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Offline BackStrappin

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Opening Day Scenario
« on: October 13, 2011, 06:51:53 PM »
So what do you say ?

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2011, 06:55:06 PM »
Uhmmmm- I'm in a 4pt GMU so a no brainer for me. But I would love for a tender spike to be in the freezer

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2011, 07:01:27 PM »
General season is always 3 pt or better for us  :tup:

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2011, 07:30:41 PM »
I hunt the western part of the state and I will take the first buck 2 point or better I can get.  But during extended buck if there is a spike with a good amount of meat on him I might take him.

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2011, 08:18:12 PM »
3 points or your poaching here  :dunno:

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2011, 08:21:05 PM »
 :yeah:
i've always wanted to dress in a bigfoot costume and run by ppls trail cams so when they look at them their like wtf

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2011, 08:21:47 PM »
Any buck for me.... I'd shoot him.

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2011, 08:23:38 PM »
Not going to pass up a deer i'd shoot the last hour in the first hour.  All about the meat, and i can save some gas, and get ready for the ELK!!! :chuckle:

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2011, 08:47:55 PM »
Ok I guess this is more for the WET side since the East Side is 3 points or better  ;)

I post this question as I have a great Piece of Land I got access to hunt this year . I know it holds plenty of animals but I am not sure what I would do in this case .  I am not a trophy hunter so , I am pretty sure I am putting the hammer down  :tup:

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2011, 09:02:07 PM »
I'm not going to shoot a spike on the first day and end my season. I'll take a spike at the end of the day on November 20th, maybe. Depends on my confidence level. If I've been seeing a lot of sign and/or a lot of bucks, I still might hold out to the very end for a nice 4x4 blacktail. I've got elk meat in the freezer so I don't have much desire to shoot something just for the meat.

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2011, 09:07:51 PM »
That spike is getting shot. I couldn't care less about antlers.

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2011, 09:17:11 PM »
It's not so much the antlers I care about, it's more that I want a mature, big-bodied buck that's been around a while. Plus I just want to spend some time in the woods hunting. I've spent the last 8 months scouting. To end it on the first day on a year old buck just seems like a terrible waste. I want to be out there when there's a chance of seeing rutting activity and big bucks running around during daylight hours, that you would never see any other time of the year. Not to mention, a 4 year old buck will have a heck of a lot more meat on him than a 1 year old buck.

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2011, 09:24:08 PM »
That spike is getting shot. I couldn't care less about antlers.
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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2011, 09:27:07 PM »
I passed on a mini 3 pt last year, 730am on opener...didnt see a legal buck after. ;)

I'd pass. (only cause my freezers full)

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Re: Opening Day Scenario
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2011, 09:56:41 PM »
Dead deer..We have 2 tags, so 1 down 1 to go..

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