Originally Posted by
BarnesX.308
The buck in that pic or a huge bear would be a shoot now and figure it out later proposition for me.
Flags: I know you're looking at that buck as an eater...and so am I, but that thing would make an amazing shoulder mount. On a caribou form.
And the antlers are bigger than they look. Like a Canadian buck, the rack looks small on a huge deer.
Agreed. It is a really good buck. But even it it had a busted rack or a set of spikes, I'm shooting because with that body he represents an awful lot of protein on the hoof. I've got all the racks I need collecting dust. To me antlers merely stir the stew and it is the stew I'm after now. I wasn't always this way, when I was younger I was after the big buck but with over 100 deer already to my credit, I've changed my viewpoint.