Pass those smaller bucks.
10-30-2009 | 08:47 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Wow, Scott, I never saw a buck tree before!! I thought they came from doe! (Just kidding.) Nice pics.
No big loss, though. It was a poplar and broke branches off in every storm.
10-30-2009 | 08:53 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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From: West Tennessee
and thank you -
I hunt the way I want to hunt and I kill what ever trips my trigger on that particular day. I hunt deer, not antlers. If I kill a big buck, great! If I kill a small buck or a doe, great! For me, it's about the hunt and the kill, not the size of the antlers.
10-30-2009 | 09:18 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Joined: Aug 2007
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From:
Judge Smails: Ty, what did you shoot today?
Ty Webb: Oh, Judge, I don't keep score.
Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other hunters?
Ty Webb: By height.
Ty Webb: Oh, Judge, I don't keep score.
Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other hunters?
Ty Webb: By height.
10-30-2009 | 09:31 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
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I'd opt for a doe over a small buck on private land. But I have access to plenty of private land to choose from--a lot of guys don't. On public land (which I hunt a lot as well), if it's half decent, it's as good as dead Of course, I'm speaking from a firearm standpoint. I would shoot anything with a bow 'cause I have yet to do that! Gonna give it another shot today and tomorrow 
Of course, I'm speaking from a firearm standpoint. I would shoot anything with a bow 'cause I have yet to do that! Gonna give it another shot today and tomorrow
10-30-2009 | 09:49 AM
#17
Giant Nontypical
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From: Central Minnesota
I got whoppers where I hunt, and I also see small bucks, and allot of those puny bucks get whacked, so where did the whoppers come from????That is great, but you have to have some control over the land in the area you hunt. If you pass on those 120's and the guys a half mile down the field are blasting everything with four legs that walks past, all you did was allow them to fill THEIR freezer. I would love to have a few hundred acres to manage, but my fifty acres is just a rest stop along the path to "the killing fields".
Letting that 120" buck pass can still reward you. By letting that buck pass another hunter may shoot him ending their season but It will also save the life of a bigger buck your after and leave that one for you. The point I'm trying to make Is every buck you pass on may open the doors for another hunter but It also might save the life of a buck your really after being that person filled their tag and Is done hunting. Gundeck, I do know where your coming from though, I deal with this every year. Yes It's frustrating but If the hunter Is happy and Isn't complaining about their bucks I'm happy for them. I'll never tell someone what they should be shooting on their land, I'll just offer them friendly advise If they were to ask.
10-30-2009 | 10:12 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
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From: Orange county, NY
I also see my simple point has confused you, so let me simplify it a bit more , -shoot many small buck-still plenty buck left to get big-that why big buck live everywhere deer found.