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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: Bluemoon on August 15, 2020, 01:37:33 PM

Title: First Trip, First Day. Would you?
Post by: Bluemoon on August 15, 2020, 01:37:33 PM: Your first out of state hunting trip to Montana, your first day. Everything is legal you have permission on the land. Would you pull the trigger on this dude?
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Post by: robodad on August 15, 2020, 01:38:48 PM: Is this a trick question ?
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Post by: ffhoofer on August 15, 2020, 01:40:17 PM: No, unless I was leaving the next day.
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Post by: Bluemoon on August 15, 2020, 01:40:41 PM: Nope not at all. Just curious.
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Post by: huntnfmly on August 15, 2020, 01:53:53 PM: BANG!!!
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Post by: Mfowl on August 15, 2020, 01:56:06 PM: Archery yeah, rifle no.
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Post by: idaho guy on August 15, 2020, 02:55:44 PM: No. that looks like the average buck for Montana too me. I usually end up shooting The average buck :chuckle: but I would definitely pass and look around a bit. We have gotten down to having usually 2 days on our Montana hunts so I can’t be super choosey but no
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Post by: Dan-o on August 15, 2020, 03:19:51 PM: Yes

1st minute of opening day.
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Post by: Stein on August 15, 2020, 03:40:19 PM: Only if one of my kids didn't have a tag.
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Post by: dvolmer on August 15, 2020, 04:25:38 PM: NOPE!!!
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Post by: DWBMontana on August 15, 2020, 05:50:46 PM: Please don't. I live here in NE Montana, this buck is probably only 2.5 yrs old, pretty common to see these running around in these parts. Mule deer, especially plains mule deer need some time to grow up. The population in mule deer quality would be so much better if people would harvest a doe, most ranchers and farmers I know here, would readily let folks harvest whitetail does.
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Post by: Rainier10 on August 15, 2020, 05:54:57 PM: Nope
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Post by: meatwhack on August 15, 2020, 05:56:33 PM: Those tags are way to expensive to shoot that buck on the first day.
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Post by: jeffro on August 15, 2020, 05:57:40 PM: Boom
Headed home, butchering, scouting for elk, etc.
If I were paying for a guide and lodge type package, different story
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Post by: Bill W on August 15, 2020, 06:55:21 PM: I've got a big 3x4 and they are a disappointment when scoring them.
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on August 15, 2020, 07:35:46 PM: I would probably shoot, its always good for morale to have one hanging in camp early and thats a solid buck.
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Post by: Alchase on August 15, 2020, 07:54:01 PM: Bang,
Flop!
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Post by: sagerat on August 15, 2020, 08:00:15 PM: Quote from: DWBMontana on August 15, 2020, 05:50:46 PM
Please don't. I live here in NE Montana, this buck is probably only 2.5 yrs old, pretty common to see these running around in these parts. Mule deer, especially plains mule deer need some time to grow up. The population in mule deer quality would be so much better if people would harvest a doe, most ranchers and farmers I know here, would readily let folks harvest whitetail does.

:yeah: let him grow
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on August 16, 2020, 04:56:31 AM: Quote from: Buckhunter24 on August 15, 2020, 07:35:46 PM
I would probably shoot, its always good for morale to have one hanging in camp early and thats a solid buck.
Maybe if somebody else shot it, my morale would not be good after spending $700 to shoot an average 3 point

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Post by: buckfvr on August 16, 2020, 10:16:19 AM: Not a chance, those walk no matter where/when.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 16, 2020, 11:30:03 AM: Nope, probably not even last hour.
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Post by: teanawayslayer on August 16, 2020, 11:32:28 AM: Negative. Not even a last day buck.
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Post by: follow maggie on August 16, 2020, 11:55:42 AM: Yep. I don’t pass on the first day what I’d shoot on the last day. That’s a really nic buck for me, so I’d be tickled to get that one.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on August 16, 2020, 02:14:31 PM: $600 tag? Nope!
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Post by: Bango skank on August 16, 2020, 02:39:22 PM: Quote from: follow maggie on August 16, 2020, 11:55:42 AM
Yep. I don’t pass on the first day what I’d shoot on the last day. >>>>> That’s a really nice buck for me

Cause and effect :dunno:
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 16, 2020, 02:46:38 PM: Not a chance id shoot that on day 1. If i had plenty of meat already i wouldnt shoot it last day either.

