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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Jonathan_S on September 08, 2013, 06:13:23 PM

Title: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 08, 2013, 06:13:23 PM: What would you do? If you were reasonably confident you could kill the first buck in September in a few nights would you wait and hunt the second buck in November or just hunt the first one now?

Buck #1 is showing in daylight and #2 is nocturnal now. :bash:

Decisions, decisions... :rolleyes:

I'm having a genuinely hard time deciding. :dunno:

**OOPS reverse the pictures...**
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: kingpin on September 08, 2013, 06:17:42 PM: I say hunt #1 now. His character is just too cool to pass on at any time for me!

OOPS !!!! I didn't see your OOPS!

OK certainly wait! I was wondering on why the indecision. ? Can i recant my vote? Absentee ballot?
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: B-Nut on September 08, 2013, 06:19:11 PM: :yeah:

Buck #1 is pretty cool. I would go for it.
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 08, 2013, 06:19:58 PM: I posted the pics in the reverse order though. I really want "Mr. Character" but he's super elusive now and the other buck is coming by very consistently in daylight.
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Post by: Old Man Yager on September 08, 2013, 06:57:02 PM: I vote for the one with all the points on his bases, but I would shoot the other one in a heartbeat.
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Post by: 724wd on September 08, 2013, 07:11:49 PM: whichever comes in first, but know that my decisions are always based on wanting meat in the freezer! :tup:
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Post by: pwaldee on September 08, 2013, 07:18:36 PM: the one with the junk
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on September 08, 2013, 07:37:18 PM: I would wait.
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 08, 2013, 07:40:46 PM: I definitely want the trashy one because he's so wide but I think I am not even going to that stand until November because he's such a crafty bugger.

Here's a picture that shows off his width.
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: bowhunterforever on September 08, 2013, 07:48:05 PM: Trashy wide buck for sure :drool: wait
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on September 08, 2013, 08:49:56 PM: He is worth waiting for
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 08, 2013, 08:53:17 PM: No brainer :dunno: :chuckle: #1 :yike:
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Post by: HornHoarder on September 08, 2013, 08:54:59 PM: Definately hold out for the big guy.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 08, 2013, 11:04:52 PM: no brainer
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 09, 2013, 08:57:25 AM: Anyone have a guess at his width?
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Post by: borntoslay on September 11, 2013, 05:18:57 PM: 23 or so outside?? thats my guess. thats a beautiful buck man :)
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Post by: abhold87 on September 12, 2013, 04:00:46 PM: :yike: Kinda rare to have a chance at a big non-typical so deffinetly the trashy one. His character is awesome
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: jackelope on September 12, 2013, 04:03:24 PM: I'd wait too but what are the odds that someone else will have a shot at him or he doesn't come in then....you willing to eat your tag? I assume you are looking at the quality of bucks you're hunting.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 12, 2013, 05:13:00 PM: Depends how much time you will have for him in Nov. I'd like to think that I could hold out...but.... :dunno:
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Post by: tazman2800 on September 12, 2013, 07:46:36 PM: I would shoot whichever one I saw first.
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Post by: hambone on September 12, 2013, 08:33:19 PM: I would take him as soon as you can there is no way that someone else has not seen that buck if you dont get him first some one else will good luck
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Post by: splitshot on September 13, 2013, 12:21:55 PM: they look like the same deer. mike w
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Post by: 6haase6 on September 13, 2013, 12:58:42 PM: I wouldn't shoot anything but the hog. My judgement is a touch skewed this year though. Said I would buy the multi deer one time and I would kill a buck of a lifetime. So far I've held up to my standards. ;)
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Post by: headshot5 on September 13, 2013, 01:43:05 PM: I'd take the one that shows up in front of you first. I like the trash on the wide buck, but wouldn't hold out just for him.
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Post by: Gringo31 on September 13, 2013, 01:55:22 PM: Quote
He is worth waiting for

:tup:
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 14, 2013, 09:09:51 AM: Quote from: jackelope on September 12, 2013, 04:03:24 PM
I'd wait too but what are the odds that someone else will have a shot at him or he doesn't come in then....you willing to eat your tag? I assume you are looking at the quality of bucks you're hunting.

It's reasonably doubtful that he'll be tagged by anyone else, this is in a unit open for a long late archery season so I'm long on time to hunt him
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: bowhunterforever on September 14, 2013, 01:23:54 PM: Have you gotten any pics of buck one since he shed his velvet?
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 14, 2013, 05:04:44 PM: I haven't checked the camera since August, I am trying to steer clear of him for awhile. I might sit in that stand later in the month if it cools off but otherwise, not until November.

It's an area that really gets the worst of the hot sun so there is no point trying to hunt it right now.
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: bowhunterforever on September 14, 2013, 08:40:13 PM: Be sure and post some pics of that beast when you check your cam again :drool: and good luck when you try for him
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Post by: pwaldee on September 15, 2013, 02:40:56 PM: looks like a saltece or a green bluff buck
Title: Re: Which buck?
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 15, 2013, 02:42:02 PM: I wish he was that close :)