Originally Posted by
bronko22000
Well BP - when you do get out - I wish you luck the way you want it. (I say that because if you're like me you think about hunting all year long and then - boom- first hour out you fill your tag. you're happy until you realize that you're done! I'd rather go out and be able to enjoy nature for a few days watching the deer and other animals move about before I fill my tag.)
Agreed bronco.
Im lucky to have 2 buck and 3 doe tags. One buck and one doe tag is for MLer Season or Bow Season. Many years I pass on nice bucks during bow season just to save my tag for MLer season. If I dont get a shot at a decent Mler buck I'll take a smaller one and wont regret taking one of the bigger ones I saw during archery season. Then I also have my buck tag for rifle season, if it goes unfilled with a nice buck I can also use it for late Mler season. So I have many options to find the right buck I want or even take a smaller one and hold out the rest of the season for a Big One.
I also have had opening days of bow season and rifle season where I saw a good buck but passed because in no way was I going to shoot a nice buck when I have all season ahead of me and you never know what you'll see. I'd rather pass on a good buck on opening day and hunt all season and not get one then to shoot one opening day and not be able to search out that Great Buck for the rest of the season.
Now all this changes if on opening day I see a 150-170 class buck
I have more fun Hunting than Harvesting.
(BP)