Who would shoot?
01-07-2008, 05:22 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Posts: 5,514
RE: Who would shoot?
Breaking the law is POACHING, pure and simple! There is no way of sugar coating it, its POACHING!
I have had the opportunity, but I declined! The only reason to shoot it would be for a "trophy," and I could not look at an illegal deer hanging on my wall everyday for the rest of my life!
I have had the opportunity, but I declined! The only reason to shoot it would be for a "trophy," and I could not look at an illegal deer hanging on my wall everyday for the rest of my life!
01-07-2008, 05:40 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Grand Forks BC Canada
Posts: 760
RE: Who would shoot?
Of course you knew the correct answer without even asking. But I question part of your initial statement:
To rationalizethis by saying that 1)he'll be bigger and 2)you might get into trouble is to not shoot for all the wrong reasons. Plain and simple, all buck tags were used andit would have been illegal to shoot him. The thought process doesn't need to go any further than that.
he will be bigger next year, do not risk getting in trouble with the law and the club.
01-07-2008, 07:27 PM
#14
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location:
Posts: 398
RE: Who would shoot?
ORIGINAL: Allen Denton
If they only had doe tags left and a 20 inch ten pointer ran by then at 15 yards? My buddy killed 2 bucks earlier in the season and was saving one for the big one. Well last week he shot what he thought was a doe that ended up being a 4 point. That left him with only doe left to kill. The last day of the season he was in his stand and 11 deer took off out of the woods heading right towards him. He could see the big buck near the rear of the pack of deer so at 100 yards he stood up to try and turn the buck towards the guy next ot him. The buck and the rest of the deer ran right at him and past by him at 15 yards. He did not shoot and most of the guys at the club told him that he did good not to shoot. There were ar few that said he should have shot the buck and they would have covered for him. I agree with the way he did it, he will be bigger next year, do not risk getting in trouble with the law and the club.
If they only had doe tags left and a 20 inch ten pointer ran by then at 15 yards? My buddy killed 2 bucks earlier in the season and was saving one for the big one. Well last week he shot what he thought was a doe that ended up being a 4 point. That left him with only doe left to kill. The last day of the season he was in his stand and 11 deer took off out of the woods heading right towards him. He could see the big buck near the rear of the pack of deer so at 100 yards he stood up to try and turn the buck towards the guy next ot him. The buck and the rest of the deer ran right at him and past by him at 15 yards. He did not shoot and most of the guys at the club told him that he did good not to shoot. There were ar few that said he should have shot the buck and they would have covered for him. I agree with the way he did it, he will be bigger next year, do not risk getting in trouble with the law and the club.
As others have said, anyone who would shoot is a poacher and doesn't deserve to have the privilege of hunting.
01-08-2008, 06:19 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hampton Virginia
Posts: 1,607
RE: Who would shoot?
We were hunting a spot that the farmer wanted does killed and he took the shot in the woods behind him. He said he saw the whole deer and then when the deer stopped the head was behind a tree. The deer only weighed 107 and he thought it was a doe. He made a big mistake, the other buck would have been his biggest to date.
01-08-2008, 09:53 AM
#19
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
RE: Who would shoot?
Hell use a semi auto with a 20 or 30 round mag and take them all out. Just kidding - your friend did the right thing.
All he needs to do now is find a godd stand location for next year after some preseason scouting.
All he needs to do now is find a godd stand location for next year after some preseason scouting.
