What would you do?
 

Anyone who has been reading my posts knows that I bow hunt for the sport. I've passed on bigger bucks then I have shot. I want something to put on the wall. In the past several years I have consistently seen 150's and up. It comes down to whether one gets with in bow range or not. It's more limited by time in the woods then anything else. I hunt only spots I know huge is in there.

This year I've been out twice. The first day uneventful for anything huge. That was the first for this spot. Hunted this place now about 12 times and evry trip something huge has run through. The last hunt last week, saw 3 deer that were solid 150s. Would have shot any of them if I had the chance. 10 mins. later an even bigger buck came in the same area, solid 170 class possibly 180. My friend swears it could push state record. He would know his 10 point was 162 and top fifty in the state for typical. He sees his everyday on his wall and said this one was way bigger.

Would you pass on one of the 150s to get a chance at the big boy?

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heck no!! i would be satisfied with a 150 anytime but then again here in illinois we can shoot to bucks so after i would shoot that 150" id be hunting the big boy for sure:D

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Not no but he)) no!. A 150 classs deer is hard enough to get much less anything bigger. Unless you know for fact that there is a bigger deer there and you can kill him I'd take a 150 in a heart beat.

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You cant shoot big ones by shooting small ones.

Myself I would wait but the closer it got to our gun season the less choosey I would be.

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Same thing you should do , reach over and turn off the alarm clock and get out of bed , you gotta be dreaming!

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You pass bucks up like this? What do you figure this buck scores? just curious...

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There you go my point exactlly. He is huge. His mass tells me he's on the wall. I would have shot any of the first 3 deer had I had the chance.

For your deer, he would be dead as well. His mass is huge. I can't tell his spread. His tines could be bigger. If I had to guess, he's a 150 class.

Since I didn't get a shot, a bigger one came along. The area I'm hunting is very exclusive. I'm not too worried about any other hunters nor am I worried him leaving the area. I am worried about getting him in range.

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Field,

When you say exclusive your referring to private land right? ...and I hope not a fenced preserves, which I doubt, so dont take that wrong, but am am curious as to where a guy can hunt and see that many quality bucks in an evening 150s and bigger ... in all respect, I look over 40 bucks sometimes in the summer before I find a 150 class or better to start patterning, So I am definately curious to hear more about your hunting area. My good friend in Alberta doesn't even tell me he sees bucks like your seeing and hes taken some hawgs. 190 class being his largest grossing deer.

Thanks
Shed

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I would take the first big buck that blessed me with the shot. Then you can hunt the other. If your state only allows you one buck then scout that monster out and hunt him next year.

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IMO it depends. Do you have a game plan to get an arrow into Mr. Huge? If not I wouldn't wait. From what it sounds like you know he's there and are just waiting for him to give you a shot. If this is the case I'd take the first buck you'd hang on you wall that presents a shot. If you've done your homework and have a game plan to get a crack at Mr. Huge then I say stick to the plan and try to get your shot.

Have you tried mock scrapes or rattleing? If you're seeing deer of this calibre and haven't tried to rattle them in, that would be my plan of attack to try and get a crack at them.