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Title: Late tag
Post by: boneaddict on December 17, 2016, 08:05:27 PM
Notch or not?


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Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: kirkl on December 17, 2016, 08:10:43 PM
Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: WAmuleyHunter on December 17, 2016, 08:13:42 PM
Pass.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: ellensburgpo on December 17, 2016, 08:30:52 PM
Old buck, happy to tag that old warrior.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Buzz2401 on December 17, 2016, 08:34:18 PM
I like the width unless I'd been seeing a ton of bucks I'd be shooting him
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: boneaddict on December 17, 2016, 08:47:09 PM
Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
This year...not your tag year. :)
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: bigmacc on December 17, 2016, 08:50:46 PM
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:
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: kirkl on December 17, 2016, 08:59:42 PM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: cbond3318 on December 17, 2016, 09:22:21 PM
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!
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Miles on December 17, 2016, 09:44:41 PM
Good mature buck.  Tag would be notched.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: SkookumHntr on December 17, 2016, 10:27:34 PM
I would pass!
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on December 17, 2016, 10:31:48 PM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Rainier10 on December 17, 2016, 10:35:31 PM
I'm a late archery guy, yes I would notch my tag on that guy every and any day of the season.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: PastorJoel on December 17, 2016, 10:44:12 PM
Dead deer!  100%  :tup:
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: ellensburgpo on December 18, 2016, 04:05:33 AM
Funny the differences in what people consider a trophy.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Whitpirate on December 18, 2016, 04:08:46 AM
Since I'm mostly looking for deer for my 12 year old I'm pretty confident I'm watching my son take a shot.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Muleyslyr on December 18, 2016, 02:33:34 PM
Absolutely I would. Old symmetrical buck with good width. Tough to pass that guy up.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: horsehunter509 on December 18, 2016, 03:22:53 PM
Would really depend what unit, what day of the hunt, and what had been seen so far up to that point.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: M_ray on December 18, 2016, 04:11:01 PM
pass
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Karl Blanchard on December 18, 2016, 04:44:09 PM
Without hesitation.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: NOCK NOCK on December 18, 2016, 06:29:38 PM
Yep   :hunter:
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: huntnphool on December 18, 2016, 11:18:51 PM
 Pass with the rifle, tag him with the camera.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Matth on December 19, 2016, 08:01:19 AM
Pass with the rifle, dead deer with a bow.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: C-Money on December 19, 2016, 08:08:28 AM
He looks like a good one to me.  :tup:
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: hunter399 on December 19, 2016, 08:27:56 AM
I would never pass that.Big body lots a meat , and looks legal to me.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Rainier10 on December 19, 2016, 08:35:20 AM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Jimmy33 on December 19, 2016, 09:45:06 AM
My 6.5 would drop him in his tracks...no hesitation


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Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: WAcoueshunter on December 19, 2016, 09:49:39 AM
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. 
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: NRA4LIFE on December 19, 2016, 10:07:13 AM
Boom-Thwop.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: quadrafire on December 19, 2016, 10:13:01 AM
Yes
Way bigger than the one I did pull the trigger on
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: boneaddict on December 19, 2016, 11:30:51 AM
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. 
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Miles on December 19, 2016, 11:40:33 AM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: elevenpt1 on December 19, 2016, 11:44:15 AM
Smoke em !!!! Quick
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: boneaddict on December 19, 2016, 11:48:42 AM
I'll have to check.   Most of my shots were really blurry on this guy.  Maybe I was shaking, lol!
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 19, 2016, 11:50:29 AM
Because you were cold or that u peed yourself
 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: boneaddict on December 19, 2016, 11:52:19 AM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: trophyhunt on December 19, 2016, 11:53:19 AM
Pass, also depends on what I've been seeing.
:yeah:
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Miles on December 19, 2016, 11:55:01 AM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: starbailey on December 19, 2016, 11:56:01 AM
Pass with rifle tag. Shoot with bow.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: Rainier10 on December 19, 2016, 12:01:22 PM
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.
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on December 19, 2016, 12:06:14 PM
Might pass with the bow - unless or until he looks away!  Rifle say boom. 
Title: Re: Late tag
Post by: boneaddict on December 19, 2016, 12:22:50 PM
If I remember right, he took a couple swipes at the ground right there, then bedded.
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