Blacktail?

[buglebuster]

You couldnt even pay me to shoot one of those rat deer.

[RadSav]

You couldnt even pay me to shoot one of those rat deer.

   

Why isn't there a law that people cannot hunt in county's or areas that aren't theirs?...I'm tired of it!

Sorry couldn't resist.

[MLBowhunting]

It takes a lot of time to harvest a good blacktail.  They are probably the hardest deer to hunt in my own opinion.  I am sure some people would pay top dollar to put a monster on the wall.  I read Tom Mirandas book and he paid 4500 for his Blacktail

[jackmaster]

I would pay exactly what I pay now, the cost of my license and tags. I'm sure it would be cool to get a record book buck, but I feel like a trophy could be any size, it just depends on the effort you had to put in or who you were with when you got it.  To me, a quality buck involves alot more than what it scores on paper. My first deer was when I was 17, a little 2x3, but I was with Jackmaster, his brother, and 2 other good friends, and it was cool because they were all there with me, and that's something you always remember. Just my 

AH YES, the good ole days, i do miss those times, things sure have changed alot since then, mainly do to predators, but thats a differant subject in itself. those were the times, it is funny now because we are both teachn are youngsters on the same piece of dirt are dads taught us, thats the meaning of a trophy 

[singleshot12]

I would pay exactly what I pay now, the cost of my license and tags. I'm sure it would be cool to get a record book buck, but I feel like a trophy could be any size, it just depends on the effort you had to put in or who you were with when you got it.  To me, a quality buck involves alot more than what it scores on paper. My first deer was when I was 17, a little 2x3, but I was with Jackmaster, his brother, and 2 other good friends, and it was cool because they were all there with me, and that's something you always remember. Just my 

AH YES, the good ole days, i do miss those times, things sure have changed alot since then, mainly do to predators, but thats a differant subject in itself. those were the times, it is funny now because we are both teachn are youngsters on the same piece of dirt are dads taught us, thats the meaning of a trophy 

[Button Nubbs]

I wouldn't feel a sense of accomplishment. I like doing things myself. Jmho

Button I'm not picking on you here, several others have had comments not to different form yours. I am betting most of you that have made these comments have never hired a guide. Unless you are hunting what is basically a game farm in Texas or something hiring a guide usually isn't some slam dunk thing where they just put you in front of a trophy animal. The first and foremost reason I would hire a guiding service today is to get me packed into the area I want to be, not to mention they will have camp set up which is also nice. We used to own horses and have all the stuff to do a pack in trip. I like horses but can't say I loved them enough to commit to the year round care they need. I did the math and I could (I don't) pretty much hire an outfitter every year for the price of owning horses year round. The other thing a guide does is give you the knowledge of an area you don't know. Most of us have areas we have hunted for years and know how to be successful but still have to hunt hard to do so, it's nice to have somebody along in a new area to give some knowledge on it. I have talked to guys that have gone one guided trips that said they were the hardest hunts of their lives. The guides expected them to get out and hunt and put the work in they never did on their own.

I hunted a guided turkey hunt once and it was an enjoyable expierence. We had to hike our arses off, it wasn't a cake walk. I'm just the kind of guy who likes to do everything DIY. Different strokes for different folks.

[Curly]

I've been on a guided hunt (I didn't pay for it) and also on a drop camp or two.  They are ok, but the guides/outfitters get to do all the fun stuff.  I enjoy reading maps, scouting areas, and finding game probably more than the actual hunt itself.  So, to hire a guide or an outfitter is fine, but it just removes some of the most enjoyable and rewarding aspects of the hunt.  As long as there is public land or private land that is open to the public for hunting that holds good bucks, I'd prefer to hunt the areas on my own. 

[kodiak 907]

Makes no sense.   Do you work for a Timber Company trying to figure out how much they can get for trophy hunting?

To me if you pay for a trophy buck then it is worth exactly what you pay for it.  Do your homework, scout, and hunt hard and it is priceless.  Personalty I am never impressed with a big buck or bull that someone paid big bucks to hunt.  Show me a decent low scoring bull with a story of a hard hunt, learning the hard way, and putting it all together and I am impressed.

[turkeyfeather]

I might pay if I was hunting an animal out of state that I wasn't familiar with, but not a deer in my own state.