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That other post on "How young" got me thinking. How much do you feel like ideas of conservation and (I hate to use this word because it doesn't seem like we can't remain civil in debates about it but...) ethics have changed over the last 30 years? My grandfather killed deer like mad, they ate every scrap of every deer killed, in fact that's all they ate most times. He killed them year round. They were food, and he grew up in times when ranching in south Texas was tough. He had mouths to feed and a family to raise. He carried this mentality throughout his life and almost had us convinced that killing every deer around was a good idea. I can remember killing 6 or 7 bucks between 3 of us on one weekend when I was in jr high and high school! I've since become much more picky on what I shoot. I'll not kill a buck unless he's significantly bigger than the last one I killed and that's been almost 10 years ago. I kill a doe or two every year and now that my son is hunting I'll let him shoot them. He knows that he'll not need to kill a buck unless it's bigger than his first one and is a mature deer. My dad is coming around but if it's 8 points or better he'll shoot it doesn't matter if it's 2 years old. I think all of us would be stretching the truth if we said that we were or grew up as conservation minded 30 years ago as we are now. Thoughts...Opinions?

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