Shooting bucks
01-22-2009, 08:45 PM
#31
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Please explain wallhangr.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
Same with a Bear I shot that was aged at over 28 years old. if it had Not been for the size of the Melon he was waggin' around he would have been passed too.
If I am shooting at a Buck I'm lookin' at rack size and not trying to see if he is 4.5 or 5.5 or ?? years old.
If I am shooting a Doe for meat I try to shoot a younger Doe (not a fawn) Some of them Ol Nannys would probably be like shoe leather
Dan
01-22-2009, 09:06 PM
#32
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Please explain wallhangr.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
01-22-2009, 09:17 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Illinois
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Is the bolded out part quoted to me?
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Please explain wallhangr.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
01-23-2009, 04:42 AM
#35
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Not at all! Quoted to all of us in general. I find it hard for someone to say that when they are buck hunting their not antler hunting. Maybe I'm way off base to think that. I was in no way taking a shot at you Shultzy.
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Is the bolded out part quoted to me?
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Please explain wallhangr.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
If this same scenario would happen with me he would of gotten a pass as well.
01-23-2009, 05:26 AM
#36
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Location: West Tennessee
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: kevin1
Stupid bucks do the gene pool no favors, I'd put him in the freezer.
Stupid bucks do the gene pool no favors, I'd put him in the freezer.
Now that made me laugh!
ORIGINAL: Txjourneyman
If my freezer was empty I would shoot. If my freezer was low I would shoot. If I had 2 deer in the freezer I would think about it and then shoot.
If my freezer was empty I would shoot. If my freezer was low I would shoot. If I had 2 deer in the freezer I would think about it and then shoot.
I find it hard for someone to say that when they are buck hunting their not antler hunting.
01-23-2009, 05:43 AM
#37
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Please explain wallhangr.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
01-23-2009, 01:01 PM
#38
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RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
My reasoning is the same as Rybo's - I'd find that other side if it took me all winter/spring.But like I said, it wouldn't be an automatic reaction to shoot.
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
Please explain wallhangr.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
ORIGINAL: wallhangr
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Wouldn't shoot, now if he still had one side I'd have to think about that one awhile.
Shultzy, my answer is no. He gets a free pass. By not shooting I still feel that I won. I got the buck in shootingrange. What good is the buck I'm hunting without antlers? You guys can say all you want, but when we are buck hunting we are antler hunting. A 3 1/2 yr. old buck with no antlers does nothing for me. A 3 1/2 yr. old doe is another story though.
01-23-2009, 01:11 PM
#40
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Chatham, ohio
Posts: 598
RE: Shooting bucks
ORIGINAL: virginiashadow
Why Hick? Because they chose to shoot a legal deer?
Why Hick? Because they chose to shoot a legal deer?
Ok im saying that most people on this forum hunt for more reasons then just the meat. Besides every body is talking about passing on small bucks and button bucks, this is the same thing you are letting the younger bucks walk but shooting the older ones withno antlers????? You let the younger ones walk just for the anlters, because you know meat taste better from a 100 pound doe then it does from a 200 pound buck anyways. Virginashadow im not directing this towards you just people on this forum in general.