It's not.

1. Lack of time is the #1killer for me. Just don't get enough time to hunt with harvest.

2. Once I can get more time to hunt... the deer havebeen through2 months of Waterfoul hunters running all over them.The general deer season is over. Driving deer is still the main method for rifle hunting by most. The mature bucks are on top of their game by then and rut is over so seeing a big buck get stupid isn't going to happen.

I still love it though and can't fill a tag with a little buck just to fill it.

Tim

Not very!

Up here not very easy with few deer in this area and lots of woods it is a challenge.. I do have my eye on one prolly a 6.5 year old with a large body and a large rack to go with it. The large racks are not that common up here, but, the deer dress wieghts are heavey..

I don't think consistently killing mature bucks is ever easy.Personally I will say that if you place a skilled hunter in a region of the country where mature bucks exist in decent numbers,and there is plenty of access to huntable land,there should be no reason why they don't consistently kill mature bucks.This is provided that they are putting in sufficient time scouting and hunting.

Like others have already said. If you have a good mature buck population then it's easier than you might think. Same thing goes for mature does. I see mature does all the time and have taken my share of them but in the deer woods I hunt, the buck to doe ratio is probably 1 buck for every 10 does. It really depends on where you hunt as to how good your chances are.

It's all about location/hunting pressure.You can't kill a mature buck consistantly if thereisn't many to kill. I use to have a great bow hunting spot, for two years my brother and myself took two 3 1/2's and one 5 1/2. Then the CWD craze kicked in, the Wis. DNR gave eveybody in the area the right to kill as many bucks as they wanted. The adjoining landowners do not practice QDM anda public hunting area is across the road. Many immaturebucks were shot. The last two years I have only seen two bucks on that property that I would call mature, they were both on my trail cam. Luckily I have other places to hunt.
So, to answer the question, unless you can control alot of area, including harvest numbers. IT'S NOT EASY!

Well for me you'd have to edit the big part back in, cuz, I personally don't care if he's 10 years old, if he won't look good on my wall.

There I said it! Someone had too.

I've gotten quite a kick out of this thread as well as the total inches thread, and for that I thank you guys.


How easy is it to kill mature bucks every year? It's not easy. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it. Can it be done? It can most definitely be done. Patience, persistance, dedication, and location are the key points if you ask me. Each should be self-explanatory.

I didn't read all these threads, because honestly I get tired of reading this stuff. I will give my opinion though. (When don't I?)

I truthfully believe it depends on the area you hunt and what the patterns and pressure is like. Some places you simply don't see mature deer unless it is during rut. By the time they reach that age they have figured out the game and just don't take the chances the younger ones do. I have hunted places where you just don't see big mature deer until it gets too dark to shoot. They become mostly nocturnal animals until the rut starts. And then it is pretty much a luck thing if you see them or not. I see plenty of large mature deer when I hunt, just never during legal shooting hours.

I have also noticed something else. Most of the trophy or record deer I have seen, especially in my area are not shot by hardcore trophy hunters. They usually get shot by some weekend warrior or some ones wife that just happened to be in the right spot at the right time. It is very common to see a picture of a really nice deer and next to it is someones kid, wife or some hick slob hunter that got lucky during shotgun season.

I would say this website is made up of some fairly exceptional hunters. Very passionate about what they do and put extra effort into what they want to do. How many here hold state or county records or have multiple high scoring deer in the record books?

Makes you sort of wonder doesn't it.

My opinion anyway.

Paul

C'mere deer is all it takes boys

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