I definitely dont prescribe to the “dont pass the first day what youd take the last day”
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Post by: Jonathan_S on August 16, 2020, 03:14:08 PM: I don't know what a first day buck is, but he's not it for me. Likewise when it comes to last day bucks, I know them when I see them.
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Post by: MADMAX on August 16, 2020, 03:21:14 PM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on August 16, 2020, 03:14:08 PM
I don't know what a first day buck is, but he's not it for me. Likewise when it comes to last day bucks, I know them when I see them.

I’m with ya there
If I go oh sheet dandy
I’m shooting
Last 2 years have been fun in Montana
A whole lot different than here
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Post by: RB on August 16, 2020, 05:02:18 PM: IF, you are asking the "average" Washington Deer hunter, I believe the answer would be yes. Most that have replied, and a lot on this blog, are not average when it comes to Deer hunting. A guy that has hunted a few years here in Washington, and you guys know how the Deer numbers are here, and spends the time and money to go out of state and this is the first good looking Buck he has seen then the he will most likely shoot it. He will be well within his rights to do so and will be happy to come home with a Buck and a sense of accomplishment.

Those that live in this Mule Deer country I get it in the off season many more quality Bucks are seen and this is small to average for the most part, and if a guy wants a real wall hanger he has to let ones like this walk. The problem with letting this Buck walk is the "average" Deer hunter shoots the first legal Deer seen, especially here in Washington.

Just my two cents :two cents:
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Post by: actionshooter on August 16, 2020, 05:25:11 PM: Archery--yes
Rifle-- Nope
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Post by: Itsintheblood on August 16, 2020, 07:01:52 PM: No. Not even a last day buck. Not in that country
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Post by: Bigshooter on August 16, 2020, 08:18:47 PM: No
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Post by: huntnphool on August 16, 2020, 08:36:49 PM: Quote from: teanawayslayer on August 16, 2020, 11:32:28 AM
Negative. Not even a last day buck.

+1, no
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Post by: Tbob on August 17, 2020, 11:54:59 AM: Quote from: DWBMontana on August 15, 2020, 05:50:46 PM
Please don't. I live here in NE Montana, this buck is probably only 2.5 yrs old, pretty common to see these running around in these parts. Mule deer, especially plains mule deer need some time to grow up. The population in mule deer quality would be so much better if people would harvest a doe, most ranchers and farmers I know here, would readily let folks harvest whitetail does.

I did miss a nice size buck last year, but I came home with 2 does and some delish eats!
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Post by: jackelope on August 17, 2020, 12:01:27 PM: I'm not shooting.

I wouldn't shoot on the last day. He's a youngster.
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on August 17, 2020, 12:23:14 PM: Would have been interesting to have a poll. Its definitely not the buck I would go into the hunt looking to shoot but I am pretty certain I'd take him. Would that size mulie be comparable to a basket rack type whitetail?
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on August 17, 2020, 12:35:32 PM: All depends on the level of my freezer. If I had no meat I'd shoot him but not on the first day of a hunt. That caliber of deer can be killed every hour of every day where I hunt in MT. So at the bitter end of my trip I'd take him home if I needed him.

Edit: guess I strayed from the parameters of the OP's question. Looking back on my first trip to MT (not out of state) I'd still say no. Plenty of "MT specials" running around to shoot that one that soon into a trip :twocents:
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Post by: Fletch on August 17, 2020, 12:51:41 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: nwwanderer on August 17, 2020, 12:54:01 PM: Heed DWB, if we all stepped up point rules could disappear and this would be a non shooter in WA. It is very possible to have a population that would support does for meat harvest and leave bucks to mature and breed all of those does, it is a process. If we only harvested mature bucks, I know, you do not eat the horns, selection could improve antler size for all those in search of B&C, P&Y bonanzas.
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Post by: huntandjeep on August 18, 2020, 01:40:47 PM: Nope , passed alot of those size Deer my first year back there . Looks young .
But judging the Deer the Washington guys that stay at the same Hotel as me , everyone one of them would shoot a Deer like that any day of the season . As would alot of other out of staters .