What do you think about a 3 pt whitetail reg?

[hambone]

i do alot of my deer hunting south of spokane and in my area i have muledeer starting to move in to the area see them in with whitetails last buck i shoot was with a muley doe. seen one bunch of 11 muley bucks together. this is in the freeman area

[boneaddict]

The mulies kind of made a comeback on some traditional ground in the last year or two.  They don't tend to be effected as much as the whities in regards to the black tongue thing.  It devestated some whities in and around the inland empire.   That seemed to allow the mulies to get a foothold back.  It won't take long though.

[PolarBear]

i think that a 3 point reg for eastern wash. would be a good idea but to add to this put in to harvest a buck you first have to shoot a doe.

I would quit hunting deer in this state if you had to shoot a doe first.  I have never and will never shoot a doe!  Why shoot a deer that I dont want just to get to hun one that I do?  What a f-ing waste!  The same goes for spikes and 2 points, if that was all we were allowed to shoot, I'd give it up and go somewhere else.  I aint that desperate.  It might be fine for other folks and that is ok but not for me or my kids.

[PolarBear]

I eat every bit of it (and donate some to friends).  I raise beef cattle and do not feel that I "have" to shoot any deer that walks in front of me for meat.  There is nothing wrong with being selective.  To me it is a waste to shoot just any animal just to fill a tag.  I would rather waste a tag.  I know too many guys who shoot whatever is legal, saying that they love the meat, wind up turning it all into pepperoni and then wasting most of it.

[Ray]

I shoot the first legal deer. No harm no shame no foul. It's my decision to make. I don't think it makes me any better or worse than anyone else..

[PolarBear]

That is fine if that is what is cool with you.  I dont intend for anyone else to agree with the limits that I put on myself, they are just personal goals and guidelines and thats it.  I am not saying that you are bad for doing what you do, it's just what I believe in for myself.  That is a lot of why I chose to hunt alone.  I got tired of my buddies dumping the first critter that they saw and messing up my hunt because I had to pack the *censored*s out for their weak asses.     One season I missed 4 days of hunting (out of 6) because I was too busy packing other peoples dink forked horn bucks out from the middle of b.f.egypt because they were too far out of shape to do it their selves.  That was the last time for me.  Where I deer hunt is a long ass ways in through some nasty stuff so the buck better be well worth the effort of packing him out, sometimes over a couple of days.

[Red Dawg]

I am not a meat hunter either. A little ol deer isnt going to make a difference in my freezer. It is hard though because i really do love to kill stuff. Elk would be a different story though. To each his own. Kill the white tail.

[Palmer]

Latest statistics I've read:

Population growth of WT in USA has gone from 2 million to 20 million in the past 60 years.

200,000 WT in the Idaho panhandle North of Pend Oreille River.
50,000 WT in Region 1 of Washington

[actionshooter]

I don't see anything wrong with shooting a deer for the horns as long as the meat doesn't go to waste.

[Dman]

 I like venison with my pumpkin pie.

[Coasthunterjay]

Well i am not a horn hunter, but i am deffinantly selective...

But i also dont thrive or live of the fact that i need deer meat. because i dont. But i sure do like it....ALOT! Shoot i am almost selective about who i give meat to because you only get it once a year. 


In my area if i hunted for the first legal deer i would tag out every time with in a half hour of the opener....granted not a big animal, but no problem in my area....

So i do my homework, take my time, and like most if i dont see a monster or a good deer then i will either waste a tag or wait till the late season. But so far in the last few years i have not had to wait.....but i am contimplating on hunting the early wilderness hunt though...

I dont even care about this whole 3 point crap. and i like WT! more then mule deer.