Would You Pass This Buck Up???????
09-09-2005, 09:48 AM
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Would You Pass This Buck Up???????
Okay guys, here is a picture that I got last night of a buck that is standing roughly 25 yards from where I am setting up my ground-blind this year. This buck is staying in a 1/4-1/2 acre patch of thick brush in the corner of a grown up golden rod field. This bucks bedding area is roughly 15 yards off the edge of a road and this area recieves no hunting pressure at all. I can only hunt this area using a ground blind as there are on 3 trees (huge white oaks) that a stand could go in and the trail that leads past them is about 3 feet from the base of these trees. Right now, there are 6 different scrapes and 5 fresh rubs within a 20 yard circle of where this camera is.
Question is, would you shoot this buck or pass him up????
Okay, have you made up your mind? Here is the thing, I know that this buck is just 2-1/2 years old, would you still shoot him or pass him up?
Question is, would you shoot this buck or pass him up????
Okay, have you made up your mind? Here is the thing, I know that this buck is just 2-1/2 years old, would you still shoot him or pass him up?
09-09-2005, 09:52 AM
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RE: Would You Pass This Buck Up???????
O yeah, here is a picture of him earlier this year in velvet......
He is now staying about a 1/2 mile from where this picture was taken. He is very easy to identify with his torn ear.
He is now staying about a 1/2 mile from where this picture was taken. He is very easy to identify with his torn ear.
09-09-2005, 09:57 AM
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RE: Would You Pass This Buck Up???????
With a bow...Get out the skinning knife!!!
When the antlers go past the ears....I do....If not...I shoot the does for meat....Last year I killed 6 does....passed on 5 different "nice" bucks...
Not "that" nice though...LOL
But...If you know that you are the only one hunting the area...and you don't think he will get in the way of a car (over 12,000 were killed on the roads by cars in NC last year)...Its your choice...Good Luck
When the antlers go past the ears....I do....If not...I shoot the does for meat....Last year I killed 6 does....passed on 5 different "nice" bucks...
Not "that" nice though...LOL
But...If you know that you are the only one hunting the area...and you don't think he will get in the way of a car (over 12,000 were killed on the roads by cars in NC last year)...Its your choice...Good Luck
