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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
If someone lets a 130 class buck go around here, they'll do their dangest to get him committed to the nearest whacko asylum...
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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
130 is defintely shooter in my book. The way this season is going I'll take something smaller as long as he's legal
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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
This is my second year of passing on 130 class bucks. I started holding out for 140 and better, last year. Got a 147 gross/143 net. It's not so hard to do if you've already got 1/2 a dozen 130s. My hunting areas allow for this. It took me years to find spots like this. You have to hunt where they live. This goal is my own personal thing that makes me happy. If it's not for you, don't try it. The bottom line is that you won't achieve your goal if you settle for something less. Make sure you know what lives in your area so you can set a realistic goal.
BTW, I've shot deer that I let go in the past. 25 to 30 inches in one year is about right for where I hunt. Also, most of the mature deer that I've taken, have been from tracts of 5 to 40 acres. |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
hell any buck in wi. if you dont shoot it someone else will.
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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
Yep he's down alright
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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
Personally... Here in Mass... I shoot every buck I see.... Spike, Fork, whatever... Sometimes you can go the whole season here w/ out seeing a buck!
I usually shoot the first doe or 2 I see as well... |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
ORIGINAL: Wave not sure I know exactly what 130 looks like but I'd love toget an arrow inan older buck with a rack like the one ostdc's got there nice Classic white tail he's very symetrical.  |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
ORIGINAL: Western MA Hunter Personally... Here in Mass... I shoot every buck I see.... Spike, Fork, whatever... Sometimes you can go the whole season here w/ out seeing a buck! |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I would let a deer like that go only because i live in iowa and our deer get 140 150 easily and we see a lot of deer. If that deer is a hog for your area then shot him.
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ORIGINAL: ostdc How many of you guys that promote the let'em go theory have under your protective thumb the 10 square miles that that 130 class buck is going to run during the rut? If you aren't the local land baron, how can you expect that buck to be there next year. I have one gaurantee....If I pass that 130 class buck this fall, I will see him next year.......on my neighbors wall! Brian It is this post, and the numerous follow up posts, that contain all of the ignorance and short sightednessnecessary toresult in the requirement of legislative mandated antler restrictions. Too simple and naive to do it on our own so we have to be forced to do it to protect the very game we so love to hunt. How very sad.[:o]:(  |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
ORIGINAL: Jumpum and Dumpum If that deer is a hog for your area then shot him. I've got a couple good sized bucks on my game cameras, so I know whats up where I hunt. Sure, there are more deer up there that I don't have pictures of, but I'll have something to compare them to if I decide to take a shot! |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
Hunting for mature bucks is not for everyone and for those that are truely happy with any deer then more power to you by all means shoot what makes you happy.
On the other hand, it doesnt take mass amounts of acreage or big dollars to let bucks walk. That is nonsense. I have been hunting public land for 20 + years for whitetails and pass up the babies and young bucks annually while killing mature bucks year after year. If you want to consisitently get onto mature bucks, get off your rear and get out there and put the time in finding an older buck, all it takes is one...you'llnever learn anything about a mature buck if all you ever hunt is young ones. They are completey different in behavior, they should be classified as a seperate species as far as I am concerned. Once you find one or two mature ones then you can pass all the others.... I know a handful of bowhunters across the nation that do it year in and year out on public lands, not private, not big money spots.... They all have one thing in common... they out work every one else in their areas and the bucks on their walls prove it. Anyone that consistently shoots the better bucks in their neck of the woods, especially pressured areas...are in my mind the guys I would be talking to for advice. |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
ORIGINAL: shed33 Hunting for mature bucks is not for everyone and for those that are truely happy with any deer then more power to you by all means shoot what makes you happy. On the other hand, it doesnt take mass amounts of acreage or big dollars to let bucks walk. That is nonsense. I have been hunting public land for 20 + years for whitetails and pass up the babies and young bucks annually while killing mature bucks year after year. If you want to consisitently get onto mature bucks, get off your rear and get out there and put the time in finding an older buck, all it takes is one...you'llnever learn anything about a mature buck if all you ever hunt is young ones. They are completey different in behavior, they should be classified as a seperate species as far as I am concerned. Once you find one or two mature ones then you can pass all the others.... I know a handful of bowhunters across the nation that do it year in and year out on public lands, not private, not big money spots.... They all have one thing in common... they out work every one else in their areas and the bucks on their walls prove it. Anyone that consistently shoots the better bucks in their neck of the woods, especially pressured areas...are in my mind the guys I would be talking to for advice. |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
Ill let the little guys go, until the end of season approaches. If there are a few days left, and i have a tag left, That little guy is becoming steak.
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I have yet to see 130 inch deer while hunting. I've seen them driving in other states, etc... I would shoot it, especially with a bow.
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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
See, some here are getting my point without any further information. Did you look at the pic I posted of the largest buck I ever shot?
For the rest of you, I do have pretty good area to hunt. I hunt in Northeren Wisconsin, and between the land that I own, family land, and fallow farm land, we hunt about 3 sections....1800 acres. Wow! That's great! Right! Well for the last 6 years I am the only one that shoots does. I am the only one that plants and maintains food plots. I am the only one that has set aside a large portion of my land as a sanctuary. I am the only one that select cuts the large timber areas of my property to open up the canopy to encourage natural brouse. And I am the only one that will let a fork horn walk. Seems like a lot of work and money for one small 14" 8 point in the last 6 years, don't you think? So, yes, I'm going to put an arrow or a bullet through the first 130" buck that walks into range. Brian |
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I got no problem shooting a 130 class buck. ever
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RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
every post here mentioned antler size but only a few mentioned geography....anyone else see a problem??
take whatever you are happy to harvest. |
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