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Title: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: Craig on July 12, 2009, 06:53:40 PM
My friend has a ranch in Montana. He charges most people a pretty good trespass fee to hunt. He only lets a couple people a year hunt on the ranch ( 13,000 acres ) He lets us hunt for free. He did not want us killing any 4X4 big bucks. Save them for people that pay. That was fine with me. He said we can shoot any 3X4 or any buck with crab claws. There are a ton of bucks and my friend shot this buck in the picture. it had crab claws. Would you be happy with this buck even though it's a " management buck ".

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Post by: Houndhunter on July 12, 2009, 06:55:06 PM
if i didnt have to pay to hunt the land, sure
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Post by: huntnphool on July 12, 2009, 06:55:56 PM
Thats a decent buck Craig, tell him congrats
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Post by: agchawk on July 12, 2009, 07:05:27 PM
Thats a decent buck Craig, tell him congrats

Agreed! Certainly a quality buck in my opinion.
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Post by: jackelope on July 12, 2009, 07:42:12 PM
i'd have no problem shooting that buck, especially if it was a "management buck" type hunt.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on July 13, 2009, 12:17:33 AM
if i didnt have to pay to hunt the land, sure
  :yeah:
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Post by: Ridgerunner on July 13, 2009, 07:50:33 AM
Good enough for me, especially on a management hunt.  Some guys pay big $ to shoot a buck like that.
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: boneaddict on July 13, 2009, 07:59:59 AM
I'd slap him down just because of his eyeguards.  I think he got lucky they considered that a management buck, crab claw or not.  SWEET
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Post by: bucklucky on July 13, 2009, 08:25:43 AM
Dead buck for me! :drool:
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: B.G.hunter on July 13, 2009, 08:29:19 AM
i would be happy with that management buck because you got to hunt prime land for free and take a nice buck too.  how wide is he about 27"?
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Post by: wastickslinger on July 13, 2009, 08:31:03 AM
Heck ya that be fine with me!!

Was you land owner friend fine with that being called a management buck?
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on July 13, 2009, 08:48:24 AM
Wow, why would anyone not be????


I dang sure would be happy with that buck.
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Post by: Mike_D on July 13, 2009, 09:30:03 AM
IMHO, Any buck you can put down and use, is a good buck, I know many who have shot spikes (in various areas) and were very happy with the animal.  The buck you take, you should always be happy with. (people starving overseas ya know... ) :P
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Post by: CP on July 13, 2009, 09:38:23 AM
Seems to be part of him missing.  I’d pass, he’s all head an antlers, not enough meat there for a good pot of stew.
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Post by: muleysgirl13 on July 13, 2009, 09:40:36 AM
I would be more then happy with him given the circumstances.  Tell him congrats.  If he had fun doing it and he is pleased then that should be enough for him.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 13, 2009, 10:05:36 AM
I can't see the picture on my work computer, just making a post so I can come back and look later.
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Post by: Woodchuck on July 13, 2009, 10:09:09 AM
for me, lead would fly, short order
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 13, 2009, 10:10:43 AM
Dead buck hanging on my wall! Crab claws.. Ads character. Management buck.. Fine with me. Free hunt on private prime land with no other people bothering me.. Priceless!

-Steve
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: magnanimous_j on July 13, 2009, 10:18:12 AM
Dead buck hanging on my wall! Crab claws.. Ads character. Management buck.. Fine with me. Free hunt on private prime land with no other people bothering me.. Priceless!

-Steve

I have no idea what crab claws are, but that deer still sounds delicious. 

That is one of my loftiest dreams in life, to own a ranch like that. Some friends of the family have a ranch in Oregon thats 700 acres or so. The woods are clean, no neighbors for miles, and there is an unspoken rule that if you trespass and try to set up a meth operation on someone's property, you will be murdered and your death will not be investigated.

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Post by: alanger on July 13, 2009, 11:16:21 AM
The barrell would be hot after seeing that.
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Post by: C-Money on July 13, 2009, 12:10:59 PM
That is a fine looking "management" buck! I would like to get one that big!
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Post by: Dipsnort on July 13, 2009, 01:20:05 PM
Was you land owner friend fine with that being called a management buck?
I have the same question.  From the pic I would call that a nice 4X4 without crab claws.  Just because one tine is shorter than one might expect doesn't make it a crab claw in my opinion so I would not have shot that buck based on the instructions given by the land owner.  That's a good buck in my view. :twocents:
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Post by: huntnphool on July 13, 2009, 02:17:52 PM
Quote
I have no idea what crab claws are,
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Post by: GWA Hunter on July 13, 2009, 03:17:26 PM
I wouldnt even hesitate taking that buck! Even on opening morning! Nice buck...
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Post by: SHANE(WA) on July 13, 2009, 03:23:06 PM
Buck is fine, no way in hell would I ever have restriction put on me where I hunt. And restrictions I am not talking state regs, I mean a certain property when it's open everywhere else to whatever. Nope I would find a new place to hunt. I glass up a 180" buck I am killing it. Not my cup of tea, to each his own
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: Gutpile on July 13, 2009, 03:26:55 PM


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How in the world did you get that buck to sit still long enough to bury it?
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: Craig on July 13, 2009, 03:28:53 PM
Ya the landowner did not care he shoot that buck. He said it was fine with him. I passed up a buck almost like that buck the day before. I was not sure at what point a buck is crab claw or just not real very good forks. I shot a whitetail instead.
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: strutnrut1984 on July 15, 2009, 09:04:42 AM
heck ya thats a nice buck
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 15, 2009, 11:28:16 PM
Glad to hear that the landowner wasn't pissed.  I am not sure I would consider that buck a "crab claw" either.  Looks like a great buck with one short tine.  I'd kill him in a heartbeat.
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: testar77 on July 16, 2009, 02:31:47 PM
I'd slap him down just because of his eyeguards.  I think he got lucky they considered that a management buck, crab claw or not.  SWEET


:yeah:
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: GWA Hunter on July 16, 2009, 02:58:17 PM
Craig lets see the picture of your whitetail :)
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 16, 2009, 03:48:44 PM
Craig lets see the picture of your whitetail :)

 :yeah:

Is he buried up to his neck too...? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: Craig on July 16, 2009, 04:31:20 PM
Muleys up high. Whitetails down low on this ranch.

My Whitetail
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here he is on the wall. Not the best picture.
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Buddies Whitetail.
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Post by: banannaclip on July 16, 2009, 10:02:19 PM
no i would not
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Post by: mossback91 on July 16, 2009, 10:04:04 PM
nice lookin mount
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Post by: bowsandhose on July 16, 2009, 11:06:19 PM
 :archer: i would put him down
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 16, 2009, 11:25:07 PM
Nice whitey 8)
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Post by: huntnphool on July 17, 2009, 10:10:38 AM
Nice buck
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Post by: backwoods_boy on July 17, 2009, 03:50:35 PM
DAH  :o
Very happy!
Title: Re: Would you be happy with this buck?
Post by: PolarBear on July 17, 2009, 05:40:01 PM
With a bow, yes.  With a rifle, no.
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