missing a major point here.

This is one of the MAJOR strikes against antlers restrictions. 

I'm personally tired of people worrying about if there are going to be big deer to shoot. 

Anterls are great, but they are not the reason we hunt (I hope). 

If it has come to that, we may as well stop hunting because we have already lost the argument.
 

[NWBREW]

Everyone is missing a major point here.

This is one of the MAJOR strikes against antlers restrictions. 

I'm personally tired of people worrying about if there are going to be big deer to shoot. 

Anterls are great, but they are not the reason we hunt (I hope). 

If it has come to that, we may as well stop hunting because we have already lost the argument.
 

There are two reasons I hunt. One is because I love to do it and the other is I want the meat. I believe antler resrictions are good because in most cases it puts age on deer. Age on deer (in most cases) makes for larger deer. Larger deer means more meat in the freezer. I pass on deer that will only go 100 pounds at the butcher to try and get one that goes 150 pounds at the butcher. You will rarley see that on a forked horn unless it's a really big forky. The extra meat means alot to me. Just my 

[sako223]

unfortunately most of us are just dealing with what the wonderful WDFW is giving us.
I have disagreed with the antler restrictions from the get-go.
In so many cases the experimental guidelines have failed. If we could give citation for failure the dept would be in trouble.
I can only imagine how many wasted kills there will be with the new true spike regs.

[andrew_12gauge]

guess i shouldve said ive heard of guys thinking they saw 3 only to walk up and find only 2 points, and im in idaho now so no 3 point minimum in 99% of hunts anyway, and ive passed on several 2 points this year because id rather see them grow up

[popeshawnpaul]

Screw legal before you shoot.  Just be damned sure what you are shooting at is what you are wanting to kill.  I don't care what it is.  Whether it's a kid shooting a woman because he thinks it's a bear, a 170 mulie instead of a 200, a nanny instead of a billy, the wrong bighorn ram in a group, a 2 point mulie that lacked the 3rd point, etc.  Most every issue I see has to do with pulling the trigger and not knowing what is in the crosshairs.  If you do pull the trigger, own up to what you killed whether it's legal, illegal, or just smaller than you hoped.  I can tell you since the 3 point regulations went into effect for mulies I have found no less than 10 mule deer 2 point bucks that were killed on the hope there was an extra point.  It's one of the big reasons why I don't like the 3 pt or better rule.  Ok, my rant is over.   

[gasman]

I agree with Pope, be sure of your target or don't shoot.......................

Opening weekend up at Entiat, there was 2 point shot and killed right up the road from our camp and a couple of others in camp came acrossed a barly legal 3 pint that some one left to waste because they were not sure if it was a full 3 point. One of the kids taged it in camp so it would not go to waste. We measured out the eye gaurd and it hit the 1" mark, barely. Who ever shot it drapped it over a stump and left it. Along with the deer they droped ther hunting knofe s they picked up the knife also.



Today I saw 3, 2 points up around Bald Mt Road, could not grow a third point on any of them  so we are with ut deer this year. Hopefully we can connect durring late season (west side).

[sako223]

There will be plenty of 3 pts out tomorrow.