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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: BrockWeilep on May 01, 2025, 04:10:55 PM

Title: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: BrockWeilep on May 01, 2025, 04:10:55 PM: Feel free to elaborate or clarify below.
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 01, 2025, 04:24:55 PM: I hunt for sustenance. I'd much rather take a mid-life buck and enjoy the experience for the 6 months I eat him than a trophy that's hard to swallow. And, it's not like I'd pass on a bigger one were there the opportunity to do so.
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Post by: CP on May 01, 2025, 04:33:54 PM: :dunno: I don't carry a tape measure when I hunt. I wouldn't know how to measure a deer anyway.
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Post by: yogru on May 01, 2025, 05:06:58 PM: Learned long ago you can't eat the horns. You going to guarantee a nice buck every year for the next decade? I'm taking that all day!
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Post by: Badhabit on May 01, 2025, 05:42:08 PM: I'm not a trophy hunter, I just like to put some wild game on the table now and then. I truly think if a 200" plus buck was in my sites, I'd pass as I wouldn't have it mounted and couldn't honor the trophy like it should be. Let another hunter who has that dream put it on their wall.
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Post by: dvolmer on May 01, 2025, 05:43:13 PM: My answer in my 20’s would be different than what it would have been in my 30’s and so-on. Now that I am 59 and hunt other states also, the four 180 inch bucks in 10 years is what would fit for me. :dunno:
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Post by: kentrek on May 01, 2025, 05:55:48 PM: I went with the 220...theres lots of ways to fill the freezer
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Post by: link on May 01, 2025, 06:02:34 PM: I'm taking two, two hundos.
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Post by: hunter399 on May 01, 2025, 06:19:45 PM: Anything 150 or bigger is a done deal .
I've always been a meat hunter,if it's a stinky old buck.
Street tacos and deer enchiladas for me.🤤
I didn't vote,150 or bigger is always the goal,but if it stands like stupid. It's in the freezer.
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Post by: huntnnw on May 01, 2025, 06:26:22 PM: I’ll take a 220+ all day long. Never had a issue putting meat in the freezer
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Post by: Angus on May 01, 2025, 06:34:58 PM: I voted for 6 in 10 years, that's about what my current success rate is but they are a long ways from 160".
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Post by: CarbonHunter on May 01, 2025, 07:46:21 PM: 6 - 160” buck in tens years would be an unbelievable feat to accomplish. And 1 elk feeds my family for a year so deer are just icing on the cake. If I weren’t an elk hunter I may think of it differently.
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Post by: muleyslayer on May 01, 2025, 08:04:42 PM: I am currently happy with deer that are old or 160” plus, but it’s definitely a progression. Currently the six 160” to 180” bucks in 10 years would make me happy. I’d rather focus on “filling the freezer” with elk and whitetail. There was definitely a time when any legal mule deer was the goal.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on May 01, 2025, 08:21:31 PM: Should have shot this one, because the one I got last year was tougher than boiled shoot owl.🤯

Plus I wouldn’t have had to pack it out.🤣
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Post by: Doublelunger on May 01, 2025, 08:34:14 PM: 220 is a buck of many many lifetimes. No brainer for me.
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Post by: ghosthunter on May 01, 2025, 08:46:10 PM: Did not vote, because there was no any legal Buck option.

I could care less about inches.
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on May 01, 2025, 09:11:36 PM: Quote from: Doublelunger on May 01, 2025, 08:34:14 PM
220 is a buck of many many lifetimes. No brainer for me.
This. Not even a question what I'd choose.
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on May 01, 2025, 10:08:18 PM: Not greedy, 200” buck is one for a lifetime. Two is even better.
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Post by: TitusFord on May 02, 2025, 04:53:15 AM: Under 150" is still a dandy blacktail. I'm picking 10 for 10 all day.
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Post by: fishngamereaper on May 02, 2025, 06:18:51 AM: Don't want mess up my deer a year for 35 streak...
Besides....most guy's see a 150 on the wall and think it's a 180... :chuckle:
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Post by: Threewolves on May 02, 2025, 08:59:29 AM: I voted for 10. Because there are only so many sunsets left, no reason to go empty handed. My ego doesn't have the horn fetish. But I started out my hunting career with three moose and two caribou before I ever got a deer. I would rather have a pile of meat opposed to no pile of meat.
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Post by: Longfield1 on May 02, 2025, 11:14:54 AM: Ive gone the last 5 years getting a deer every year. I like having the meat in the freezer and enjoy the entire process from field to table. If this was my only hunt of the year then i would still pick 10 <150 inchers. If i had more tags and this was just a for fun hunt and the freezer was gonna be filled up anyway then i would go with the 160-170+ and would pass on the smaller bucks.
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: yakimanoob on May 02, 2025, 01:12:17 PM: Quote from: ghosthunter on May 01, 2025, 08:46:10 PM
Did not vote, because there was no any legal Buck option.

