Kevin Garceau

I hate hearing people say... " there isnt any big bucks in my area" we used to think the same thing. Until we decided to start letting the little ones go. It has been 5 eyars now and it is paying off in a very large way. I tell them, if you have little ones, if you didnt shoot them there would be big ones. I tell ya though it was hard passing up bucks for a while, but now just seeing them and knowing they have a chance at being someones trophy in a few years is real excitement.

Belle Island

Kevin, you live in WISCONSIN, it' s known for trophy bucks. Come to the deep South and I' ll show you camps where guys have been practicing QDM for 15+yrs and still the best you can hope for is 140 class animal.

CLOUD 9, MN

Good job on the big buck! Let' s see some photo' s!!

Washington Hunter

i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)
n. pl. i·ro·nies

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland' s copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).
An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
Dramatic irony.
Socratic irony.

tro·phy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trf)
n. pl. tro·phies

A prize or memento, such as a cup or plaque, received as a symbol of victory, especially in sports.
A specimen or part, such as a lion' s head, preserved as a token of a successful hunt.
A memento, as of one' s personal achievements.
The spoils of war, dedicated in classical antiquity with an inscription to a deity and set up as a temporary monument on or near a battlefield, placed in an existing temple, or housed in a permanent, new structure.
Architecture. An ornamental marble carving or bronze casting depicting a group of weapons or armor placed upon a square or circular base.

Angus74

The trophy is definitely in the eye of the holder, If its a trophy to you then its a trophy. Any animal taken under fair chase and legal hunting is a trophy to start. The different challenges of that particular hunt or special things about the hunt or animal just makes the trophy more special. I took a budding bowhunter out on my land several years ago and we set up 75 yards apart to do some rattling. He took a little six pointer in a hunt that you couldnt have made up any better. His first bowkill, came in to horns at a run, stopped right under his stand and bristled up like e was king of the woods, good shot. You would think it was a B/C and it is still his most treasured trophy, all because of how the hunt unfolded.

atlasman

I posted it here for you guys to see but the mods moved it into the gun forum (even though I already had it there also) I know more people in here so I figured I would give it a shot.

Here is the link to the thread

http://forum.hunting.net/asppg/tm.as...mode=1&smode=1

atlasman

I think I need to clarify a couple things. #1 I am not trying to say anyone' s trophy is better then anyone elses. I am the LAST guy who would pretend to be an expert on trophies. LOL.......My racks up until this boy would all fall under the wonderful category known as " scrub" bucks

It' s just funny to me that I got into a couple threads this year and argued that killing a big deer would be so much sweeter if he was one in a million.......not a dime a dozen..........Then I go out and do it.......and it' s every bit as sweet as I could have imagined. (irony)

I guess I was wondering if people would rather take a 130" buck where no one has even seen a buck like that in decades or a 170" deer where they are seen every year.

I know every deer is a trophy......believe me, in the battlefields I hunt you are thankful just to see a deer and taking one is pure gravy.

Actually to me a full freezer beats horns any day...........but both is a cool bonus.

I hope my question wasn' t misinterpreted.

atlasman

Agreed...........and I know we went back and forth on this in your tag draw thread. BTW did you ever go there and kill one?

Again, I hope people don' t misread what I wrote and think I am looking for justification of my deer as a trophy or that it' s better then someone elses........I couldn' t care less. This deer is a trophy so far above and beyond anything that I ever dreamed would walk in front of me where I was hunting that nothing could ever decrease the emotions I feel about him.

I wish every hunter on this board could feel like I did when I came to the end of that blood trail and found this buck.........I was brought to my knees in an open field by a rush of nearly every emotion possible at levels off the charts. 17 years of beating the bush for countless hours and there he was. Finally.

atlasman

That is the funny part.........like I said you CAN' T be a trophy hunter where I hunt even if you tried. You may as well be hunting white elephants........they just aren' t there.

I am the first person to tell someone that ANY deer is one to be proud of. I don' t even know why the heck I got into all these trophy debates this year........and that is why this is so ironic.

Trust me dude........I am not obssessed with the subject or debating it. I just voiced my opinion a few times and it snowballed a little.

My brother killed a button buck he thought was a doe this year and I was jealous...........probably cause I hadn' t even seen a deer in a week.

atlasman

I wish I had worded this thread a little differently because by no means am I looking for approval or justification by others..........I really thoguht people would just answer " I' ll take a buck like no one has ever seen vs a run of the mill big boy 7 out of 10 guys get every year" or vice versa.