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What kind of deer hunter are you?
#101
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
ORIGINAL: atlasman
I think maybe we are all opportunists...........doing the best with whatever opportunities our little corner of the map provides us.
I think maybe we are all opportunists...........doing the best with whatever opportunities our little corner of the map provides us.
#102
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
ORIGINAL: bigjim12
I am going to quote atlas here as well (very well put btw). I put opportunist but I won shoot anything. If it is a good buck I will shoot it. Every time I kill a buck my standards go up. Therefor one day soon I will be hunting strictly mature bucks.
ORIGINAL: atlasman
I think maybe we are all opportunists...........doing the best with whatever opportunities our little corner of the map provides us.
I think maybe we are all opportunists...........doing the best with whatever opportunities our little corner of the map provides us.
Without disecting this word by word, as an opportunist I meant that a person would take a mature buck if one came along but was otherwise content to take what ever offered a good shot, mature or not.
#103
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
ORIGINAL: GregH
I'm not sure about this, personally, I hunt mature bucks. Because Mature bucks live where I hunt is that the opportunity that I take advantage of? By mature buck hunter I meant someone who hunted for bucks at the top end of the species for their area.
I'm not sure about this, personally, I hunt mature bucks. Because Mature bucks live where I hunt is that the opportunity that I take advantage of? By mature buck hunter I meant someone who hunted for bucks at the top end of the species for their area.
Without disecting this word by word, as an opportunist I meant that a person would take a mature buck if one came along but was otherwise content to take what ever offered a good shot, mature or not.
Then yes, I would most likely fall into that category. But, I don't have the luxury of hunting 5 1/2+ year old bucks. The buck I shot this year was 4 1/2, my oldest to date and the oldest that i personally know of taken out of that area. I could have given him another year but he probably would not have made it through the season. Now, if by some reason I score a great place where the hunting pressure is mild, I will most certainly be looking for a mature buck.
#104
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
I am an opportunist. I would like to get a mature buck and I try to hold out for them as long as I could. This year I didn't see one and shot a buck on the last day of bow season before the rifle seaon. I could have shot many other smaller deer. One of these days the opportunity for one of them monsters that were out of range last year will be in range and I will make the best of the opportunity.
#105
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
Just mature bucks, I don't shoot does. Personal decision stemming from an incident many years ago. I shouldn't go into it here. I understand the population control aspect and the need for it, but I've killed many does in the years past. It's time for the young'ns to step up and have fun.
#106
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 3,612
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
I hunt for nice bucks because it is a heck of alot of fun to try and figure them out..that being said I will shoot does as well when a good shot opends up and it doesn't disrupt my overall goal of shooting a big buck. However, I will shoot a younger buck, 6 points or more if I get a great shot and the particular season dictates it.
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#109
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
I have had two seasons that I hunted mature deer, them where the same two I had no deer. I now have Four eight point bucks under my belt. Two of which I am pretty happy with. Last year I passed up two different eight pointers because I knew of a real nice nine running around, maybe score in the 130 or so. Last year at gun season I seen the two eights I passed on several times drug out by gun hunters, I do not fault them, they did nothing wrong. So I get frustrated when I pass on deer only to see them get shot by others. This year I started to hunt a new spot pretty hard. A land owner close by says he has seen alot of real nice bucks taken off the land. But when the eight I tagged this year walked by, I could not contain myself. I know That in order to get a big buck, I have to work a little harder, or wait a little longer on dumb luck. I think my biggest problem right now is I always look back at the end of the year and tell myself I over hunted a stand, but during the year I can not stop doing it.
#110
RE: What kind of deer hunter are you?
I have not harvested a buck in two and a half seasons because i haven't been able to get the right one in range. But i am very opportunistic on does. The ones that come within range get a new body piercing Muzzy style!!!