Opening Day and BBD
10-02-2007 | 10:04 AM
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RE: Opening Day and BBD
Superstrutter:
I know that a trophy is in the eye and nothing more. I have had the opportunity to Harvest a 170 Class Buck with my Bow as well as 4 others in the 130 range. If this would have been on our Private land I would have let him walk and get another year older. But due to the location (Shawnee Forrest) he became a Public land trophy ( My largest such to date).
I was hunting just about 90 yards from my Fathers land on the Shawnee. Each year in Pope Co IL hundreads if not thousands of out of towners come in and hunt the firearms season. Within 300 yards of my location there are approx 15-20 olddeer stands and some new ladder stands left behind from last yearon the Goverment property. Most of these hunters are not trophy hunters and will take a basket rack or spike etc. I have no doubt that this deer would not have made it one more year due to the massive pressure in the area.
The venison was just an added bonus ( I just had my last pak of slim jims today). I was going to take a Doe about 15 min before he came in but she was on my bad side (No cover) and spoted me getting into postion. I will not take bucks in the less than 125 range as the norm. This was a close one to that.
Thanks for all the Congrats.
Good Luck to all!
I know that a trophy is in the eye and nothing more. I have had the opportunity to Harvest a 170 Class Buck with my Bow as well as 4 others in the 130 range. If this would have been on our Private land I would have let him walk and get another year older. But due to the location (Shawnee Forrest) he became a Public land trophy ( My largest such to date).
I was hunting just about 90 yards from my Fathers land on the Shawnee. Each year in Pope Co IL hundreads if not thousands of out of towners come in and hunt the firearms season. Within 300 yards of my location there are approx 15-20 olddeer stands and some new ladder stands left behind from last yearon the Goverment property. Most of these hunters are not trophy hunters and will take a basket rack or spike etc. I have no doubt that this deer would not have made it one more year due to the massive pressure in the area.
The venison was just an added bonus ( I just had my last pak of slim jims today). I was going to take a Doe about 15 min before he came in but she was on my bad side (No cover) and spoted me getting into postion. I will not take bucks in the less than 125 range as the norm. This was a close one to that.
Thanks for all the Congrats.
Good Luck to all!
