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RE: standards...
I try to set my standards realistically before the season so there is no need to lower them at any point in the season, beginning, middle, or end. If I wouldn't be happy with the buck at the beginning why would I be happy with it at the end?
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Got to be bigger than 125" for me to shoot!!
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I am fairly new to bow hunting (4th year), my standards are not real high yet, but i still let the little ones go. But if im hungry, look out!;) As the great Bill Winke says, gotta take the edge off!
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if the season starts winding down on me I'm puttin meat in the fridge... early on i'll pass on some to get a good one... my standards definitely drop as the season wears on...
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I hunt for the meat, not a trophy hunter. In missouri we have a 4 point on one side antler restriction, so no I am not killing young bucks that can grow a few more years. I would be just fine with a good doe.
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My standards stay exactly the same. Whats QDM if you don't take it all the way through the season if thats what your into!
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this post aint about QDM or anything of that sort...
just a question i dont recall seeing posed before...forgive me if it has been.. but its not about QDM...just a curious question about guys that have standards and weather or not they lower them as the season starts wrapping up... if you guys dont know i hunt for more than a big rack by now, ya'll dont know ole mauser...i got more pics on my PC of random sightings of things nature has brought my way than i do big bucks...i enjoy the day for what it is....another day i am lucky enough to spend in the great outdoors...if a biggun comes my way, thats icing on the cake..if not, oh well...but yes, big antlers are nice...id be lying if i said i didnt want big racks for the wall, but thats not the sole reason i hunt, and ME practicing QDM on the lands i have to hunt would be a JOKE. if i pass deer, its because i feel i can get a different deer THAT season...not in hopes of seeing him NEXT season... |
RE: standards...
I agree, standards are standards. BUT, i refuse to fill my first bow tag with a cull buck. There are too many other good deer to do so. Now, toward the end of the season (or on my second tag) im willing to take a deer that needs to be removed from the herd.
I decide this typically in the summer by looking at trail cam pics. I just made the post about that old 8 pointer...now a 7pt that i would love to take. He is below my typical standards as far as antler size goes however he is well above my maturity standards! |
RE: standards...
ORIGINAL: mauser06 this post aint about QDM or anything of that sort... just a question i dont recall seeing posed before...forgive me if it has been.. but its not about QDM...just a curious question about guys that have standards and weather or not they lower them as the season starts wrapping up... if you guys dont know i hunt for more than a big rack by now, ya'll dont know ole mauser...i got more pics on my PC of random sightings of things nature has brought my way than i do big bucks...i enjoy the day for what it is....another day i am lucky enough to spend in the great outdoors...if a biggun comes my way, thats icing on the cake..if not, oh well...but yes, big antlers are nice...id be lying if i said i didnt want big racks for the wall, but thats not the sole reason i hunt, and ME practicing QDM on the lands i have to hunt would be a JOKE. if i pass deer, its because i feel i can get a different deer THAT season...not in hopes of seeing him NEXT season... |
RE: standards...
I don't really have standards. I hunt heavily pressured public land mostly, so each deer I see is automatically a shooter because I may not get a second chance at another deer. I've only passed on deer a handful of times, and that's always been because I haven't felt comfortable with the shot presented (with gun or bow).
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