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whats a shooter to you??

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jackelope:
kind of slow around here, so maybe this will get things  going. in this state, whats a shooter buck for you? lets say you're NOT hunting the entiat/desert/etc. where normally our "giants" come from...what does it take for you to pull the trigger.
inquiring minds want to know.

saylean:
A legal buck with an ethical shot. Thats bout it for me. Of course, it depends. I dont know if I would take a smaller buck opening day, as I like to hunt as long as I can...but on the other hand...;)

My first deer I shot with a bow, was a black tail 2X3. Arrow went through him, double lung, he pounced a few yards and laid down. I waited for him to bleed out for about 5 minutes or so. Walked over to where I shot him and a 5 point was bedded down in the brush right by him...I was happy with the 2X3 for sure (it was the biggest deer I had got at the time and my first with a bow) but it would have been great to bag that 5 pointer.

jackelope:
I guess i'd like to get a crack at a nice 4x4 muley...a big 3 would do just fine, i'm certainly not picky, but i have gotten enough smallish 3x3 muleys. if i see a whitetail, it's gonna have to be at least a 4x4. late in the season, my priorities would change to put meat in the freezer. i ate my tag last year looking for a bigger than normal deer and i really miss the venison in the freezer.

PolarBear:
I'm kinda picky.  Since I started raising my own beef I hunt for bone now.  For blacktail it has to have at least a solid 3 on one side.  A 2x3 is ok if it has width or mass but anything snaller will walk.  Whitetails have to be a solid 3x3+, outside their ears and be no less than around 125-130+"  Mulies have to be outside their ears or have a ton of mass.  Elk have to be a solid 4+ and decent points.  I broke my own "no raghorn" rule last year with a small 4 pt. but it was for a good cause.  I gave up shooting spikes, 2 pts and little basket bucks years ago.  I figure that with a couple of freezers full of beef and elk that it was better to leave them for folks who need them more than I do.

MichaelJ:
Since I hunt archery, anything legal is what I'm after, but honestly I just want a MATURE buck, doesn't have to be huge, but I would love to shoot a 150" deer with my bow.  But you know darnwell if I have a decent 3 point in my sights I'm gonna pull the trigger... lol if I draw a late hunt then I'm going for a 4 point or a BIG 3.

Michael

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