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Of passing on small bucks all season long, then shooting one of the same small bucks late in the season? I dont get it! I hear many people say" Well I had a tag to fill and its late season". Let the animal grow! Shoot a doe! IMO.

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:eek:

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This is because people expect to see a bigger buck and in early season they figure they have time. Then when late season comes and they realize they don't have any time, they are upset that they didn't shoot a nuck so they decide to take a little one that they passed on earlier.

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Yer entitled to your opinion, and if that's how you choose to hunt, I say more power to ya.....But QDM "practices" can kiss my royal toosh as far as I'm concerned. If it's legal, I'm shooting it. Period.

And to those that say I'm wrong, I say too darn bad.

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I actually think I'm going to sit this one out......for a change.:D

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Well in some places you cant shoot a doe in the late season, you cna only shoot does dring the specified bow season and a weeked in muzzleloader, and on juvenile hunts. If people want to shoot little ones let them, if they shoot little ones, they are obviously meat hunters. Let them do what they want and dont worry about it.

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Im not talking QDM. Im talking about the people that will come mid season and say they passed this buck and that buck only to shoot one of those same bucks later on.

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I dont have anything against it, but if I set a goal for shooting a big buck, I want to reach my goal and not settle for less. But thats just me;).

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I know.


(Hope ya don't mind Motown)[8D]

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this is very understandable when the people only get one buck tag, maybe they are holding off for a bigger one and then didnt see a bigger one

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If someone wishes to hit from the ladies Tee that is their perogative!:D:DIt takes a man's man to eat your tag!Or a womans woman!
I refuse to take these post's seriously with no offense to the person that started the thread! It is like politics and religion,you have got like zero shot at changing someone's mind in these area's.

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That I understand Matt. What about people that can shoot multiple deer. Where I am from I can shoot up to 8 bucks and unlimited does. I hear it alot from guys in my area. It just makes no sense to me.

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tsoc, Im not trying to change anybodies mind. I am basically bring up a hypocritical statement/ actionI hear often

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I was just having some fun.My "personal opinion" is that if it didn't meet your criteria on the first day or early on than it shouldn't later in the season or on the last day.I believe that if it has survived in to the late part of the season it is all that much more likely that it will be around next year and be that much of a better buck.
There are some that believe their testicles shrink if they go a season without killing a buck!:DAs I said you know your a man when you don't care what Billy Bob thinks if you don't kill a buck!

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Hypocritical statement/action????? What's hypocritical about it? You ever been grocery shopping, eating dinner, whatever, decided you weren't going to buy something and then 10 minutes later change yer mind? Under these definitions, that would also be hypocritical.

I'll tell you what the point is. It's the last day of season, or close to it, and though I may have set my goal early in the season for a "big" buck, time's running short, and to be totally honest, I would rather kill a "small" buck than no buck at all, or deer for that matter.

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I usually dont go grocery shopping or to dinner without intent to buy anything.[8D]

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To much butter for me Davidmil. [:'(]

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And I don't go hunting without intent to SHOOT something.....Does that make me a bad guy, or wrong? No, it certainly does not. Like I said, if you want to set your standards at let's say a 150" buck, and end up eating your tag because you didn't lower your standards, I applaud you. It takes a "special" hunter to do that. Personally, I just don't give a ....you know...And that's the point. Some of us care, and some don't. I fall into the don't category......

OK, I'm out. Ya'll have a good evening. I've said all I have to say. You aren't wrong in your decision, neither am I. Peace out ya'll!

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To each his own, I say.

How someone makes their decisions on which deer to shoot and when to shoot it is their own decision. No one but that person can make that decision.

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To each his own Is the answerI guess. I personally wouldnt shoot a buckI passed earlier just for the sake of shooting a buck. If it wasnt good enough earlier is wont be good enough later.

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I ....'ll just sit this one out too.

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I think it comes down to how many tags you are allowed. I can shoot 4 bucks a year. But some states youonly can kill one. So I can see why they would hold out.

MC

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We can kill multiple bucks in my state. The heaviest buck I ever killed was one that I passed on several times during the season and finally shot on the last day. My butcher said he was the biggest (weight) local deer he had ever butchered. I had been hoping for a bigger rack was the reason I had passed on him, but then decided I wanted his butt in the freezer.

I hunt several places, including my own place. I pass on small bucks at the owners request on his land when I hunt there and usually take several does before the rut.
My own place is only a small parcel of land surrounded by heavily hunted private and public land. The only time I pass on a small buck on my own land is toward the very last of the season.

I measure success by the amount of fun I have while I fill my freezer. All that said, I pass on a lot of bucks during the course of a hunting season but don't mind taking one here and there.

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I think it has to do with pride. The first thing people ask is did you get a deer and if the answer is no most people don't want to here the details of your season if you didn't get one.If you answer yes then you can go into more detail about what your season was. Just my opinion.

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I do not shoot a buck unless it is noticablewider than its ears an aneight point or better. I try to go by that an I have went a year or two with too many trees between me an him.

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Lots of people seem to be that way. Here in PA many guys hold out for a nice one in archey, but will pop the 1st buck by in gun season. I don't even remotely pretend to understand why, but it sure is common.

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It's called hunting. It's not tags or ego or antler size....if you're a hunter, sometimes you just have to hear TWACK.[8D] If it's about horns... it's all about you.

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But why is a deer that's not ok to shoot one day, fine the next?

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Thats my exact point RYBO!

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Why when your shopping, you walk past the Oreo's because you don't want them only in 15 minutes to go back and put them in your cart?? People change their minds, circumstances change, goals change.....And besides, what difference does it make?

I watched a group of does and fawns walk past my stand everymorning and evening for about a week. For 6 days I let them walk by, never even picked up the bow. On day 7........dead meat. The other days, I dunno, maybe I just didn't feel like messing around dressing and skinning a deer....who knows, who cares. Same same.

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SOB you did PM me for the show, damn you WH!! When are you going to admit the Bailey's are family?[8D]

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I think it's OK to shoot the deer any of the days, first to the last day of the season. Sometimes people just don't feel like doing it, right then. They're holding out for bigger or better or heck, maybe even smaller. People are fickle, we do change our minds for no great reason other than we do it.

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To some it's horns. To some it's meat. To some it's meat and horns. To some it's neither, but the thrill of the hunt.

LT

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Cause the royaly chaped your but that particular morning!

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The title of this post was whats the point and I agree completely.Whats the point in worrying about what everyone else is shooting?I goto a lotta hunting sites and posts like this are becoming way to common.It amazes the number of people who have to sit around and question everyone elses hunting methods andkill choices.Who the hell are you hunting to impress?If I decide to kill a deer it isnt supposed to mean anything to you, I shot it for me.If I killed it for the meat, the antlers, its nobody elses businuess.People pay the same price you do for a hunting license, its valid so many days a year and for certain deer.If I chose to eat my bow tag during the 3 month archery season waiting for a big deer and then wack a small one during the late 2 week muzzleloader season what direct affect does it have on you?

For the record I chose to hold out for a good buck most years, but if someone else doesnt Ill still help em drag it out