Let him go? Gimme a break!
#43
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.
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.
#46
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...
I usually shoot the first doe or 2 I see as well...
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 3,903
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.
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.
#48
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NH
Posts: 854
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!
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!
#50
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: QDM Heaven
Posts: 847
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
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
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.[]