ORIGINAL: nodog
ORIGINAL: GregH
You lost me. How can I say what? That I've seen 6 bucks 170 and over in 17 seasons? If so, I guess that I may have seen more if the herd wasn't so out of wack. Also, the reason may be that even with the herd so out of wack I spend an enormous amount of time in the field every year. Another thing is that I have gradually started passing up trophy bucks that I normally wouldn't have, in order to hold out for the truely big ones. By doing so I've started seeing even bigger bucks. Not a lot though as they don't grow on trees.
I hope this is what you were talking about, if not, please try again. Sometimes I'm slow.[&o]
Let me try again. In the hunting world there's a lot of talk about the deer herd being so out of wack yet you seem to be doing well. How can that be? I believe it's beacuse you've "paid your dues". I'm using you to debunk the one's complaining. Others can do the same unless your more than a mere mortal.
It's a compliment.
OK, I get it now.
Let me tell you something....... For me it's all about time. Back when I was younger and used to shoot the first buck I saw, I was done hunting. I never saw any big bucks, I thought they were all in special places that I didn't have access to. Well one day I was out and I saw one. I couldn't believe it. I started hunting more and more (time) and I sawe more of them. Pretty soon I was always reading about deer and spending a lot more time in the field trying to study them. Eventually Istarted taking the whole month of November off. In October I can still hunt after work. Over the years I've fine tuned things and know what to look for so that's helped. But basically, deer and deer hunting is a year round thing for me. I have found that the more time I put into it the more success I have. A no brainer. There are a lot of people the can't invest this kind of time, but every little bit helps. There are also people that want big bucks to fall into their lap. Good luck with that!