Let him go? Gimme a break!
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,236
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I let90 inchers walk and don't care if the next guy shoots them, because I plain and simple just don't want 'em. I've shot enough of them that Ican'tgrow wood over the thought of killinga year and a half old buck. I would rather hunt my twenty days a year and kill nothing than shoot a 90 incher during the second week of the season.
Now...130 incher. He's going down baby!
Now...130 incher. He's going down baby!
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: IOWA
Posts: 400
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I let them walk all the time and often see the same deer from year to year.I should mention that I only own 125 acres and have considerable pressure (for this area) around me also. Two years ago I let a 130 class 8 point go on a 75 acre parcel a friend owns and he saw that deer two nights ago and said it is a brute now. There is heavy pressure all around that piece and he had not seen that deer at all last year. We know it is the same deer because he has a very unique narrow tall rack. The point is,if you shoot him young the only guarantee is that he will never mature. If you let him go there is always a chance he will make it. Kill what makes you happy but to just shoot a deer for fear a neighbor might get him first is not sound management in this area.
#15
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: River Falls, Wisconsin
Posts: 129
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
ORIGINAL: dkbs
I let a 130" buck walk
If there was a 160" following behind him!
Dan
I let a 130" buck walk
If there was a 160" following behind him!
Dan
That's the only time I'm lettin' something 130+" go!
--now if only I could get that to happen
#17
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
Since this is my first year hunting I am shooting anything that walks thats a decent size (not a fawn)- Ive never shot a deer so I would like to have one under my belt before the big one comes along and im shaking so much I cant pull my bow back.
#19
Spike
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 72
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I don't think I'd ever let a 130" buck walk, BUT....
My hunting buddy has killed many more P&Y bucks than I, and he often does just that. Well he showed me some trail camera pics he got from the property we hunt, and the 130" 5x4 he passed last year, put on about 30+" of antler and is now a 160 class 5x6, so I guess if you have that kind of discipline, it can pay off. Now granted that deer is not on the ground yet, but I have to admit, it's pretty exciting knowing that caliber of deer is running around where you hunt.
My hunting buddy has killed many more P&Y bucks than I, and he often does just that. Well he showed me some trail camera pics he got from the property we hunt, and the 130" 5x4 he passed last year, put on about 30+" of antler and is now a 160 class 5x6, so I guess if you have that kind of discipline, it can pay off. Now granted that deer is not on the ground yet, but I have to admit, it's pretty exciting knowing that caliber of deer is running around where you hunt.
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Louis, Mo
Posts: 855
RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I really don't know what I would do??????? Not really into big bucks any more.My son in law and cousin would kill him in an instant. Or at least shoot at him, (buck fever),I aways take my camera with me sooo a picture would be nice. If I thought theycouldget a crackat him I would definately not shoot.