Why would you get a "mod alert" on a big deer? or a little one for that matter???

Well, I am going to try to do my part this afternoon. I am going over to my LF place and see what I can shoot before my neighbor does and make some sausage.

As to the OP, it's just change and evolution. I too have fond memories of hunting different methods. Grew up hunting east Texas. It's what motivated me to be a west Texas rancher.

There are negatives and positives and they are different based on personal opinions/experiences.

I in fact went through a couple of evolutions personally. Grew up with "brown it's down", but after watching the YO change the world forever by putting up a high fence, and then being able to guarantee an 8 point buck on over 90,000 acres HF it changed my perspective.

Then I became a management proponent. Went through the "it must be mature to be killed" phase (big time).

After learning that you really can't cull your way to big deer in a native pasture, I slacked off on that end.

Now I'm back to enjoying hunting and all success (the Nuge influenced me there). I let my grandson kill a yearling 6 point (not in my improved pasture) and couldn't have been happier about it. There was a time I would have made him shoot a spike or doe.

I still make some of my income off big bucks and I let those deer all reach maturity, but I'm evolving back to just enjoying hunting instead of making "proper management" the top priority.