RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

What I think I would be happy and proud of. Regardless of size. But I think I would let anything under 2 years walk. Depends on how exited I am;)You know how that goes.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

Atlasman, I guess you don't get the point, and perhaps you never will. I was stating what are percieved problems in my area. Perhaps land owners in other parts of the country would have the same feelings. Why should they care if a small buck is taken? I don't know, but I'm relaying to fellow huntersthat for some reasonSOME DO CARE. TheyDO see the difference between a dead small buck and a dead large buck and a dead doe, Don't you?. In my area many landowners want the young bucks to walk, and bowhunters with your attitude are finding themselves not welcome anymore. By relaying this info perhaps a few bowhunters will rethink what they are shooting and continue to hunt the property, or at the very least ask if the land owners have any restrictions etc. rather than just shooting whatever they want because the law says they can.
Your "Why" replies are pretty tired. By your argument as long as the government says it's ok to do, then you will do it. No thinking on your part, just as long as its legal.
Our government says it's ok to have an abortion.I guess you are ok with that?

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

Well said Gutshot! I hate it when people try to pigeon hole hunters into a category...... "Meat hunter"----"Trophy Hunter" The fact is we are all hunters and we allkill animals that we are proud of.

Why is it that certain people continue to push the QDM way of life on other hunters? Why? Why do you care what anyone shoots? How does it effect you?? Why is a 6 point unacceptableand less than a 4.5 year old buck, but a doe is acceptable?

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

I might let a spike or forky pass only because I've found more than once that a bigger buck would be shortly behind them.

Other than that, if it's got three points on a side I'm taking my first good shot opportunity.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

Where I live, farmers would rather the deer didn't get much bigger than fawns. The big does and older bucks know what's good to eat and how to mow it down to nothing in no time. They're also harder to shoot.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

With the bow, any bone on the head is a target.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

Answering for myself, 135" +++ is a shooter if we are talking about what size rack I wouldLIKE to get.If we are talking about what size buck I would like to eat and use my buck bow tag on, a 1.5 year old with crappy antler genetics would be my choice.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

Within bow range[:@]

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

I am allowed one buck & at leastone doe, so this is the way I look at it.
Any mature buck with 4-points or more on one side.
Any mature doe without a fawn at her side.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

One that makes you weak in the knees and mutter to yourself!

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

I have no problem with shooting does. I actually shoot the first legal deer that walks by to get meat in the freezer. If it's an immature buck, so be it. Like I said, it's about the meat. Since we have a 4pt rule in my county, I have had to pass on immature bucks. If I were a landowner and had the ability to manage the herd, I might hunt for antlers instead. As it is, I hunt on a lease with a number of other guys. You pass on a legal buck, then next guy won't. Not everyone is a trophy hunter.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

Any thick bodied deer that will put lots of meat in the freezer. Points dont matter.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

For me I am willing to wait for a buck that is at least 3.5 yrs old but that is only because I have already killed a couple 2.5 yr olds, but I won't force or hold anyone to my standards because a trophy deer is in the eyes of the beholder.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

My first deer of the year has to have a heartbeat, and be within range. The lighter hte better...less of a drag. I liek to put meat in the freezer right off the bat. In PA, I shoot the first legal buck I see. In WV, i shoot the first deer I see, then wait out for a 3.5 year old...125+. Meat first, then antlers.

RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
 

a mature buck(to me 3.5 or more)...late in the season i will take any mature deer with my either sex bow tag. I will be honest it would take an absolute brute for me to lower the boom on befor november, i enjoy hunting too much. score? sure i think about it but i will take a 130" 3.5 year old and always pass a 140" deer if i think it is 2.5 years old. but please, to each his own.