Post by: doyourtime89 on December 13, 2011, 04:07:54 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 13, 2011, 04:12:55 PM
Post by: Encore 280 on December 13, 2011, 04:18:09 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on December 13, 2011, 04:22:18 PM
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on December 13, 2011, 04:23:48 PM
Out of state. Trophy now that I have a few under my belt.
After this years bow kill which is posted, I will most for sure hold out for something bigger while bow hunting.
Post by: TheFewTheProud on December 13, 2011, 05:09:09 PM
Post by: alecvg on December 13, 2011, 05:13:33 PM
In washington, unless I have a special permit I am shooting the first legal animal I see. Out of state tags are trophy hunts.
:yeah:
Post by: rtspring on December 13, 2011, 05:31:19 PM
I don't need horns to have a trophy, I have my father......
Post by: belkaholic on December 13, 2011, 05:39:11 PM
Post by: buck man on December 13, 2011, 05:52:42 PM
Post by: UptheCreek on December 13, 2011, 05:58:11 PM
mature deer.
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 13, 2011, 06:00:27 PM
Post by: passing-thru on December 13, 2011, 06:02:30 PM
Post by: 400out on December 13, 2011, 06:04:12 PM
Post by: Turner89 on December 13, 2011, 06:31:45 PM
Post by: ANDERWAGON on December 13, 2011, 06:33:46 PM
Post by: jess on December 13, 2011, 06:39:17 PM
Post by: D-Rock425 on December 13, 2011, 06:54:50 PM
Post by: SkookumHntr on December 13, 2011, 06:56:46 PM
mature animal is how i put it... I enjoy hunting wise mature bucks...- :yeah: Thats about it for me aswell!
Post by: 3nails on December 13, 2011, 07:03:48 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 13, 2011, 07:07:43 PM
Of course, this year he killed the monster... :tup:
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on December 13, 2011, 07:09:46 PM
Post by: ghosthunter on December 13, 2011, 07:11:22 PM
Post by: atc250r18 on December 13, 2011, 07:13:56 PM
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Post by: jamesjett on December 13, 2011, 07:20:22 PM
Post by: Alan K on December 13, 2011, 07:22:52 PM
Post by: jstone on December 13, 2011, 07:23:35 PM
Post by: Stickerbush on December 13, 2011, 07:28:41 PM
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Post by: Ingwe on December 13, 2011, 07:46:20 PM
Post by: wsucowboy on December 13, 2011, 07:54:28 PM
Post by: colockumelk on December 13, 2011, 08:01:09 PM
As far as elk go I like what coachcw said "I let the tag dictate the trophy"
Post by: B.G.hunter on December 13, 2011, 08:30:48 PM
Where's the both option? :dunno:
:yeah:
I had a muzzy cow tag this year so I got meat in the freezer and that allowed me to just hunt for antlers after that for my deer and for out of state. I like to have game meat but I often let smaller bucks go. If I don't have meat in the freezer then maybe.
Post by: Elkslayer on December 13, 2011, 09:30:48 PM
Post by: Hunting7mm on December 13, 2011, 09:42:51 PM
Post by: runamuk on December 13, 2011, 09:52:34 PM
Post by: runningboard on December 13, 2011, 10:05:50 PM
Quote
Meat for elk, trophy for deer.:yeah:
I've gotten a few bulls in full-rut, would rather get spikes, raghorns or cows. whitetails I usually hold out for decent 4-point or better but don't get too picky towards end of season. Mule deer, have never taken a decent 1 so am always looking for a wallhanger.
Post by: deleted BGS on December 13, 2011, 10:20:36 PM
Post by: Arteman on December 13, 2011, 11:24:15 PM
Post by: Glockster on December 14, 2011, 07:56:35 AM
I really hate going back to beef after a successful venison year.
