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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693178
12/14/19 12:31 PM
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Choot em' billy Ray!!! Chooootem!

No seriously Id go Bang!


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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693202
12/14/19 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bulletbox
Shoot or let walk one more year at least... He has a broke eye guard... I'm really not sure of the age... but I think 3.5 to 4

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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693207
12/14/19 01:10 PM
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Bigfoot said:



to me deer hunting is not a competitive sport .


Great post.


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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693212
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?

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693236
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"
Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693247
12/14/19 01:49 PM
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Is it legal? yes. shoot.

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693252
12/14/19 01:56 PM
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Put some growth hormones in with the corn and wait until next year.

Garry-


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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693269
12/14/19 02:21 PM
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i already shot him,snooze ya lose. laugh









Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: Yes sir] #6693276
12/14/19 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Yes sir
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....
Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693280
12/14/19 02:36 PM
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Do what makes ya happy as long as it's legal


Originally Posted By: Hupurest
She should stay home and do more cooking like Babe Winkelmans wife did, and let her husband have some peace and quiet.
Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693287
12/14/19 02:42 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

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693433
12/14/19 05:44 PM
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Killing for the size of the rack? Or are you killing to fill the freezer?
There is only one answer!

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693444
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I would shoot that buck and the doe. But here they would be cruising an oak ridge eating acorns smile

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: turkn8rtrapper] #6693447
12/14/19 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by turkn8rtrapper
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.

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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: swift4me] #6693527
12/14/19 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by swift4me
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. smile

Keith

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693602
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.

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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693709
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


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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693809
12/14/19 10:57 PM
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If you need a 135 for the wall shoot it. If you want a chance at him next year when he is 150, or after two years when he is over 160, hold off.
It looks to me like you have pinpointed his fall feeding pattern...

Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693884
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Nice young buck Blake, what will he be next year, as long as he isn't a pile of dung.


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Re: Shoot or let walk... Whitetail [Re: bulletbox] #6693993
12/15/19 04:45 AM
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Let them walk ,Just not past me!


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