RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

i am torn.....i would if i was hunting on some public land, but if i am on a piece of private land.....i would just watch him....depends where i hunt and what i have been seeing

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

Also depends on where you are in your hunting life. PLENTY of people who say they wouldn't shoot him............have shot lots of small bucks in their day.;)

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

So just because they don't "trophy hunt", and don't have the same mentality as you, it makes them "numbnuts"?

interesting.

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

No....

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

no he would walk.

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

You are right there. I have shot many bucks smaller than that in my lifetime, so at this point in my life, I would probably pass. I do own my own property though, so I have the luxury of passing up some bucks that Iwould otherwise take.

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

i think it all depends on how many deer you have killed how big the bucks where i see no reason to shoot a buck because he is a buckwhen you could shoot a doe and get better meat. I have seen a 11 point on the public land i will hunt. i would let him go untill late in the season since i want the big buck on my wall

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

No, i would not but that decision is up to you.
Its in the eye of the beholder. It is not legal where i hunt. it has to have 4 points on one side, and even if it was legal i wouldn't shoot it. I've shot bucks of that caliber and i have raised my own personal bar. but if you should be so incline to take that buck i would say to congrats on a great buck.

good luck with that! take your son and let him shot it!!!!!!!!!!!

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

no let him walk.

RE: Be honest, would you shoot this buck?
 

I believe I am hunting smarter and harder than ever, however my buck sightings have been down every year in the last 5 years except for 2005 where I saw 4 good bucks (8 points or above)... two within range, but no shot. The overall deer kill for the base I hunt was down over 35% last year, making it extremely tough to hunt. I have no idea how I arrowed three deer last year when I only saw 15 or so deer in the woods last year...the entire 3 month season. I am saying this because some people have to make a flash decision in sometimes seconds, as to whether they take the shot or not on a buck like I posted. Changes the game a bunch.