Size or number?
02-07-2003, 08:40 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 1,086
Size or number?
Ok here's a hypothetical question?
If you could choose one of two ways your bowhunting career would end up would you rather:
1. Shoot only one buck your whole career but have it score in the 180's.
OR
2. Consistently shoot real nice bucks(15"-18" spread 8-10 pts) but never have any top out real huge?
And no you can't answer "consistently shoot 180's class deer" <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
If you could choose one of two ways your bowhunting career would end up would you rather:
1. Shoot only one buck your whole career but have it score in the 180's.
OR
2. Consistently shoot real nice bucks(15"-18" spread 8-10 pts) but never have any top out real huge?
And no you can't answer "consistently shoot 180's class deer" <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
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02-07-2003, 10:11 AM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SC USA
Posts: 1,434
RE: Size or number?
Number 2 for me. I have a friend that really took all the fun out of his hunting(and added a lot of stress to his life) for about 5 years in the quest for only huge bucks.Passing on many number 2 type deer and walking away from several seasons with zero harvests. This year he went back to number two(got three)and had a whole lot of fun doing it !!
02-07-2003, 10:33 AM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Big Sandy TX USA
Posts: 280
RE: Size or number?
# 2 for me
Hunting in south Texas I had a chance for #1 once, but I was out of buck tags because of #2. But I probably would not have gotten #1 because there were two other #2's that were bigger than any other #2's that I have killed to date before the #1 came out. I was using my bow to try to get a doe, when I saw all of these bucks. It was a great morning that will live in my mind forever. I would love to get a #1 but he better come out before the #2 does.
Hunting in south Texas I had a chance for #1 once, but I was out of buck tags because of #2. But I probably would not have gotten #1 because there were two other #2's that were bigger than any other #2's that I have killed to date before the #1 came out. I was using my bow to try to get a doe, when I saw all of these bucks. It was a great morning that will live in my mind forever. I would love to get a #1 but he better come out before the #2 does.
02-07-2003, 03:56 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Virginia / West Virginia
Posts: 4,906
RE: Size or number?
How about #4....shoot a bunch of does, pass all small bucks, and wait for the big one
LOL...I guess I'm trying for #2, but it hasn't really happened much yet...#1 isn't going to happen where I hunt
LOL...I guess I'm trying for #2, but it hasn't really happened much yet...#1 isn't going to happen where I hunt