Letting bucks walk.....
 

I'm just curious, how many of you havehunting land that allows you to let a legitimate 140" buck walk. I've been hunting for a long time and can honestly say that I've only seen 1-2 legit bucks of this caliber. So needless to say if one comes within range I'm flining a arrow at him.

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Well if the shots good I'm taking it, but the rack, in no way, determines the availability of a shot. ;)

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I've never laid eyes on a 140" buck in the wild.

I'd have a hard time letting a 100" buck walk if it was 3.5 yrs old. I've seen 2 in the wild that would go 100" in NC. The next one down from those two would not go 70".

So.....nope.

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Not me.;)

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Not me, if given the shot, its on like Donkey Kong ;)

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In the past6-7 years there have only been 2 deer of that size taken on our property, so if another one offers a shot to anyone you can bet they'll take it.

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We don't go by inches of antler when selecting deer to harvest on my farm. We try and select deer by age. Most of the time though a 140" deer is a 3.5 year old and more than likely a 4.5 year old so those deer are not often allowed to walk. I have never taken a deer that big so he would be a dead deer walkin if he were to come by me!!! Assumming the shot connects!!!:eek:

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Nope...........I would let just about anything under 100" walk, but thats as low as I go

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I'd let him walk.....until he was within range and broadside, after that hopefully I would be sending him on his "death run".


No, I don't hunt any land that I would be letting one that size walk.

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Assumming that my shaking wouldn't bounce the arrow off of the rest, I'm shooting.

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This one is not 140" but he is a nice 2.5 year old we let walk this past year and he made it through the season. We saw him many times this past season (Had him as close as 8 yards with a bow). As far as management goes, we try to go by age not by inches. Here's a link of him:

http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb248/emb0036/?action=view&current=MDGC0141.flv

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Tex that's a great buck. I'm sure that it will pay off for you. It just got me wondering yesterday when I was watching Lee & Tiffany that they let so many bucks walk each year and I commend them for their diligence but I don't see me ever being able to do that hunting where I do.

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Negative....

I've let a fewwalk that were in the 100 range, simply b/c they were 2 year olds.... In my area, anything over 100 is a pretty dang good bow buck.

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None, I have not let a 140 walk and don't plan on it.

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I would be shootin'

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I'd even extend my effective range by a yard. Thwack

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Not a snow balls chance in hell!

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My area does not produce bucks much bigger than 140". Bucks bigger than that are rare. I would not let a buck of that size walk.

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On my private farms that either I own or have sole permission to hunt.... Let'em walk. On our lease that we have no idea when our last year could be... THWACK!

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I have one hunting spot where I would let a 140" walk. The rest of my spots, my goal is 130" or better. For the last two seasons my goal was 145+ and I've been lucky, the highest that I let go was a 136. It will be hard because a 140 is a pretty big buck.

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i have a hard time letting any buck over 100" walk, since ive killed 6 deer, and my biggest is around 105"
i can let the little ones walk all day long, but when they get more respectable, i have a tough time
not that any deer is not respectable though

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I will empty the quiver at any 140" deer in range.........heck I'll climb down and reload if I have to. ;)

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130 is what I would like mycutoff to be... though I shot one last year that barely cleared 120 due to a weaker side that I didn't notice when he was broadside to me. I thought he was mid- to high-120's.

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x2.

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100" around here is big. We don't get too many this size even.

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i missed on that probably would have scored around 135ish so i would definitly shot a 140 buck

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125" to 130" has always been where I draw the line and let them walk. 140" would be getting an arrow. If some day I can let a 140" buck walk, that must mean I'm doing something right being I know I'll get a crack at something bigger.

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A 140" buck in my hunting area would be a top end buck, he'd be for a bad time.;)

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I do not have access to land that would afford me the opportunity to let a 140" buck walk. Would be nice though.

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there are several bucks that big in my woods.....i could let them walk

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A lot of the bucks that I hunt never reach any more than 140 inches in their lifetime and thats if they make it to their prime years... Yeah he'd get an arrow. The only time I think I may pass up one would be if I had 1 tag left, a lot of hunting season to go and I knew I a different buck I was after and wanted to try to kill first....

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If a good shot presents itself, I'm taking it

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There is private ground in my county where youcould do that (Dogtown Hills? The Section?) Anyone in this area knows where I'm talking about. The ground I hunt, I am after a solid P&Y, so Yeah I'd shoot. Is there bigger Bucks out there? Yep!! I'd kill one of them too;)

Dan

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I believe that I'm set up in a spot where there are a couple of those and at least one 175". Be that as it may, I aint lettin' no 140 walk unless it's with me to the truck.

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i passed up numerous bucks with my bow that would have gone 135-140" i havent shot any bucks that bigwith a bow but i have with a rifle and i want a wall full of giants not a wall full of semi-good bucks. I will not shoot a buck unless he scores 150" and higher and he has to be older than 4 1/2, now there is an exception for bucks that have bad genetics or cull bucks, i will shoot a cull buck that scores 120" as a 4 1/2 or older all day long if given the chance

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I would never let a 140 class buck walk anywhere!!! On the farms I hunt in Pa I have a 8pt or better rule that I follow. Not a small 8 pt though

Hatchet Jack

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Last season I let a 147 10 pointer 'walk' he was harvested the following night by the landowner. I am hoping to see a 4 1/2 year old and they won't get that old if some of the 3 year olds aren't allowed to go free. Same nite, I also had 2 other 3 1/2 year olds within 20 yards, I have the sheds on one of them, and I saw the other buck on the 2nd to last day of the late bow season, so I am optimistic about the upcoming season.:D

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My first tag I'm shooting anything over 130". After that I may get more picky with my second buck tag. Specially if I got pics of a couple of real bruisers in the area. Which I hope I have by the time the season rolls around.

I have never let a 140" buck walk so far.

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Near my house i wouldnt let anything over 125" walk. The past couple years i've betting shooting the "retard" bucks with messed up racks but now im moving back in the woods further and going where the bigger ones are so i def. wouldnt let a 140" walk up here, Now down at my other land in Buffalo County i can hunt on, yes i'll let him walk cuz we watch bucks from 160"-190" every afternoon. But nothing comes within range until the rut..

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I have let alot of 120" class and under walk over the years, butnever a 140" .