Let 'em go and let 'em grow!!!!!!!!!!!
#161
I've decided for myself to pass on anything less than 8pts. this year.
IMHO the thing that makes getting a nice size rack so great is that it shows the hunter has reached a certain level of skill, the bigger a fish or deer is the less luck played into it and the more animal smarts had its part in such longevity
What you CHOOSE to pass up gets passed on to the next hunter or next generation.
#162
I want to hunt where these big bucks are "plentiful." Please tell me where it is. If I see one big buck per year I am happy. It keeps me motivated. But I will tell you that I am doing my part to try to make my property one of these "plentiful" areas. Last year I saw 2 big bucks. The first one to the left of my elk and the first one to the right of my elk. QDM works.
#165
Want to really help this sport take a kid hunting and stop being selfish. We are loosing numbers every year, it won't be the lack of deer or big deer that brings this lifestyle down it will be a lack of interest.
Disclaimer: once again this is a general statement and not directed at anyone. I know how sensitive some people are on here.
Disclaimer: once again this is a general statement and not directed at anyone. I know how sensitive some people are on here.
#166
It took me 3 years to just to seethe first120 class buck on my property. 5 years to see these 2.
There are ZERO deer of that caliber in my woods. You'd still be hunting for one of those if you lived here.
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#167
ORIGINAL: Bowhunter2001
I want to hunt where these big bucks are "plentiful." Please tell me where it is. If I see one big buck per year I am happy. It keeps me motivated. But I will tell you that I am doing my part to try to make my property one of these "plentiful" areas. Last year I saw 2 big bucks. The first one to the left of my elk and the first one to the right of my elk. QDM works.
I want to hunt where these big bucks are "plentiful." Please tell me where it is. If I see one big buck per year I am happy. It keeps me motivated. But I will tell you that I am doing my part to try to make my property one of these "plentiful" areas. Last year I saw 2 big bucks. The first one to the left of my elk and the first one to the right of my elk. QDM works.
Thats one crazy looking elk.[8D]
#170
Wrong feeling. If two guys shot a 1.5 year old and one guy worked all year on food plots and feeding them artificial supplements to grow their racks and the other did nothing but get up and shoot a deer, obviously one worked harder than the other. I made this example because you said it was not working for it. That scenerio in your quote below can and is major work most of the time.
I'm a hunter not a bio chem major or a farmer.


