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Gotta ask.
We live in a fairly rural area, but really notso - about 8 miles west of Loveland, CO (for y'all in the area & familiar = Carter Lake).
Last few years, we've put in for either sex deer archery tags & got 'em every time.
We have deer (& sometimes elk, BTW) walking through & sometimes jumping the dog-fence into our backyard. We've got about a 1.2 acre plot (so to speak).
We run a decent enough garden & always figured that tagging one of these "tame deer" would be similar to walking out back & dragging out a coupla carrots, etc.
Still, I haven't had the heart to harvest/"pluck a deer out of the garden" quite yet.
Make no mistake. I would never consider this hunting in the least, but more putting meat in the freezer. We have had elk, & certainly deer, walk within a distance to smack 'em the head with a shovel off the deck.
Hardly sporting, but I'd just as soon have the meat in the freezer.
Again, we've had these tags a few years running & have never done it - call me a softy.
What's y'all's call on this type "harvesting/hunting?"
Season started just yesterday, we've got 2X tags & again, I find myself just watching the does playing with their twins & somewhat torn.
I'd like to have 'em in the freezer for the food & at the same time can't get around that "gardening" versus hunting thing.
Curious what y'all think.
We live in a fairly rural area, but really notso - about 8 miles west of Loveland, CO (for y'all in the area & familiar = Carter Lake).
Last few years, we've put in for either sex deer archery tags & got 'em every time.
We have deer (& sometimes elk, BTW) walking through & sometimes jumping the dog-fence into our backyard. We've got about a 1.2 acre plot (so to speak).
We run a decent enough garden & always figured that tagging one of these "tame deer" would be similar to walking out back & dragging out a coupla carrots, etc.
Still, I haven't had the heart to harvest/"pluck a deer out of the garden" quite yet.
Make no mistake. I would never consider this hunting in the least, but more putting meat in the freezer. We have had elk, & certainly deer, walk within a distance to smack 'em the head with a shovel off the deck.
Hardly sporting, but I'd just as soon have the meat in the freezer.
Again, we've had these tags a few years running & have never done it - call me a softy.
What's y'all's call on this type "harvesting/hunting?"
Season started just yesterday, we've got 2X tags & again, I find myself just watching the does playing with their twins & somewhat torn.
I'd like to have 'em in the freezer for the food & at the same time can't get around that "gardening" versus hunting thing.
Curious what y'all think.