the sense of accomplishment just can' t be that great when there is one that looks just like him behind every other tree.
You' d turn down a chance to hunt Alberta' s bow only zone then, wouldn' t you ?
I am a meat hunter first so I shoot first and count points later
You would not have a good time on this place then as its trophy managed first and foremost.
I never said the deer weren' t great.......I just wouldn' t get the same thrill out of killing one of them that had a dozen twin brothers eating the same clover.
Yes, you' d get the same thrill and then someknowing it took you 4-8 years or more to draw a permit to hunt the place then trying to figure out the patterns on these bucks that live in places that resemble 4-7 year old clearcuts and then passing on marginal 120" -140" deer waiting and waiting and waiting for those smart 150" + bucks to come through. Very tough to do. As tough as hunting non-managed lands ? Of course not, but then there might not even be deer this calss in other parts of public land in my state. You cannot kill big deer if there are none to be hunted. This place provides a very special, trophy managed area that for a small tag fee you can draw a lucky tag that Bill Jerdon would be envious to have.
Sorry I just don' t believe that. You mean to tell me that all these bucks are there for the taking on thousands of acres of public land and no one hunts there but select tag holders.......and bow only?? Where is this place?.......dreamland?
Calling me a liar won' t change the fact that its there. Maybe your state doesn' t do it ... mine does. I did not find the field this picture was taken in - because the pictures are a year old and those food plots are not there now. If you' re a whitetail hunter, you know 2 days before the opening of season that bucks change their habits and you never see then enter those summer routines again until , well, next summer !
The Alberta Edmonton bow only zone ... is it not what I described above ? Bowhunting only, trophy managed, limited tags to non-residents (controlled tags to an extent) .... this is very much what my state has done.
I took a fellow to my " honey hole" elk spot a few years back. The next year he went in, with a few buddies, and the next year my " honey hole" had several tents and a dozen hunters in it from 3 different states. I learned my lesson there. That buck in the one picture .... he' s got a world class rack. I mean in the 200' s world class with a typical frame like that. 230" sheds are also world class, they would have been my states record or close to it, especially with archery. I love looking at pictures, especially of big bucks. I' m going to go ahead and delete these in case inquiring minds find where these were taken and post it for the world to see. I' ll leave the first one though, it reveals nothing to my knowledge.
I don' t mind you thinking I am lying. Better you do to keep this place as secret as I can and hopefully draw a tag every few years. Sorry your state has no bowhunting only, trophy managed areas. My hunts to KS have been the best ever - watching 125" -175" whitetails in full rut, chasing does, scraping, fighting etc. You dont see that where I normally hunt.