Post by: NachesBOY509 on September 07, 2016, 04:55:32 PM
But my question to you also is, how many of you guys can pass up a legal buck? I tel myself year in and year out, I'm gonna pass up the smaller guys and hope for the big boy to come rolling in. But every year as soon as I see a legal buck, I do whatever it takes to get into shooting range and pull the trigger I just can't seem to pass up a legal deer :dunno: :drool:
Anyway these are just a few I found on my last little scouting trip, and for *censored*s and giggles a nice spike I had seen in the same area a few weeks back
Post by: NachesBOY509 on September 07, 2016, 04:59:17 PM
Post by: demontang on September 07, 2016, 05:23:26 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 07, 2016, 05:33:03 PM
I let many quality bucks walk every year but I have taken some great deer. So it's not hard to do.
Elk on the other hand have been my curse. I have been 12 years and taken only anterless. Now with a great quality bull tag in my pocket that. I should be able to get into plenty of bulls. I am going to have a very hard time passing the first 5x I see. However I know its a great tag, so passing bulls is going to be one of the hardest things I ever do. I would be happy with any bull in a otc hunt. This is a tag I might not ever get again. I want to make the best of it and hunt hard for a chance at a great bull.
Post by: brew on September 07, 2016, 05:37:45 PM
Post by: cbond3318 on September 07, 2016, 06:06:07 PM
not sure what your standards are or what you consider a "big boy" but if i was archery hunting mule deer and came across one like this that is not just "barely legal" and is a main frame 3 pt with eyeguards and the spread is at his ears then i would be shooting...i know they look bigger in velvet but his tine length is good with deep front forks....waiting for something "bigger" in washington with archery gear you're gonne be eating tag soup for a lot of years.
:yeah: I am currently on day 4 of hunting a very similar framed deer. Saw him and thought I'd just watch and pass, about 10 minutes into just watching I said" well, I'll just put a stalk on him cause it's fun" got within 90 and the wind shifted and he left. Fast forward to now, I can't get him outta my head, it's become my goal now!
MAn I love hunting!
Post by: jeffro on September 07, 2016, 06:13:01 PM
First legal deer dies at our camp.
Post by: Miles on September 07, 2016, 06:51:15 PM
Never pass on a deer day one, that you would shoot last day.
First legal deer dies at our camp.
Cool saying, and I've heard it a million times, but I disagree. I prefer to pass on smaller bucks and hunt for a good one. If on the last day or two I haven't filled a tag, I will shoot any legal buck to fill the freezer. So far I've never had to regret that decision. If you shoot the first legal buck like in your catchy saying, odds are that monster bucks will be few and far between.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 07, 2016, 06:58:10 PM
:yeah:Never pass on a deer day one, that you would shoot last day.
First legal deer dies at our camp.
Cool saying, and I've heard it a million times, but I disagree. I prefer to pass on smaller bucks and hunt for a good one. If on the last day or two I haven't filled a tag, I will shoot any legal buck to fill the freezer. So far I've never had to regret that decision. If you shoot the first legal buck like in your catchy saying, odds are that monster bucks will be few and far between.
Last day of archery I'm shooting a doe. First day it's nothing but a nice buck. :twocents:
Post by: Widgeondeke on September 07, 2016, 06:59:15 PM
Post by: solomtnhunter on September 07, 2016, 07:26:43 PM
Post by: fishnfur on September 07, 2016, 07:37:04 PM
I took off after a forkie BT with eyeguards today, but quickly quit the chase after reconsidering his small body size, and the fact that I was wearing jeans and a T shirt heading into soaking wet jungle. I'll look for him again next year.
Post by: WAcoueshunter on September 07, 2016, 07:41:21 PM
:yeah:Never pass on a deer day one, that you would shoot last day.
First legal deer dies at our camp.
Cool saying, and I've heard it a million times, but I disagree. I prefer to pass on smaller bucks and hunt for a good one. If on the last day or two I haven't filled a tag, I will shoot any legal buck to fill the freezer. So far I've never had to regret that decision. If you shoot the first legal buck like in your catchy saying, odds are that monster bucks will be few and far between.
Last day of archery I'm shooting a doe. First day it's nothing but a nice buck. :twocents:
:yeah: I like to hunt. Won't get to hunt very long if I lived by the 'shoot on the first day what I would shoot on the last' theory. If your primary objective was filling the freezer and getting back to work, then yeah, I guess it makes sense.
Post by: Stein on September 07, 2016, 08:21:51 PM
Post by: fishnfur on September 07, 2016, 11:41:25 PM
On an otc tag, legal is plenty fine. Forkies taste great.
Agreed, but the great taste lasts longer on a bigger deer.
Post by: JDhunting_Aus on September 08, 2016, 01:22:44 AM
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 08, 2016, 02:58:10 AM
What constitutes a legal buck over your way?3 point or better
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Post by: Vandal44 on September 08, 2016, 03:37:49 AM