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Old 07-27-2004 | 07:29 AM
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Last year I passed up 6. 5 were small 1.5 year olds and one was a fair 8 2.5 year old. I think many of them are still there. I will post a couple of pictures from last friday soon.
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Old 07-27-2004 | 07:39 AM
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I'd say on an average year maybe 10 or so. Large does I won't pass on though if I have a good shot.
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Old 07-27-2004 | 07:41 AM
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I've been bowhunting for over 20 years, and until about 3-4 years ago I would have never dreamed of passing up a buck.

Our farm in in WV, and we're really trying to practice QDM as much as possible on our 400+ acres. We've only taken 2 bucks and about 20 does off our property in the PAST 2 YEARS...TOTAL SEASONS. That's gun/bow...everything.

Last year I passed a few that were 4-6pt range, and several spikes.

By the way...we are now seeing a lot more bucks. What a shocker...LOL
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Old 07-27-2004 | 07:46 AM
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I pass on probably 30 to 40 bucks a season not counting yearling bucks. i normally hold out for 8 point or better 4to 5 years old and 140 class or bigger
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Old 07-27-2004 | 07:51 AM
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I personally have a 6pt rule that I follow, I hunt a lot of public land so I pass up a lot of small bucks. One day last year during the first week of November I passed up 7 bucks in a morning, all spikes and fork horns, the 8th buck was a 7pt and he came home with me. If I would have shot the first one I saw, I would have missed a lot of action and excitment.
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Old 07-27-2004 | 08:40 AM
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How many bucks do you pass up??
As many as it takes! I usually pass up at least 10 a year, but last year was a bad year for me. I only passed on one, didn't get a shot at two that I would have passed on and then arrowed a whopper. This year I imagine I'll be passing on 10-15 like normal years.
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Old 07-27-2004 | 08:59 AM
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Wow you guys pass on a lot of bucks. I don't think I'd get 20 shots at bucks all season letting them all pass. Last year I shot the 8th buck past me. Number 9 walked by after I shot mine. I had seen 17 bucks bucks up to that point.
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Old 07-27-2004 | 08:59 AM
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It varies. I have had a few suicidal bucks show up repeatedly that begged me to shoot them. On an average year, I'll pass around 10 - 15 little bucks.
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Old 07-28-2004 | 07:45 AM
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o to 80 crippled or crazy if they walk past me there going down ,,, i hunt all public land and if i dont take it someone else will. im not a horn hunter last i checked only chinness eat the horns,maybe if i was as lucky as some of you with 400 acers to hunt on i would pass alot of deer but until then if it comes past me in the thicket im gonna stickit
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