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RE: What is your idea of a good solid shooter buck?
ORIGINAL: Handles Fillae, if it is all about meat in the freezer then again why shoot a buck? As it has been said "you can't eat the horns". Granted if you are in an area where there are few deer, and herd growth is the main goal, then shooting a buck is the best decision. Your state or area has a 4pt rule, so you follow that. What if there was no restriction on antler size from the government or it was dropped, would you stay with the 4pt per side, or something more or less than that? Does the government control all of your decisions? |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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