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TeacherMan:
Its all about the antlers I hate to say. I will hunt the early season for mule deer, if I see one that is over 25" and 4pts plus eye guards he will fall. after that I have a big bull tag in the Observatory unit. 9 days of heaven, I plan on waiting for at least a 300 class bull. I would rather go home empty handed than shoot a small one, Ive waited to long for this tag. Than back at it again in the late season for deer. The NE corner is callling my name for a 150" plus whitetail. All said and done I usually get a freezer full of good eat in burger and a ridiculous taxidermy bill.  :chuckle:

Curly:
Usually it is all about the meat for me.  This year I will probably pass on some smaller deer for the first few days.  Then if I can't find a decent 4 point, I'll take the first legal deer I see the last couple days of my hunt.

finnman:
Oct. 1st my wife will be opening the FLOOD GATE on the meat dam! Moose meat for the whole year will be a tasty delight! So rifle buck will be a difficult decision since we will have all the meat we need, yet I am still battling the rehab on the ol' ACL reconstruction, not sure how well I will be doing in the rough scab ground we hunt in, if I see a legal buck close by I might dump it, hard to say, Big Bull tag for Goose Prairie starts the 20th so I am not going to hurt myself for a small bull, I will not need the meat so I will hold out for as big of a dude as I can find! Don't like wasting 12 points for a dink.

jjhunter:
Horns, horns, and more horns.  Archery elk and deer in  E. WA(Sept), mule deer in Eastern MT(OCT 26-31),  Mule deer on a landowner tag in Colorado (Nov. 1-7), late whitetail in Northern ID(Nov 15-30).....and Muley Grande in Sonora, Mexico(January 7-16)!  I am sure I will get some meat along the way........

GoldTip:
With elk I have always shot the first legal animal I find.  Simple as that.  I have shot several 6 point bulls, but they were also the first elk I had a chance at.  That won't change this year, I just like eating elk too much to pass on a legal animal.  Deer, I love to eat them too, so I will start out looking for a good buck, but I will fill my tag both in WA and in Idaho.  Once again, just love to eat'em and the wife does as well.

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