RE: Chances of a BIG buck?
 

C.C. well let me put it THIS way ...it took me over 20 years ..4 trips to Canada ..one trip to Pike Co Illinois ...one trip ti Missouri ... now do you REALLY want to hunt with ME for a Big buck ???

dd

RE: Chances of a BIG buck?
 

HA,HA:D:D:D, Yep a $1,000 a pound, but I would do it all over again!

RE: Chances of a BIG buck?
 

I can tell you one thing I have learned after 25 years in the woods here in north Alabama and southern Tennessee ...you can't harvest a MONSTER buck where there are no monster bucks and thats a fact ! I have read on another thread about a lot of the fine hunters on this forum who pass up big bucks knowing that there is a good chance they will see him next year when he is a year older and larger and I commend them for their strong will ...and it must be nice to hunt in a state or an area that is large enough to feel you will have that chance to hunt him again ...however here in Alabama and Tennessee most of us do not have that luxury ...most of the farms here are quite small 150 to 250 acres with hunting farmsbordering you on either sideand the bucks very seldom get a chance to mature ..oh you occationally here of a big buck being taken ..or seen or hit by a car at night but on the most part they get wacked by someone before they get any age on them... so the chances of ever taking a really BIG BUCK in my neck of the woods are EXTREAMY limited ... on the bright side we do enjoy big numbers of deer and if you like seeing a lot of deer then this is a great area ...

dd

RE: Chances of a BIG buck?
 

same here DD...and to answer your question, why ofcourse i'd hunt with you in all those places......if you pay:D

RE: Chances of a BIG buck?
 

Same here DD. The place I hunt is my grandpa's 200 acres and it is poached all the time. We don't allow other hunters to hunt it, but they do anyways, and when you say something to them, they cut your fences or kill your cattle. My place behind my house is only 20 acres, and I have a few food plots where some deer come in. I have been having a little 6 point coming in every year and gets bigger. He is an eight this year, I think its the same deer. I'm hoping nobody shoots him. Everybody here shoots everything from a spike and up. I went to the processors and saw over a 100 deer heads of very young bucks. I used to be like that until I fortunly got a 160 class 15 point this year. He was old, and pretty beat up from other bucks. Don't know where he come from. I get depressed because everyone tells me I will never get a bigger buck in this area. I'm guessing I have to pay outa state tags and go elsewhere.

DD I love your buck!

RE: Chances of a BIG buck?
 

WT thank you ..I am glad you enjoyed my wed page ...

dd

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87, and what % of these hunters who tell you this have shot an animal of this stature? You said yourself many shoot anything legal...so I am guessing very few have shot a buck of this nature. Many will promote negative thoughts to try to bring you back to their level, just brush em off and keep doing what you personally feel is best. You must keep the faith!!!