SJ. point taken. I haven't assumed any thing wrong sorry but I didn't becouse I said MOST STATES. So that means there are some that don't. However there are alot who do and I was just wondering wether lady's state did or not. Odds are they do but maybe they don't who knows?

i don't think that the mistake was killing the button bucks if that is what you set out to do i think the mistake is that he missed with six previous shots because he did not tune or practice with his bow or broadheads then he went out and brought mechanicals and instead of practicing to see where they fly he just went out in the field and took luck shots one was so bad that the deer ran 100 yards who knows how many deer he killed and did not find before he got these two

I personally have a problem with shooting button bucks. IMO, at ranges that we (should) shoot at deer with a bow, there is no reason for anyone to "accidentally" shoot a button buck. It should be no different than hunting with a rifle in the respect that you should always identify your target. I have been bowhunting for 17 years, and have never accidentally shot a button buck or immature doe. If you know how to identify your game then there is no reason you should shoot an immature deer. In that 17 years, I have killed less deer probably than most have, but it is because I am selective with the animals I shoot. In fact, until this year, I had not killed a deer while bowhunting since 1999. It's not because I haven't had the opportunity, it's just because I choose to be selective with the animals that I shoot.

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Because a deer piles up dead after running 100 yards, that automatically makes it a bad shot? Since when?

I've had deer take razor sharp three blade heads through both lungs and go further than that. Truth be told, I had a large doe opening weekend of this year go 350 yards (confirmed with a GPS) after just such a shot (see below pic).


I'm not trying to pick on you, and I remember you saying that you've only been hunting for four years. But, a very well shot deer is sometimes capable of going a lot further than 100 yards before piling up.

And yes, I completely agree about the tuning issue, but this thread sort of evolved into a button buck thing, so that's what I commented on.

JRW

Edited by - jrw on 11/11/2002 21:19:55

Edited by - jrw on 11/11/2002 21:26:56

The shot I took on my buck this weekend was so bad he went over 400 yds and took over 10 hours to expire. Wonder where that puts me in the scheme of things.

Grim Reaper - &quot;I in no way find killing a fawn fun,hard,challenging&quot;

You may not, but for a beginning bowhunter, it is. It was a challenge for me to get close enough to ANY deer when I started bowhunting. Lets try using positive encouragement like JRW to get our point across, maybe now with two bowkills under his belt, he WILL be more selective, but he has a better chance if he is encouraged, not because people rag on him.

congrats on the deer.

now i like most people here would ? the pratie with the BH that mied 6 time. but pratic\tunning will take care of that.

now with the BB what is the big deal?
i for one have killed bb and young spikes and does + big bucks for Fl.
i am not a tropie hunter and actuly think tropies are for football not hunting. i am a meat hunter and i do a lot of hunting just for population controal.
i will kill any leagle deer i dicide to and can ethicaly. wheathe it be a doe BB or buck. i dont care a deer is a deer. and any leagle deer is fare game.
L. O. D. Charter member and L.O.S.

Ok I admit i was wrong about the distance a deer travels before it expires i have only taken a few deer with the bow but most were taken with a gun and none have run that far i didn't realize that they could travel 200 to 400 yards after a lung shot i know this turned into a button buck issue but it should be a ethics issue because you should not go into the field before you are sure where your arrow or bullet will travel i spend at least three times more hours practicing than i do hunting

NO! Actually it should be a congrats on your first bow kill thread!

<---Doug---<<<

You know what if your dad had the right tags then more power to him, and congrats to him, more meat in the freezer! I shot a button buck one year, we had doe tags and didn't know it was a buck until we went to gut it, the horns were little nub not more than an eigth of an inch, which was legal! Washington state game rules say the horn lenght for a point must be greater than an inch. SOME OF YOU ON THIS BOARD NEED TO GET RID OF YOU ATTITUDES THINKING YOU ARE BETTER THAN EVERY ONE ELSE!!!! YOUR WHY SOME PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THIS BOARD!!!!! Sorry mods just ticks me off when people post insults!


Edited by - robb92 on 11/11/2002 23:35:11