Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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Don't let anything walk unless it's not legal. They all taste the same.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 01:10 PM
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danny clifton
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Bigfoot said:
to me deer hunting is not a competitive sport . Great post.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 01:16 PM
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I need two more deer to last until next winter. I'd shoot him and the doe.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 01:41 PM
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Let walk. He is a 3 or maybe 4 year old. Don't know if he will get larger rack as far as width, highth or number of points but he should get heavier both body and antlers with proper nutrition. The one outside the fence is a 1 1/2 year old. If you have taken similar deer let him go. If you would mount him take him. Sounds to me like it isn't a meat thing. He is a fine animal. If your situation is one that there is a high probability that he will survive to another season let him go. If there is an average possibility that he won't survive take him.
"Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 01:49 PM
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 01:56 PM
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Put some growth hormones in with the corn and wait until next year.
Garry-
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 02:34 PM
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I hunt for the enjoyment of it. If I have to ask others if I should shoot or not I would have to ask myself why I hunt. Others opinion has no bearing on how much enjoyment I get out of a hunt. I enjoy watching them as much as killing one... I can set on my back porch and see 15 deer an evening...
Good Luck and God Bless you and yours,
bulletbox, TEXAS
Even sheep are smart enough to shade up when it gets over 100....
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 02:36 PM
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Do what makes ya happy as long as it's legal
She should stay home and do more cooking like Babe Winkelmans wife did, and let her husband have some peace and quiet.
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 05:54 PM
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Let walk. He is a 3 or maybe 4 year old. Don't know if he will get larger rack as far as width, highth or number of points but he should get heavier both body and antlers with proper nutrition. The one outside the fence is a 1 1/2 year old. If you have taken similar deer let him go. If you would mount him take him. Sounds to me like it isn't a meat thing. He is a fine animal. If your situation is one that there is a high probability that he will survive to another season let him go. If there is an average possibility that he won't survive take him. This post is right on target, and good sound advice. w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 07:01 PM
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See if he'll come to some corn in your hand and kill him with a pocket knife. That's Texan.
Pete Or just put up a taller fence with a catch pen and load him straight into a livestock trailer. Keith
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 08:06 PM
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Wasting alot of your trapping time looking at deer. LOL jk its impossible for anyone to make that call only you know all the variables at hand.
Last edited by born2trap; 12/14/19 08:06 PM.
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 09:46 PM
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load him on a trailer and i'll ear tag him and let him breed the does here in the holler
John 3/16
ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/14/19 11:51 PM
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Nice young buck Blake, what will he be next year, as long as he isn't a pile of dung.
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." -- Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail
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12/15/19 04:45 AM
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Let them walk ,Just not past me!
Never Confuse Stupid With Crazy
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