is the season a bust if you don't kill a buck?
10-27-2005, 06:24 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: turners falls mass USA
Posts: 319
RE: is the season a bust if you don't kill a buck?
if you see as many deer as you say how can that be a bust????(you saw 73 deer this year)i havent seen that many deer in my lifetime of hunting.15 yrs.so call yourself lucky.
10-28-2005, 05:22 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Flushing Michigan
Posts: 2,355
RE: is the season a bust if you don't kill a buck?
If you hunted where I hunt (Genessee County in Michigan) you'd be thrilled to see that many deer. I don't care if they are bucks or does. I've been out 10 times now and seen one doe and two fawns. Same thing last year during bow season. You don't know how lucky you are to see that many deer in one season. When you go all season and only see 3 or 4 deer you have to take your shot when you get it and be thankful. It's tough hunting, but every time I see a deer I get that buck fever feeling even if it's a doe 100 yards away. Count your blessings and shoot some does. If you won't, I'd be happy to come to your camp and get my first bow kill.
10-28-2005, 07:27 AM
#19
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Hagerstown, MD
Posts: 689
RE: is the season a bust if you don't kill a buck?
Where I live its kinda hard not to kill a buck unless you are passing up a lot of them. I have seen 3 times as many bucks this season as does. With that said my goal this year to kill a wall hanger and I have passed up a lot of small bucks and if the season ends and I dont have a buck it will be because I was holding out for the big boy and I can' be dissapointed in that. Its harder to stick to your guns and be patient than it is to whack a little 1.5 year old deer. But to echo what every one else said, being able to get out in the woods and see deer,maybe take a couple ofdoe, havea blood pumping close call with a couple big ones.....what else can you ask for, it doesnt get any better than that. Buck or no buck my season would still be a success.