Post by: kckrawler on December 14, 2011, 08:04:49 AM
Post by: sirmissalot on December 14, 2011, 08:27:47 AM
Post by: GoldTip on December 14, 2011, 08:32:02 AM
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 14, 2011, 08:47:10 AM
Post by: Yak-NDN on December 14, 2011, 10:46:20 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 14, 2011, 11:44:38 AM
I enjoy the meat and eat it all year long, as well as fish, mushrooms, clams, shrimp etc that I catch or pick myself. However, I honestly believe if its just meat you're after then buying beef is way cheaper... I spend stupid amounts of money on hunting every year. If I just bought a beef cow I would spend a whole lot less money, but I enjoy the thrill of the hunt and the experience, a cow elk is still a trophy to me. I have to work my butt of for every animal I get, so if I am lucky enough to be successful on a hunt then I consider it a trophy, big rack small rack, horns or no horns. I voted trophy hunter.
What would be really great is a cattle ranch that lets you take your cow with a bow! Best of both worlds. :tup:
Post by: PolarBear on December 14, 2011, 11:53:10 AM
Post by: PolarBear on December 14, 2011, 11:54:10 AM
Wouldnt mind finding a really nice .......trophy piece of meat :dunno:Are we still talking deer and elk or some other "wild game" ? :chuckle:
Post by: Houndhunter on December 14, 2011, 11:57:32 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 14, 2011, 12:03:46 PM
Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on December 14, 2011, 12:04:42 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on December 14, 2011, 12:24:57 PM
I'm a WASHINGTON hunter....so I don't get meat or trophies.....unless I can stuff and mount a tag.
:chuckle: :IBCOOL: :dunno:
Post by: Dave Workman on December 14, 2011, 12:26:35 PM
Luckily I live in New York (never thought I would say that) so I have three doe tags and two buck tags.
That explains a lot.
:chuckle:
Post by: npaull on December 14, 2011, 12:41:19 PM
Post by: elkoholic on December 14, 2011, 01:45:15 PM
Post by: E-Town Hunter on December 14, 2011, 02:00:25 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on December 14, 2011, 02:13:42 PM
Show me the meat!!!
:yike: I know what your saying but it just doesn't sound right. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Wacenturion on December 14, 2011, 02:51:51 PM
First and always, I enjoy the meat that a animal provides to my family. That being said I am more of a trophy hunter for deer then a meat hunter. I would rather let a smaller less mature buck walk away to live another day, then fill my freezer that has plenty of meat in it.
:yeah: I adhere to the saying, you'll never kill that really big one if you don't keep passing on smaller ones. Besides....you get many more memorable hunts that way. :tup:
With that said, back in 93', I had the opportunity to kill the biggest whitetail I have ever had in my sights....and for over an hour at 80-100 yards on the first morning of my modern permit hunt. I passed as it was the first day and I had planned to spend almost two weeks in my favorite part of the world chasing whitetails. :tup:
That buck was an honest 190-200 class whitetail. Looked like a small rocking chair on top of his head. Very symmetrical 6x7 typical with a split G2. All the tines on the main beam were evenly long (in excess of 10-11 inches) with great eye guards. The G2 split halfway up and both split tines were approximately 6-7 inches above that split. He was tending a doe and had no clue I was even around. :tup:
I named him the "*censored* Buck", in honor of what my son referred to me as, for passing on him, for the next 8 days of that hunting trip. :bdid:
The other old saying that is very true is...."If they look big, they are big!" Don't be a *censored*.... :chuckle:
However on that trip I had four memorable hunts on bucks that were above 150 class, that I also passed on. Ended up shooting a typical 4x4 125-130 class buck on the last day to appease my son, who by then was thinking I was ready for the funny farm. Whenever I look at that typical 4x4 on the wall that I had mounted, I see the others including the "*censored* Buck".. Great memories for sure. Just doesn't get any better.
