Will, you shot an NC buck?

Did I miss a post about it???

Guys..Will shot a really small buck here. I told him to shoot anything he wanted to.....and that I had a home for the meat. He had a goal to take a big game animal in my state....and I had the deer and (like I said) a home for the meat.

Success.

It was a little joke to WIll.

Carry on.

How's the old saying go......nets are for fishing.

whoops sorry Jeff, didnt mean anything by asking, as you can see I havent been around enough to catch the joke, again sorry.

No issue. We've got a few deer, here....and we had a mission!

No worries!

Here ya go Troy,

Just shy of the book, but nonetheless, a trophy to me.




Last hour of the last day. The meat went to agood cause.

Why is it not in the bowhunting contest score thread? Get'em scored and entered and congrats Will.

Look at this guy, they deducted close to 4 inches off him. You don't find them much more symetrical than this, at least I didn't think so.

Ive got mixed feelings about the books anyway.....

Likely hood of a P&Y buck, and better yet, a Booner in my neck of the woods, Catawba and Lincoln County, NC are slim to none. Ive seen a precious few P&Y Bucks, around, at night and occasionally on a power plant's land, but never while hunting, scouting, and maybe the possibility, one in a poor trail cam photo.

I think a lot of newbies are getting disapointed with deer that they would consider a trophy, only to have the excitement taken away because he didnt meet P&Y NET minimums.

I also, however, think that it creats a staggered platform from a management standpoint. I.E. "We're starting to see several P&Y bucks on our property, and a possible Booner, letting the 110-120" bucks walk is really working"

I think as far as bow hunting is concerned, in the midwest and some eastern areas(online observations from other posters only), I think it sets a bar or goal. Same with Booners. There is an elderly man sitting on one of our boards at work who goes to the midwest/canada every year and will not take anything less than a Boone and Crockett deer, with one going over 200. I think itwould easier to hold out for a bigger deer when you are trying to reach a minimum to be in an 'elite' club, than just picking a random score to hold out for....atleast until you have achieved said minimum score once or twice. Idk...im rambling about my stupid opinion at which I have no experience in lol. My biggest deer was 110 at 4.5y/o....Not sure, if in his habitat, he would have reached P&Y if he had lived anyway. It was a gun kill anyway lol.

Rob,

doesn't the bow and all need to be in the photo...LOL?

Justin, SCI accounts for five different regions while scoring White-tailed deer:

Texas
northwest
southeast
midway
northeast.

Apples to apples are compared and recorded