How many bucks do you pass on?
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Starlight, Indiana
Posts: 547
How many bucks do you pass on?
I have passed on 7 small, not tiny, but average bucks last year. I ate bucktag sandwhich last year also. Already this year I have passed on 9. I keep telling myself that I will be rewarded someday. The sooner the better. I saw a real brute on Mon, but he stayed about 60 yards out. I know if I put my time in it will come. So I am asking how many bucks you pass on. I always catch myself saying he needs another year or two.
#2
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
Posts: 1,710
RE: How many bucks do you pass on?
I have bucks all over where I am at, literally about a 9 or 10:1 ratio, but I don't pass on any. I only get one buck a year, and if it is in range, whether it is a spike, fork, 8 or that monster 10 we have roaming around out there, I will shoot it. Same goes for a doe. I ain't passin' up any deer within range unless I can see a larger one coming in behind it.
Wall decorations are nice, and there is the thrill of the chase, but I am not out there to hunt trophies, I'm out there to fill my freezer. Headgear is just an added bonus.
Wall decorations are nice, and there is the thrill of the chase, but I am not out there to hunt trophies, I'm out there to fill my freezer. Headgear is just an added bonus.
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: The top of The Wild and Wonderful West Virginia
Posts: 2,625
RE: How many bucks do you pass on?
So far this year it's been 10 bucks that have been given a free pass. I hunt for horns with my bow and the first week of rifle. I can fill the freezer at the ned of the season with does.
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NH
Posts: 854
RE: How many bucks do you pass on?
Normally none with the bow. This year I did let a spike walk, just because the light was fading, and I was catching a flight the following morning. When I got back from my trip, that spike showed up again and I took him.
#8
RE: How many bucks do you pass on?
It would seem not that many.....but I don't usually see a lot of bucks until the rut.
I passed on a small racked (and small DEER) 8-pointer earlier in the year....and a cowhorn the day I shot the 7-pointer. That's it.
I've seen 96 deer, this year......and had 58 in bow range.
jeff
I passed on a small racked (and small DEER) 8-pointer earlier in the year....and a cowhorn the day I shot the 7-pointer. That's it.
I've seen 96 deer, this year......and had 58 in bow range.
jeff
#9
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Posts: 1,149
RE: How many bucks do you pass on?
I won't pass on a nice buck unless I have to, because I'mfairly new to hunting. I won't shoot a spike or a fawn, though.That's my limitations. I don't pass on nice does either, but this muzzleloader season I'm gonna hold out for the buck, because I've already got a fat doe for the freezer. I had to pass on a sweet looking eight point while bowhunting a while ago because I only had a doe tag. He passed by at ten yards. It somehow makes you feel more like a hunter when that happens, though. Don't ask me why, but I didn't care all that much.