Post by: link on December 14, 2011, 02:57:13 PM
Trophy. I'd rather eat a tag than a dink or a doe. If you don't really need or want the meat, why shoot one just to fill a tag or an ego? Leave em' for the folks that really need them.:yeah:
My thoughts exactly. I do enjoy the meat, but I don't "need" the meat. If I get that hungry, Safeway is just down the road.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 14, 2011, 02:59:28 PM
Post by: p-ohana on December 14, 2011, 03:08:59 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on December 14, 2011, 03:20:28 PM
First and always, I enjoy the meat that a animal provides to my family. That being said I am more of a trophy hunter for deer then a meat hunter. I would rather let a smaller less mature buck walk away to live another day, then fill my freezer that has plenty of meat in it.
:yeah: I adhere to the saying, you'll never kill that really big one if you don't keep passing on smaller ones. Besides....you get many more memorable hunts that way. :tup:
With that said, back in 93', I had the opportunity to kill the biggest whitetail I have ever had in my sights....and for over an hour at 80-100 yards on the first morning of my modern permit hunt. I passed as it was the first day and I had planned to spend almost two weeks in my favorite part of the world chasing whitetails. :tup:
That buck was an honest 190-200 class whitetail. Looked like a small rocking chair on top of his head. Very symmetrical 6x5 typical with a split G2. All the tines on the main beam were evenly long (in excess of 10-11 inches) with great eye guards. The G2 split halfway up and both split tines were approximately 6-7 inches above that split. He was tending a doe and had no clue I was even around. :tup:
I named him the "*censored* Buck", in honor of what my son referred to me as, for passing on him, for the next 8 days of that hunting trip. :bdid:
The other old saying that is very true is...."If they look big, they are big!" Don't be a *censored*.... :chuckle:
However on that trip I had four memorable hunts on bucks that were above 150 class, that I also passed on. Ended up shooting a typical 4x4 125-130 class buck on the last day to appease my son, who by then was thinking I was ready for the funny farm. Whenever I look at that typical 4x4 on the wall that I had mounted, I see the others including the "*censored* Buck".. Great memories for sure. Just doesn't get any better.
I would have to agree with your son on that one. :chuckle: 190-200"? :yike:
Post by: jaymark6655 on December 14, 2011, 03:40:46 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 14, 2011, 04:05:50 PM
Steel cajones, man...
Post by: Wacenturion on December 14, 2011, 04:06:41 PM
First and always, I enjoy the meat that a animal provides to my family. That being said I am more of a trophy hunter for deer then a meat hunter. I would rather let a smaller less mature buck walk away to live another day, then fill my freezer that has plenty of meat in it.
:yeah: I adhere to the saying, you'll never kill that really big one if you don't keep passing on smaller ones. Besides....you get many more memorable hunts that way. :tup:
With that said, back in 93', I had the opportunity to kill the biggest whitetail I have ever had in my sights....and for over an hour at 80-100 yards on the first morning of my modern permit hunt. I passed as it was the first day and I had planned to spend almost two weeks in my favorite part of the world chasing whitetails. :tup:
That buck was an honest 190-200 class whitetail. Looked like a small rocking chair on top of his head. Very symmetrical 6x7 typical with a split G2. All the tines on the main beam were evenly long (in excess of 10-11 inches) with great eye guards. The G2 split halfway up and both split tines were approximately 6-7 inches above that split. He was tending a doe and had no clue I was even around. :tup:
I named him the "*censored* Buck", in honor of what my son referred to me as, for passing on him, for the next 8 days of that hunting trip. :bdid:
The other old saying that is very true is...."If they look big, they are big!" Don't be a *censored*.... :chuckle:
However on that trip I had four memorable hunts on bucks that were above 150 class, that I also passed on. Ended up shooting a typical 4x4 125-130 class buck on the last day to appease my son, who by then was thinking I was ready for the funny farm. Whenever I look at that typical 4x4 on the wall that I had mounted, I see the others including the "*censored* Buck".. Great memories for sure. Just doesn't get any better.
