Would you lower your buck standard?
07-20-2007 | 06:12 AM
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Would you lower your buck standard?
Would you lower your "standard" or "minimum" requirement for bucks......if you had a shot at a velvet buck?
Not "any" velvet buck.....but I think I would lower my standard a bit to get a "nice" buck in velvet. ("Nice" is relative to region)
Not "any" velvet buck.....but I think I would lower my standard a bit to get a "nice" buck in velvet. ("Nice" is relative to region)
07-20-2007 | 06:15 AM
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RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
Not too sure, i am not a big fan of bucks in velvet, but i would like to shoot one to be able to say i did it. I wouldnt drop my standards too much though, it would still have to be a nice deer to draw back on.
07-20-2007 | 06:23 AM
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RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
No ... I'll stand by my eight point or better rule , let the little one's go so they can grow besides it wouldbe rare to see a buck still in velvet by October in Michigan.
07-20-2007 | 07:08 AM
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RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
If I were to get a shot at a halfway decent buck in velvet I would do it. I have been trying for the last few years. I would see bucks in velvet the weekend before season and then they would be all rubbed off by the time season came around. I would only do it once though
07-20-2007 | 07:09 AM
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RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
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Yes. I also "lowered my standards" last year to shoot my first droptine. I really want one in velvet.
Yes. I also "lowered my standards" last year to shoot my first droptine. I really want one in velvet.
PS.. Jeffgood to be back..Another 6 weeks or so and I'll really be on the road to being back!
07-20-2007 | 07:26 AM
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RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
("Nice" is relative to region)
("Nice" is relative to region)
To answer your question, no. There is too much time in the season to fill my tag early on a buck that I had to lower my standards for. Plus, I'm a big fan of hard horned bucks, velvet doesn't do it for me.