To Cull or Not to Cull - That is the Question
So, here is a partial transcript of the debate between my two inner hunters, regarding this particular buck:
“On one hand, this is a great animal.
On the other hand, I would much rather that another hunter take him, and I would just rather have a spike or a doe for the food locker. On the other hand, there are only a very few days left in the season, and the chances that this brute will present himself for another hunter to have a shot are few. On the other hand, I am trying to take cull bucks.
On the other hand, we almost never see spikes any more.”
Alberta Spring Bear Hunt with Take-em Outfitters
My first spring bear hunt had two goals, an absolute entry into Pope and Young and a color phase bear. Taking any bear with a bow and arrow is a trophy, but taking one that makes it into the record books is above and beyond. So is taking a color phase bear. See if I am successful.
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