RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

The private land we own is terrible for growing big deer and the public land is way over hunted so anything bigger than what we call a "basket rack" is a trophy in my area.

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

its brown its down

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

A shooter for me is a mature deer for the area, I like to target 3.5 year olds and older regardless of what they carry on their head

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

Im still fairly new to this sport, but if its 3.5+ it will be down. I have been known to slip though...[:@]

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

Due to my current situation ...... not a ton of deer and only two doe allowed....... it depends on how full my freezer is ....


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RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

A shooter buck would be a buck that I want to shoot.

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

A harvestable deer on our property is usually at least an 8 and never under the age of 2.5 years old. Where we live bucks rarely get to 4.5-5.5 years old so we're not to the point yet of harvesting geneteically inferior deer. We also try to make an effort in doe harvests to harvest does out a wide array of age classes in order to keep the age structure balacned.

Clearly. I think the post is referring to whether or there is a restriction as to point number, size or age class in the area in which you hunt.

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

I have started trying to let anything under 3.5 walk. Sometimes it is hard to do that when you hunt public land, but if I don't pass him up there is now way he will get older.

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

Antlers take up too much space in the freezer. Nuff said.

Seriously, with the hunting pressure around here, if I see an eight point, it is a great day. That is my goal.

RE: "Shooter" bucks... what does it mean to you?
 

Ground shrinkage is a bugger!