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Old 08-02-2005 | 11:13 AM
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Default RE: the question-do I take the shot or wait a year?

On our property we don't have the deer numbered or have tracking devices on them. That said - I have no way to know where a buck will be 365 days later. It seems like every year we have different bucks that come around but I never seem to see the same one year after year. If guys can let a buck walk and easily find him again next year, I'd like to know how. If I like a buck, I'll take him. You can discard and draw another card, but you could be playing with multiple decks that keep getting shuffled. You might discard a King and pull a 2 instead of an Ace.
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Old 08-02-2005 | 04:51 PM
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Its tough to practice QDM on public land. Regardless.. the first yearlingdoe to walk by gets whacked. Thats meat in the freezer!
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Old 08-03-2005 | 06:29 AM
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On our property we don't have the deer numbered or have tracking devices on them. That said - I have no way to know where a buck will be 365 days later. It seems like every year we have different bucks that come around but I never seem to see the same one year after year. If guys can let a buck walk and easily find him again next year, I'd like to know how. If I like a buck, I'll take him. You can discard and draw another card, but you could be playing with multiple decks that keep getting shuffled. You might discard a King and pull a 2 instead of an Ace.
On the property I hunt on we can usually tell who is who from year to year.. Just look at characteristics ofthe deer. Last year threw me fora loop though. We had 2 deer I had never seen before. They were brothers. Each had 5 on one side and then a long thick spike shooting straight up about 10-12" with a little point sticking out the front. My buddy nailed one of them.. I tried for the other but he never made it into range.. Wanted to get them out of the gene pool.
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Old 08-03-2005 | 11:46 AM
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The choice is yours to make. Set your own standards and make sure your happy with what you harvest.
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Old 08-03-2005 | 05:08 PM
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The choice is yours to make. Set your own standards and make sure your happy with what you harvest.
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Old 08-03-2005 | 05:13 PM
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In the areas that I hunt if you don't take him a road hunter probably will. It is a shame that it is like that but I find there are a lot of hunters out there that don't really care if they are shooting legal or not. Does anyone else have that problem??
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Old 08-04-2005 | 12:45 PM
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If you think that counting 26 gunshots on opening morning is a problem, opener for bowseason that is, then yeah, I guess I do!
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