I would have to agree with your son on that one. :chuckle: 190-200"? :yike:
I figured someone would agree. Believe me, the deer and turkey camp stories since then made it all good. Just think of all the laughs over the years I would have missed out on. :chuckle:
Post by: Wacenturion on December 14, 2011, 04:13:53 PM
Agreeing with your son too... pass on a 190" WT? How do you even do that? :dunno:
Steel cajones, man...
Yeah you might say, I have gone where no man has ever gone. At least no intelligent man that is..lol. :DOH:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 14, 2011, 04:20:46 PM
Post by: seth30 on December 14, 2011, 04:22:53 PM
Always meat, first legal animal I see. If it is a trophy, than that is just a little bonus on top of it all.:yeah:
Post by: KillBilly on December 14, 2011, 04:39:09 PM
Post by: norsepeak on December 14, 2011, 04:51:24 PM
Post by: B.G.hunter on December 14, 2011, 05:10:11 PM
WTF! how do you pass on a 190" deer? :yike:First and always, I enjoy the meat that a animal provides to my family. That being said I am more of a trophy hunter for deer then a meat hunter. I would rather let a smaller less mature buck walk away to live another day, then fill my freezer that has plenty of meat in it.
:yeah: I adhere to the saying, you'll never kill that really big one if you don't keep passing on smaller ones. Besides....you get many more memorable hunts that way. :tup:
With that said, back in 93', I had the opportunity to kill the biggest whitetail I have ever had in my sights....and for over an hour at 80-100 yards on the first morning of my modern permit hunt. I passed as it was the first day and I had planned to spend almost two weeks in my favorite part of the world chasing whitetails. :tup:
That buck was an honest 190-200 class whitetail. Looked like a small rocking chair on top of his head. Very symmetrical 6x7 typical with a split G2. All the tines on the main beam were evenly long (in excess of 10-11 inches) with great eye guards. The G2 split halfway up and both split tines were approximately 6-7 inches above that split. He was tending a doe and had no clue I was even around. :tup:
I named him the "*censored* Buck", in honor of what my son referred to me as, for passing on him, for the next 8 days of that hunting trip. :bdid:
The other old saying that is very true is...."If they look big, they are big!" Don't be a *censored*.... :chuckle:
However on that trip I had four memorable hunts on bucks that were above 150 class, that I also passed on. Ended up shooting a typical 4x4 125-130 class buck on the last day to appease my son, who by then was thinking I was ready for the funny farm. Whenever I look at that typical 4x4 on the wall that I had mounted, I see the others including the "*censored* Buck".. Great memories for sure. Just doesn't get any better.
Post by: deerslyr on December 14, 2011, 05:30:19 PM
Post by: Wacenturion on December 14, 2011, 05:31:24 PM
Seriously, like I said earlier, I didn't want to end my two week hunt on the first day. Actually it was an easy decision. I was calm and collected the whole hour watching him. My son, well that was a different story. He could not believe what he was seeing. He was witnessing in his mind his old man obviously losing it. Will never forget the words he whispered to me while watching that buck. "Kill that freaking deer...that's the biggest buck I've ever seen.....WTF, are you nuts". :bash:
After passing on the next two, both in the 150 class range, it was hard to get him to even carry on a conversation with me. You see he didn't have a permit. He was merely keeping me company and tagging along. Oops..guess tagging isn't the best word...lol.
Several years later he did take a nice whitetail buck during the general season....scored mid 170's. A bruiser with a lot of character.
Post by: steen on December 14, 2011, 05:41:52 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 15, 2011, 09:37:04 AM
B. G. It's easy. I'll send you an application to the "*censored*" club complete with instructions. :chuckle:You are lucky he didn't kill you in your sleep with a pillow... :chuckle:
Seriously, like I said earlier, I didn't want to end my two week hunt on the first day. Actually it was an easy decision. I was calm and collected the whole hour watching him. My son, well that was a different story. He could not believe what he was seeing. He was witnessing in his mind his old man obviously losing it. Will never forget the words he whispered to me while watching that buck. "Kill that freaking deer...that's the biggest buck I've ever seen.....WTF, are you nuts". :bash:
After passing on the next two, both in the 150 class range, it was hard to get him to even carry on a conversation with me. You see he didn't have a permit. He was merely keeping me company and tagging along. Oops..guess tagging isn't the best word...lol.
