land owner part 2
11-30-2008, 06:10 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,932
land owner part 2
I was wondering if you tell who ever you let hunt your land not to shoot button bucks. Now it can be hard to tell. If you look and study the deer closer for the most part usually you can tell. My question is would you tell them to read up on to know if its a button buck or tell them what you have observed or both?
11-30-2008, 07:04 PM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SW Georgia
Posts: 22
RE: land owner part 2
I do a hunt every year for about 10 US Marines that I invite to a hunt as my way of saying "thanks" to them for their service to our country. I let them all shoot a doe when they come. Before the hunt I always go over with them how to avoid shooting a button buck and usually include some pictures in that discussion. I also let them know to be particularly skeptical of shooting if they see an antlerless deer that is alone.
It seems to help, though most years I still have a button buck shot.
FWIW, here's a story by a local TV station on this year's hunt: http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?s=9268093.
It seems to help, though most years I still have a button buck shot.
FWIW, here's a story by a local TV station on this year's hunt: http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?s=9268093.
12-01-2008, 07:35 AM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: land owner part 2
If i let someone hunt on my land, they can shoot what they want. I dont really like conditions placed on me if i am hunting on someone else's ground, so i dont do it to other folks.
12-01-2008, 08:02 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Person Co. NC
Posts: 884
RE: land owner part 2
If you are not sure what are shooting, why the heck would you shoot??? Rule #4 be sure of your target.
Very fair request,really common sense.I must admit that I did it a few times when I first started, but a pair of binoculars and the ability to pass on shots after dark:30 is all that is needed to avoid this mistake. If all you can see is the outline of a deer they need to learn to pass on those shots.
Very fair request,really common sense.I must admit that I did it a few times when I first started, but a pair of binoculars and the ability to pass on shots after dark:30 is all that is needed to avoid this mistake. If all you can see is the outline of a deer they need to learn to pass on those shots.
12-01-2008, 08:53 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: West Central Illinois
Posts: 1,099
RE: land owner part 2
Button bucks are the hardest of anything to distinguish. I shot one last year that I thought was the doe leading her fawn into the food plot. Retrieverman, you wouldn't catch me hunting with you. That is a steep price to pay for a very easy mistake to make. Now if I shot a spike, a fork horn, or a backet 8 when you told me not to, then I would understand getting the boot. Hell, until a buck reaches at least 2.5 years old, he is likely to vacate the area completely, so why so much emphasis on mistakenly shooting a button?
Granted, if I know the deer is a male, I will not shoot unless I intend to send it to the taxidemist. But shooting a button that you think is a doe and getting lambasted - come on.
Bob R.
Granted, if I know the deer is a male, I will not shoot unless I intend to send it to the taxidemist. But shooting a button that you think is a doe and getting lambasted - come on.
Bob R.
