what are YOUR standards
01-08-2008, 09:19 AM
#32
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
RE: what are YOUR standards
well i did should have shot them for me lol i am dieing for a deer steak
ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
I'll shoot any Doe without spots if I really need the meat! This year I let a few young ones and 1 older Doe walk during the late season. Didn't need the meat. I have set somewhat of a standard for bucks, he needs to be bigger than the last one I killed! But at the same time it depends on the situation and the experience of that moment, when and what he is doing when he is in range! I pretty much kill Deer for my own experience and proud of what ever I kill!
I'll shoot any Doe without spots if I really need the meat! This year I let a few young ones and 1 older Doe walk during the late season. Didn't need the meat. I have set somewhat of a standard for bucks, he needs to be bigger than the last one I killed! But at the same time it depends on the situation and the experience of that moment, when and what he is doing when he is in range! I pretty much kill Deer for my own experience and proud of what ever I kill!
01-08-2008, 09:45 AM
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: IA/WI/IL
Posts: 1,482
RE: what are YOUR standards
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
It all depends how full my freezer is and how close to the end of the season I am ....
It all depends how full my freezer is and how close to the end of the season I am ....
01-08-2008, 10:57 AM
#36
Site Buck Guru
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Racine, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,922
RE: what are YOUR standards
My standards are 1-2 does per season and hopefully 1-2 bucks per season. As far as the bucks go, it depends on where I'm hunting. Northern Wis. = 3 1/2+, 120+, Southern Wis. = 3 1/2+, 130+ and Northern Ill. I've moved up to 4 1/2+, high 140s+. I like to hunt bucks that are near the top end for their area.
01-08-2008, 11:04 AM
#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 2,849
RE: what are YOUR standards
I am doing a lot of thinking on this subject. I used to say 3.5 and up for bucks, but it turns out what I thought was a 3.5 year old is really a 2.5 year old around here. The buck I shot this year was 2.5 and scored right at 150 gross (net would be much less because he had really long double split brow tines). So now I am thinking that if I really went to 3.5 and up only I would get a chance at a shooter about every 3-5 years. I like hunting for hunting's sake, but I have so get something more often than that to keep it fun for me.
In Indiana on my lease, anything over 120" is in trouble.
In Indiana on my lease, anything over 120" is in trouble.
01-08-2008, 01:12 PM
#40
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Antioch, IL
Posts: 661
RE: what are YOUR standards
minimum 1" outside each ear, 8pts or better... but we take mgmt bucks (bad racks and etc.) first, then does, THEN you get your shooter buck... house rules, we stick to 'em as best we can and make anyone that hunts our land follow suit... this coming year we're instituting a 2 doe minimum before a buck can be taken (of course we are on the honor system but there are only a few select folks that hunt our land and we trust them)