Several years later he did take a nice whitetail buck during the general season....scored mid 170's. A bruiser with a lot of character.
Post by: Wacenturion on December 15, 2011, 09:53:58 AM
B. G. It's easy. I'll send you an application to the "*censored*" club complete with instructions. :chuckle:You are lucky he didn't kill you in your sleep with a pillow... :chuckle:
Seriously, like I said earlier, I didn't want to end my two week hunt on the first day. Actually it was an easy decision. I was calm and collected the whole hour watching him. My son, well that was a different story. He could not believe what he was seeing. He was witnessing in his mind his old man obviously losing it. Will never forget the words he whispered to me while watching that buck. "Kill that freaking deer...that's the biggest buck I've ever seen.....WTF, are you nuts". :bash:
After passing on the next two, both in the 150 class range, it was hard to get him to even carry on a conversation with me. You see he didn't have a permit. He was merely keeping me company and tagging along. Oops..guess tagging isn't the best word...lol.
Several years later he did take a nice whitetail buck during the general season....scored mid 170's. A bruiser with a lot of character.
Thanks....just spit coffee all over my computer screen....ROFLMAO. :chuckle:
Post by: muzbuster on December 15, 2011, 10:55:51 AM
In washington, unless I have a special permit I am shooting the first legal animal I see. Out of state tags are trophy hunts.:tup: Same goes for me.
Post by: heavy hauler on December 15, 2011, 11:50:25 AM
Post by: predatorpro on December 15, 2011, 12:25:13 PM
i was kinda thinkin the same thing! lol i would have kicked you in the knees for passing up that buck! lol but hey dont let that huge buck you passed on bother you...im sure somebody will shoot him for you! who knows maybe it will show up on the site somedayB. G. It's easy. I'll send you an application to the "*censored*" club complete with instructions. :chuckle:You are lucky he didn't kill you in your sleep with a pillow... :chuckle:
Seriously, like I said earlier, I didn't want to end my two week hunt on the first day. Actually it was an easy decision. I was calm and collected the whole hour watching him. My son, well that was a different story. He could not believe what he was seeing. He was witnessing in his mind his old man obviously losing it. Will never forget the words he whispered to me while watching that buck. "Kill that freaking deer...that's the biggest buck I've ever seen.....WTF, are you nuts". :bash:
After passing on the next two, both in the 150 class range, it was hard to get him to even carry on a conversation with me. You see he didn't have a permit. He was merely keeping me company and tagging along. Oops..guess tagging isn't the best word...lol.
Several years later he did take a nice whitetail buck during the general season....scored mid 170's. A bruiser with a lot of character.
Thanks....just spit coffee all over my computer screen....ROFLMAO. :chuckle:
Post by: kramer on December 16, 2011, 11:57:57 AM
Post by: Loneranger on December 18, 2011, 08:40:24 PM
Post by: Hunterman on December 18, 2011, 08:52:06 PM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: Glockster on December 19, 2011, 10:02:29 AM
Meat hunter first,,then after I kill my animal, (notice I didn't say harvest because I don't farm them yet) then its a trophy
Hunterman(Tony)
Amazing how PC "harvest" type words have showed up in the hunting world. Thanks for keeping it honest Tony!!
Post by: sirmissalot on December 19, 2011, 11:11:09 AM
trophy hunt. i put to much time, energy, effort, blood, sweat, money and vacation time and time away from my family to shoot anything that isn't mature. if it was just about meat, i could buy it or raise it for A LOT less.
I am always amazed at how many people don't understand this... you and I share the same point of view. I LOVE venison, but beef is and always will be tastier
Post by: PolarBear on December 19, 2011, 12:15:45 PM
Post by: Kowsrule30 on December 19, 2011, 12:55:56 PM