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If you could decide how your next 10 years of deer hunting would go, which option would you choose?

10 <150” bucks in 10 years
8 150”-160” bucks in 10 years (2 years empty handed )
6 160-180” bucks in 10 years (4 years empty handed)
4 180”ish bucks in 10 years (6 years empty handed)
2 200”ish bucks in 10 years (8 years empty handed)
1 220”+ buck in 10 years (8 years empty handed)

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Offline ghosthunter

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2025, 08:46:10 PM »
Did not vote, because there was no any legal Buck option.

I could care less about inches.

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2025, 09:11:36 PM »
220 is a buck of many many lifetimes. No brainer for me.
This. Not even a question what I'd choose.
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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2025, 10:08:18 PM »
Not greedy, 200” buck is one for a lifetime.  Two is even better.
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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2025, 04:53:15 AM »
Under 150" is still a dandy blacktail. I'm picking 10 for 10 all day.

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2025, 06:18:51 AM »
Don't want mess up my deer a year for 35 streak...
Besides....most guy's see a 150 on the wall and think it's a 180... :chuckle:

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2025, 08:59:29 AM »
I voted for 10. Because there are only so many sunsets left, no reason to go empty handed. My ego doesn't have the horn fetish. But I started out my hunting career with three moose and two caribou before I ever got a deer. I would rather have a pile of meat opposed to no pile of meat.
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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #21 on: May 02, 2025, 11:14:54 AM »
Ive gone the last 5 years getting a deer every year. I like having the meat in the freezer and enjoy the entire process from field to table. If this was my only hunt of the year then i would still pick 10 <150 inchers. If i had more tags and this was just a for fun hunt and the freezer was gonna be filled up anyway then i would go with the 160-170+ and would pass on the smaller bucks.

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2025, 01:12:17 PM »
Did not vote, because there was no any legal Buck option.

I could care less about inches.

I'm not following. Doesn't not caring about score result in choosing 10/10 bucks?

I also couldn't care less about score so I'll take the harvest every year please and thank you  :tup:
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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #23 on: May 02, 2025, 01:22:29 PM »
What would this bruiser measure?  I need more like this to hold all my hats.


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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2025, 02:47:07 PM »
Under 150" is still a dandy blacktail. I'm picking 10 for 10 all day.

I'm assuming the poll was 150" mule deer. If not, I'm changing my vote to 10/150" blacktails in ten years. That would make a legend. :chuckle:

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #25 on: May 02, 2025, 03:04:52 PM »
What would this bruiser measure?  I need more like this to hold all my hats.
That is a solid 11 pointer.  Don't mean to brag, but I got a 22 pointer last year

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #26 on: May 02, 2025, 04:37:58 PM »
What would this bruiser measure?  I need more like this to hold all my hats.
That is a solid 11 pointer.  Don't mean to brag, but I got a 22 pointer last year

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That's a toad.  He'll hold 4 hats.   :tup:

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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #27 on: May 02, 2025, 11:02:38 PM »
That's a toad.  He'll hold 4 hats.   :tup:
:yeah: :chuckle:
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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #28 on: May 03, 2025, 08:10:01 AM »
Under 150" is still a dandy blacktail. I'm picking 10 for 10 all day.
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Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
« Reply #29 on: May 03, 2025, 10:58:14 AM »
I go home empty handed more than not any way, and when I’m successful they are whatever I see that’s legal, so 4 180s is a big win that I would take!

 


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