Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
01-05-2006 | 12:05 PM
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RE: Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
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I don't regret it per say, but i would take him in the late season. The main reason I passed was it was very early in the season. If I'd have taken him i'd have been done. Although I i didn't (yet season endsJan 31st) score I had many great days afield after seeing him. If I took him I'd have missed out on those.
I don't regret it per say, but i would take him in the late season. The main reason I passed was it was very early in the season. If I'd have taken him i'd have been done. Although I i didn't (yet season endsJan 31st) score I had many great days afield after seeing him. If I took him I'd have missed out on those.
I don't have any regrets on passing on the small ones early one, I am on the other side of most who have posted. By passing on the small ones I got a nice 8 point about 2 months into the season.
Mark
01-05-2006 | 02:32 PM
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RE: Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
Tag sandwich, for me.
I DID have regrets....having passed on a couple of nice (nice for around here) 6's early on. Now....I'm content with my NC season. I'm heading out of state for 1-1/2 days of hunting, though, tomorrow. If anything other than a button or spike gets in range (My restriction)......I have permission to send one down range.
Come to think of it.......I saw a spike this year with 18" and 17" tines, respectively. If I see that....
Jeff
I DID have regrets....having passed on a couple of nice (nice for around here) 6's early on. Now....I'm content with my NC season. I'm heading out of state for 1-1/2 days of hunting, though, tomorrow. If anything other than a button or spike gets in range (My restriction)......I have permission to send one down range.
Come to think of it.......I saw a spike this year with 18" and 17" tines, respectively. If I see that....
Jeff
01-05-2006 | 04:26 PM
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RE: Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
my biggest regret this year was not taking my bow along when i moved one of my stands. I was 15 ft. up a tree and just finished locking my treestand in, when the biggest buck I've seen this year, walked 5 feet infront of my tree and possed for me broadside. He stood there for about 10 min. just grazing away. Anywho, never saw that buck again, I think someone stuck him on the other side of the river.
01-05-2006 | 05:16 PM
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RE: Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
i passed on a buck that had one antler...he was a big bodied 3pt....i figured he got hurt during velvet so i let him walk in hopes of gettin' both antlers next year...plus i was huntin' my sister's stand so thought she could possibly get a shot off at him...he was broad side at 6-7yds....now that my season is over i'm wishin' i would have taken him cause i only got one doe this year and really needed the meat.
01-05-2006 | 05:18 PM
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RE: Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
Can you get more than 1 buck?? If so maybe you should have taken the old spike. If not, at least you had the opportunity to get out and hunt, some people arent so fortunate. Next year you will probably have a lot more insight if the same situation occurs.
01-05-2006 | 09:48 PM
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RE: Do you regret passing on that deer?? I DO
How can you be so sure that it wasn't a very healthy young spike and how can you tell what he'll turn out to be? Spikes can grow up to be monsters as easy as any other deer. I personally have never seen a mature spike buck although I'm sure somewhere at some time there has been one...but they are probably as rare as 200 inch 2-year olds.