Question on a theory
12-08-2006, 12:45 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: minneapolis mn.
Posts: 588
RE: Question on a theory
ORIGINAL: SBGobblers
Atlas has intelligent arguments to thwart the "let 'em grow" forces.
It's the "if they be brown...then they be down" theory. He's one of the US's most prolific vealison dealers...
Jeff
Atlas has intelligent arguments to thwart the "let 'em grow" forces.
It's the "if they be brown...then they be down" theory. He's one of the US's most prolific vealison dealers...
Jeff
12-08-2006, 12:50 PM
#12
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eureka, MO
Posts: 3,703
RE: Question on a theory
For me, I decide on the spot whether I'm going to shoot the deer given the oppuntunity. One day maybe I'd let him pass and the next I take him. It all depends on how I fell at the time. My standards change hunt to hunt depending on what time of year it is, what the temperature is, how far out of the woods am I gonna have to drag this guy
etc. It all comes down the moment of truth and I don't regret any of them.
etc. It all comes down the moment of truth and I don't regret any of them.
12-08-2006, 12:51 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: IA/WI/IL
Posts: 1,482
RE: Question on a theory
"never pass up a deer you dont want to pass up" thats the philosophy that seems easiest to me. my standards change through the season, and i see nothing wrong with that. i know i live in a great hunting area, so for me, when i realise it isnt enjoyable anymore(by far the most important thing to me) i go stick the next 2.5 year old that wanders by and am done with it ( I do not shoot a doe with a either sex tag as I want the extra 30 lbs of meat). In contrast I have passed up 140 inch deer (I might add, a little bigger than anything I have actually harvested with a bow) early in the year because I didnt want to quit hunting yet. This year I shot a nice 9 point, only about 120", on my second time out because I wanted to, I was not going to get out more than 2 or 3 more times before gun season. The whole experiance encompases a hell of a lot more than inches of antler to me, even though I am awed by massive racks as much as the next guy.
12-08-2006, 01:25 PM
#18
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Question on a theory
Hoyt Girl........
If you only shoot bucks bigger than your previous buck you are going to run out of bucks to shoot before too long. They only grow so big.
IMO if the deer is good enough for me to shoot on the last day then he should have been good enough to shoot the first day. Otherwise I feel like I am only shooting that deer just to fill a tag. Of course I don't worry too much about antler size either. given the choice between two deer I will shoot the one with the bigger antlers but I won't pass another buck that is good enough to shoot on the last day.
If you only shoot bucks bigger than your previous buck you are going to run out of bucks to shoot before too long. They only grow so big.
IMO if the deer is good enough for me to shoot on the last day then he should have been good enough to shoot the first day. Otherwise I feel like I am only shooting that deer just to fill a tag. Of course I don't worry too much about antler size either. given the choice between two deer I will shoot the one with the bigger antlers but I won't pass another buck that is good enough to shoot on the last day.
12-08-2006, 01:32 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: Question on a theory
I'll play devils advocate in regards to shooting a buck I passed on early. Alot of bucks are good enough to shoot but I pass on them early, why? because I am hunting a particular buck, I will hunt that buck or a fewspecific bucksall season, and then on the last day even on a buck I have previously passed...if he's a buck I like and feel good about, I'll hammer him and be very happy about it.