I could care less about inches.

I'm not following. Doesn't not caring about score result in choosing 10/10 bucks?

I also couldn't care less about score so I'll take the harvest every year please and thank you :tup:
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: CP on May 02, 2025, 01:22:29 PM: What would this bruiser measure? I need more like this to hold all my hats.
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Post by: link on May 02, 2025, 02:47:07 PM: Quote from: TitusFord on May 02, 2025, 04:53:15 AM
Under 150" is still a dandy blacktail. I'm picking 10 for 10 all day.

I'm assuming the poll was 150" mule deer. If not, I'm changing my vote to 10/150" blacktails in ten years. That would make a legend. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: Threewolves on May 02, 2025, 03:04:52 PM: Quote from: CP on May 02, 2025, 01:22:29 PM
What would this bruiser measure? I need more like this to hold all my hats.
That is a solid 11 pointer. Don't mean to brag, but I got a 22 pointer last year(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250502/48e5091998e08aa3e16467a0a4ef7dda.jpg)

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Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: CP on May 02, 2025, 04:37:58 PM: Quote from: Threewolves on May 02, 2025, 03:04:52 PM
Quote from: CP on May 02, 2025, 01:22:29 PM
What would this bruiser measure? I need more like this to hold all my hats.
That is a solid 11 pointer. Don't mean to brag, but I got a 22 pointer last year(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250502/48e5091998e08aa3e16467a0a4ef7dda.jpg)

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That's a toad. He'll hold 4 hats. :tup:
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: yakimanoob on May 02, 2025, 11:02:38 PM: Quote from: CP on May 02, 2025, 04:37:58 PM
That's a toad. He'll hold 4 hats. :tup:
:yeah: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: JakeLand on May 03, 2025, 08:10:01 AM: Quote from: TitusFord on May 02, 2025, 04:53:15 AM
Under 150" is still a dandy blacktail. I'm picking 10 for 10 all day.
X2
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Post by: RockChuck on May 03, 2025, 10:58:14 AM: I go home empty handed more than not any way, and when I’m successful they are whatever I see that’s legal, so 4 180s is a big win that I would take!
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Post by: greenhead_killer on May 03, 2025, 11:15:04 AM: I chose the 6 160-180 in ten years under the assumption this is based on md. If we’re talking whitetail, I’d take the same but really 10 over 150 would suffice as well.
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: hunter399 on May 03, 2025, 12:34:14 PM: Quote from: greenhead_killer on May 03, 2025, 11:15:04 AM
I chose the 6 160-180 in ten years under the assumption this is based on md. If we’re talking whitetail, I’d take the same but really 10 over 150 would suffice as well.
I agree ....
MD VS WT
Mule deer I do want a 180+ buck.
WT .... I'll just fill the freezer.
Title: Re: Which situation would you prefer and why?
Post by: Wingin it on May 03, 2025, 04:41:37 PM: I’ve killed plenty of bucks in my life, nothing approaching the 200” mark. I’d take the 220” deal and let the rest of the family take care of filling the freezer.
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Post by: kodiak06 on May 04, 2025, 11:48:42 AM: I'm truly a shoot it if I like it kind of guy. I grew up in the south and have probably killed 150 whitetails in my life BUT, we didn't have the caliber of bucks as WA/Id do. I saw 13 whitetail bucks on this past seasons hunt, I only considered one and never drew back. I grew up chasing whitetail and I need to nail a 150' before I go passing them up. I'm not worried about meat, I kill an elk and blacktail every year. With the no bait law being passed, I bet a lot of hunters lower their standards this year, especially archers.