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.

its brown its down

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Ground shrinkage is a bugger!