Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on December 17, 2016, 08:05:27 PM
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Notch or not?
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Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
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Pass.
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Old buck, happy to tag that old warrior.
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I like the width unless I'd been seeing a ton of bucks I'd be shooting him
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Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
This year...not your tag year. :)
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Old buck, happy to tag that old warrior.
Amen to that :tup:.....old buck, probably outsmarted many a hunter and predator in his days. Would be my honor to take him :tup:
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Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
This year...not your tag year. :)
Lol, probably dead then. Specially seeing how my cousin ate his chewuch tag.
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Old buck, happy to tag that old warrior.
Amen to that :tup:.....old buck, probably outsmarted many a hunter and predator in his days. Would be my honor to take him :tup:
:yeah: with a smile on my face!
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Good mature buck. Tag would be notched.
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I would pass!
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Rifle late i would likely pass. If he had 2 inch eyegaurds that would be a big game changer. Archery unless I was having epic buck sightings he is getting an arrow.
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I'm a late archery guy, yes I would notch my tag on that guy every and any day of the season.
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Dead deer! 100% :tup:
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Funny the differences in what people consider a trophy.
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Since I'm mostly looking for deer for my 12 year old I'm pretty confident I'm watching my son take a shot.
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Absolutely I would. Old symmetrical buck with good width. Tough to pass that guy up.
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Would really depend what unit, what day of the hunt, and what had been seen so far up to that point.
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pass
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Without hesitation.
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Yep :hunter:
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Pass with the rifle, tag him with the camera.
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Pass with the rifle, dead deer with a bow.
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He looks like a good one to me. :tup:
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I would never pass that.Big body lots a meat , and looks legal to me.
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I think the key is the word "tag", that makes me think you are talking general season, not a special permit.
I might pass if I had a special permit, depending on a lot of variables.
General season late archery tag he is getting an arrow first hour of the season all the way up until the last sliver of hunting light.
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My 6.5 would drop him in his tracks...no hesitation
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To me, that is the classic late tag buck. Old, dark horns, good mass - rare to see bucks like that in the regular season. It's a perfect example for the "great bucks that don't score diddly" thread. If we didn't have weather that year or I just wasn't seeing other bucks like that, I'd drop him in a heartbeat. But if it's early in the hunt or I'm seeing lots of mature bucks, maybe I hold out for something with a bit more wow factor.
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Boom-Thwop.
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Yes
Way bigger than the one I did pull the trigger on
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Well, bottom line is this was a tough year. It wouldn't matter what tag you had. This buck may well have bested this years rafflebuck. I no way want to take away from that trophy either. Just commenting that this year, if you'd have let him walk, you may not have done better. .....and that's ok too.
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Bone, do you have a side view? I think this view could be hiding a little of what's there. It's hard to tell fork depth on this buck with a face on shot.
Still... Face on view only and he would be going down. Could spend the rest of the season looking for 10 more inches.
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Smoke em !!!! Quick
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I'll have to check. Most of my shots were really blurry on this guy. Maybe I was shaking, lol!
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Because you were cold or that u peed yourself
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I was probably breathing heavy. I think living in Yakima is effecting me at high altitudes. Yeah that's it. It's not the 50 pounds I put on since getting married again.
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Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
:yeah:
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I was probably breathing heavy. I think living in Yakima is effecting me at high altitudes. Yeah that's it. It's not the 50 pounds I put on since getting married again.
Lol
I've been thinking about the whole altitude shortness if breath thing since finding out we are moving to Colorado.
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Pass with rifle tag. Shoot with bow.
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I really love these kinds of threads. So much to think about. I really hope to draw a late permit one day and have to ponder this type of stuff.
I was just texting some of the mods earlier talking about what I would or wouldn't shoot with a late permit. I think for me it would really be more about the hunt and all the animals that I could see and the experience that I would share with friends and family. The buck would just be a reminder of the hunt.
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Might pass with the bow - unless or until he looks away! Rifle say boom.
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If I remember right, he took a couple swipes at the ground right there, then bedded.