game cam photos - (2) 8-pointers
07-28-2006, 06:51 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: game cam photos - (2) 8-pointers
Ed:
That's a VERY fair question. Here's my answer:
I "MIGHT" take one of them....and I might not (How's THAT for riding the fence). This is ALL subject to me getting a CHANCE, too!!!....lol All-in-all.....if I get the chance to take the older one (smaller rack)....I will. If my 14yr old gets a shot at EITHER of them.....I've said he can take it (a GOOD shot). I HATE to get into the "If I don't get him....somebody will" scenarios.....but where I live....it's likely to be that way. I've got one neighbor that might not even wait for the season to open......and I mean he'll hunt with a GUN......most any time......and he doesn't appreciate boundaries.
If my son shoots one of them......I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't take the other. That would be a season neither of us would ever forget.
So......they're not safe....by any means (just being honest).
Jeff
That's a VERY fair question. Here's my answer:
I "MIGHT" take one of them....and I might not (How's THAT for riding the fence). This is ALL subject to me getting a CHANCE, too!!!....lol All-in-all.....if I get the chance to take the older one (smaller rack)....I will. If my 14yr old gets a shot at EITHER of them.....I've said he can take it (a GOOD shot). I HATE to get into the "If I don't get him....somebody will" scenarios.....but where I live....it's likely to be that way. I've got one neighbor that might not even wait for the season to open......and I mean he'll hunt with a GUN......most any time......and he doesn't appreciate boundaries.
If my son shoots one of them......I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't take the other. That would be a season neither of us would ever forget.
So......they're not safe....by any means (just being honest).
Jeff
07-28-2006, 07:19 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: game cam photos - (2) 8-pointers
I understand completly SB. In some of the areas I hunt its tough to pass up 2.5 yr old 8 pts. I passed up 3 last year w/ a bow and 2 of them got killed during gun season... very disapointing. We get a lot of trespassers, poachers, and people who see horns and start shooting. Its tough to try to manage deer when its like that. I hope you and your boy each get one of them, it will be an awesome memory.
But i will say this, we have other places i hunt that our club manages very well, we have bout 4000 acres and we've been managing it for 3 yrs now. Just the other week i watched 3 very very nice bucks. We've all been killing better deer and seeing a huge improvement in the health of the herd. So if you have enough land to manage then its great... But sometimes you gotta strike while the iron is hot.
But i will say this, we have other places i hunt that our club manages very well, we have bout 4000 acres and we've been managing it for 3 yrs now. Just the other week i watched 3 very very nice bucks. We've all been killing better deer and seeing a huge improvement in the health of the herd. So if you have enough land to manage then its great... But sometimes you gotta strike while the iron is hot.
07-28-2006, 07:36 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: game cam photos - (2) 8-pointers
Ed:
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it.
We have a friend that takes us to his land in VA......and they have an 8 point (at least 4 on one side) minimum. They're ALL passing on a LOT of 8's, now. Yes. it's working.
The photos you see are from a TWENTY-FOUR acre tract of land I have permission to hunt. They're using this area as a corridor (I have 2 creeks).......and this land backs up to parks land that can't LEGALLY be hunted. It ALSO backs up to a parcel that my "WILL SHOOT ANYTHING BROWN....IN OR OUT OF SEASON" neighbor hunts. It also adjoins my land. These photos are taken in a 1 acre "opening".....in the middle of some woods. It's a PERFECT spot for them. It's a refuge.....and they're out at all times of the day.
If I don't get a shot at the one I want early......I might never see him again. I hear gunfire a LOT where I live.......even just last night [
].
Jeff
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it.
We have a friend that takes us to his land in VA......and they have an 8 point (at least 4 on one side) minimum. They're ALL passing on a LOT of 8's, now. Yes. it's working.
The photos you see are from a TWENTY-FOUR acre tract of land I have permission to hunt. They're using this area as a corridor (I have 2 creeks).......and this land backs up to parks land that can't LEGALLY be hunted. It ALSO backs up to a parcel that my "WILL SHOOT ANYTHING BROWN....IN OR OUT OF SEASON" neighbor hunts. It also adjoins my land. These photos are taken in a 1 acre "opening".....in the middle of some woods. It's a PERFECT spot for them. It's a refuge.....and they're out at all times of the day.
If I don't get a shot at the one I want early......I might never see him again. I hear gunfire a LOT where I live.......even just last night [
].Jeff
