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Shooter? Doesn't matter now... #7380349
10/16/21 10:24 AM
10/16/21 10:24 AM
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Finger Lakes region, NY
Fireplug Offline OP
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Got this guy on my hunting property. Problem is, my 12 year old son gets to hunt this year, and has to be with me at all times. Do I take / not take the boy to this guy's area as it may possibly ruin my son forever? I hunt for meat, but won't hesitate to take a big buck if he pops up.

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Last edited by Fireplug; 11/23/21 08:00 PM.
Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380352
10/16/21 10:32 AM
10/16/21 10:32 AM
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Oakland, MS
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That would be quite a first deer!


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Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380354
10/16/21 10:33 AM
10/16/21 10:33 AM
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Shoot em!

Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380355
10/16/21 10:40 AM
10/16/21 10:40 AM
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I don’t know if I wouldn’t.


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Re: Shooter? [Re: yotetrapper30] #7380356
10/16/21 10:40 AM
10/16/21 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by yotetrapper30
That would be quite a first deer!

He would never top it. But let him go for it. smile

Re: Shooter? [Re: AJE] #7380362
10/16/21 11:00 AM
10/16/21 11:00 AM
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Oakland, MS
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Originally Posted by AJE
Originally Posted by yotetrapper30
That would be quite a first deer!

He would never top it. But let him go for it. smile


I agree, let him shoot it. And be sure to post pics here once he does.


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Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380367
10/16/21 11:09 AM
10/16/21 11:09 AM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
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That isnt a problem. Put the kid on that deer!


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Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380378
10/16/21 11:33 AM
10/16/21 11:33 AM
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Let him shoot it...

Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380386
10/16/21 11:41 AM
10/16/21 11:41 AM
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heck yeah


"You reap what you sow"
Im 15 and still the best trapper in glenwhite
Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380390
10/16/21 11:45 AM
10/16/21 11:45 AM
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Let him at it would be my approach. He might never top it, but I doubt he'll stop hunting because he shot it.

Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380399
10/16/21 12:10 PM
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Let him. If he gets it, you'll both have smiles forever

Re: Shooter? [Re: hippie] #7380402
10/16/21 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by hippie
Let him at it would be my approach. He might never top it, but I doubt he'll stop hunting because he shot it.


This above! The largest deer I ever shot (body size & rack) was my first buck (1973) at 15 years old. That never slowed my enthusiasm for deer hunting, in fact it probably stoked it! Let him have a shot at it.

Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380455
10/16/21 02:30 PM
10/16/21 02:30 PM
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Fingerlakes New York
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I’m not far from you, there’s more big bucks around. He’ll top it someday, let him at it!


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Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380467
10/16/21 02:55 PM
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Let your kid pick the spots he wants to go and go with him to those spots. Personally the kids I see that get and stay into hunting are allowed to succeed or fail on their own.

Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380472
10/16/21 03:12 PM
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Make sure he understands that it could well be a "Once in a Lifetime" Deer, and he may never top it, but he has many years of good hunting to come.


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Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380496
10/16/21 03:47 PM
10/16/21 03:47 PM
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We learned our lesson last year. I decided to let the boys hunt a big buck we had on camera. The neighbor several miles away got him. We decided after that "we" all hunt a buck if it's really big.

Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380530
10/16/21 04:48 PM
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Let him wack him a great way to get a young man excited about hunting .


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Re: Shooter? [Re: Fireplug] #7380532
10/16/21 04:51 PM
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Judging by how his rack has gone down he is smart and you probly won't see him in the daylight. Better let anyone that sees him shoot it.

Re: Shooter? [Re: Yes sir] #7380533
10/16/21 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Yes sir
We learned our lesson last year. I decided to let the boys hunt a big buck we had on camera. The neighbor several miles away got him. We decided after that "we" all hunt a buck if it's really big.


You the one had the giant beside the feeder and wondered if you should put up a blind?

Re: Shooter? [Re: jbyrd63] #7380554
10/16/21 05:28 PM
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Marion Kansas
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Originally Posted by jbyrd63
Originally Posted by Yes sir
We learned our lesson last year. I decided to let the boys hunt a big buck we had on camera. The neighbor several miles away got him. We decided after that "we" all hunt a buck if it's really big.


You the one had the giant beside the feeder and wondered if you should put up a blind?

Yes but we already had a blind in there. I thought the deer might b 160 until after shooting mine then got more and better pics and realized it was closer to 180 [Linked Image]

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