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)

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.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

No I wouldn't, they generally look much bigger when in velvet anyway. I have no desire to shoot one in Velvet. [:'(]

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.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Hey GR8:

(nice to have you back, BTW);)

They look EXACTLY like they're gonna taxi....in velvet!:)

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Yes. I also "lowered my standards" last year to shoot my first droptine. I really want one in velvet.

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

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Yeah we all probably have characteristics that turn us on (so to speak) I'd bust a drop-tine myself!

PS.. Jeffgood to be back..Another 6 weeks or so and I'll really be on the road to being back!

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

I wouldn't lower my standards. Velvet bucks don't do anything for me. Give me a drop tine then I might.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Come on Jeff, can't we debate that again?[8D]

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.