Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921529
07/06/20 11:39 AM
07/06/20 11:39 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 6,411 east central WI
k snow
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east central WI
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watching some deer hunting on tv when i hunt i take the first legal deer i see i want to fill the freezer on tv they pass many deer to get a better score witch fine just wondering how many do this I hunt like you, to put meat in the freezer. Antler worship has killed hunting.
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921533
07/06/20 11:42 AM
07/06/20 11:42 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,276 Lakeland,Minnesota
Bogmaster
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The times I have passed on a shot,were when I wanted to extend my hunt. One was 20 minutes into opening day-I just didn't want my hunt to end so soon. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921534
07/06/20 11:43 AM
07/06/20 11:43 AM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 270 West Virginia
WV Danimal
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West Virginia
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All a matter of opinion and I'm not really sure any are right or wrong. As I've aged, I am much more picky than my first 30 years of hunting. I am not a meat hunter, eat plenty of it but don't need it to survive. I have come to realize that I like the larger antlers as opposed to just punching a tag. As I tell my friends who shoot anything that walks by, ' this years spike is next years 8pt". Yet they tell me I'm hogging up all the trophy bucks when I pas 8 or 10 small ones just to shoot one nice one. Just don't be that type of hunter who shoots the first small spike or forky, then sit around and complain about never killing a big buck.
Trash your goals and plans for life. Just wing it and you'll never be let down!
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921549
07/06/20 11:56 AM
07/06/20 11:56 AM
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,596 Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
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Green County Wisconsin
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I pass on spots and those that recently had spots.
if you say well that is deer worth butchering , on land we have permission to hunt on , and a safe shot , you should grab you knife I already pulled the trigger.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921625
07/06/20 12:55 PM
07/06/20 12:55 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 8,773 East of the Mason-Dixon Line
DelawareRob
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Posts: 8,773
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If you have a tag for it and you want to shoot then shoot it. If you want to let it walk, let it walk.
Too much infighting among hunters these days. If you enjoy waiting for a big buck, live your dream. If you want that button buck that steps out first, go for it.
They say the young ones are tastier anyway.
My motto is, as long as you aren’t breaking any game laws, do what you want and enjoy your hunt. But please, don’t put any other hunter down for his choices in what he or she wants to kill or with what weapon they choose.
I apologize for the short rant.
Here is a little one I killed last season, he had an injury where I think someone missed high on him and sliced his back strap just above the spin. How it healed and he was walking around I’m not sure...
Who is John Galt?
You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training.
Semper Paratus
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921634
07/06/20 01:00 PM
07/06/20 01:00 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 16,377 Iowa
~ADC~
The Count
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The Count
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It depends on who I'm hunting with and how I'm hunting. If I were bow hunting alone I'll shoot the first thing I can if I can't see another bigger deer coming in at the time because it is so boring and I hate setting out there waiting. If I'm group hunting, pushing deer and having fun, I'll shoot one for the freezer based upon if its close to where we can drive to pack it out fast and easy, if its in a tough spot it gets a pass, only shoot big bucks in tough to access areas. Frankly, finding deer for the freezer is easy around here, I prefer a small buck so I have less trimming to do to get it ready for processing into jerky, summer sausage, deer stick, etc... I only save the back straps for eating as steak bites.
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921642
07/06/20 01:08 PM
07/06/20 01:08 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 270 West Virginia
WV Danimal
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Regulations play a big part in it too depending on where you are. Since we have the early doe rifle season, between the wife and kids slaying the slick heads, my freezers are full before buck season gets here so I would have absolutely no reason for shooting a small buck.
Trash your goals and plans for life. Just wing it and you'll never be let down!
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921653
07/06/20 01:15 PM
07/06/20 01:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,912 Central, SD
Law Dog
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If the deer are plentiful and I have the time I pass on a lot of deer I prefer to shoot lone does without fawns or the bigger buck, near the end of season I’ll take a deer in decline to cull it out.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921671
07/06/20 01:31 PM
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Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 302 Wyoming
Hobbs
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I personally want to shoot mature deer. I would rather give the younger deer a chance to grow and get bigger. If I wanted to only fill the freezer I could shoot a spike or a doe (both legal in many areas of Wyoming) in the first few minutes of hunting, and it would decrease the deer population further, as it stands many the younger healthier deer stand better chances of making it through a tough winter and we always lose some older deer of the winter. I don't chase inches of bone but I do want to shoot older deer.
It's a trappers life for me
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921674
07/06/20 01:33 PM
07/06/20 01:33 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 12,381 South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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Its always puzzled me why those that say they are only meat hunting will shoot a young antlered buck instead of a doe when both are standing there. But, its not about those antlers...right?
Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything!
Resource Protection Service
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Re: deer
[Re: mushfoot]
#6921696
07/06/20 01:57 PM
07/06/20 01:57 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,360 W NY
Turtledale
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W NY
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No swamp wolf I'd shoot the doe. I fill my tags as they come along. Have shot many "trophy" deer and many deer of every size shape and description. I hunt shotgun, rifle, bow and crossbow fill my freezer for my family and have a great time doing it. Racks are in the barn on the walls for me to see and reminisce about. Not on Facebook or any other social media. For me it's about feeding my family and doing what comes naturally to me outdoors and I love it. Let Everyone chose themselves what path they wish to take. There is no right or wrong as long as it's legal.
Last edited by Turtledale; 07/06/20 01:58 PM.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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