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Assume you have already used your only buck tag for the season, and out of nowhere comes a shooter buck walking your way. Right before he gets to within shooting distance both antlers fall off, would you shoot him knowing perfectly wellthat you can tag him as a antlerless deer or would you let him walk?

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Walk's regardless If my buck tag Is filled or not.

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Not even a decision. No shot.

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Very interesting Schultzy! You have me curious, please elaborate!

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What are the chances:D. I'd decide if the opportunity arose. Thinking about it right now, I'd shoot and go get the antlers and then mount him, if he was nice enough:)

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Let him walk because I know where he may be next year.....

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Even though I watched him shed his antlers, I like them on the head Instead of on the ground.:D I'd wait and hope like hell he'd show his face next year.

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Let him walk and possibly get the 'second' set next year..lol

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He would get a pass from me even if my tag was filled or not.

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http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3304035

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I think I am with you Rory! I know you can still mount him with his sheds, andas long as he can still be entered in P&Y and/or B&C, he's gettin it! :)

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Even if he was record class, I would let him walk... I can't dishonor that deer by tagging him with an "antlerless" tag. If hes gonna give me his life and trophy, I at least owe him the honor of being recognized as such...

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I would pass, I would be happy with the sheds!

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I don't believe he can be entered once his rack has fallen off.

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That's funny stuff right there! Very similiar questions we posted! Although I would definately without a doubtnot shoot the buckin your scenario. Seeing the antlers fall off right within plain sight, knowing I can go back and retrieve them is what makes myscenario to mejustifiable toshoot him. I would however,have a ethical problem shooting two bucks in one seasonif this unlikely loophole were to ever happen!:D

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Great minds think alike eh??!!:D;)

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Same here Steve!

It'd be a No brainer for me.

Dan

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I would lasso him and capture him, then raise him in my basement until the next season. On opening day I would turn him loose with a GPS tracking unit attached to his antlers.

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pass....but id be carryin them antlers out with me!


just another one for next year IMO!

i dont have a huge buck population to begin with...no sense in killing another one from the herd IMO...already filled my buck tag....

i hate when i slip and kill a button buck...happened twice out of 11 antlerless deer...i pass unless im pretttty dang confident its a true doe....

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I would count my losses and go get the antlers and go home happy.

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Nope, he gets a pass until next year.

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I think I would have to pass on him, and count the trip as the easiest shed hunt I had ever been on.

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He CANNOT be entered in P&Y or B&C because he has shed his antlers. You can enter the sheds in the shed division.

That being said, why bother killing him after he has shed. You can get a cape and mount the antlers. I am never that hard up for meat. He walks if he has shed no matter what tags I have left!!!

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If the million to one odds of his rack falling off right before he comes into shooting range and I have a "doe" tag, I'm drilling him.

How about reversing the question. You have a buck tag and they fall off moments before he gives you a shot?[8D]

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Oh, you're like that?:eek::D:D:D:D

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Thump. If it was a 'shooter' before hand and it suddenly became antlerless (legal!), it would go down. I would never enter antlers into any book anyway and I can reattach them to a nice euro mount very well...I have on two that had antlers come off after the shot (gun in the late season).

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Right now I would say let him walk, but when I was on stand and had to make that decision, I don't know what I would do.

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Abiding by the law and he is indeed, at that point, considered an antlerless deer, I would kill him and let the taxi do his magic. I'm sure your game departmant has figured this late season antler shed into their season dates and quota numbers (isn't it about the deer and not the horns from a conservationist's point of view). Would you have shot him if you didn't see his antlers drop and the horn weren't there? The law is the law. Where have youerrored by killing an antlerless deer? What you do after the fact is your business, right? If he was good enough to shoot on day one,isn't hegood enough late in the season? You were given a "factored" in bonus, IMO. Ethically, I do not see any reason why you shouldn't or wouldn't capitalize on it.If I were looking for a "book" deer, I would naturally pass.

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You let him walk if you have any conscience at all ...........................

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Well since i get 2 buck tags it really doesn't apply ( you forgot that part Rory:)). If I had one left, he's down. If I've filled both buck tags already he's walking and I've got a new set of rattlin' horns.