Keeping things in perspective.
07-17-2007, 04:30 PM
#91
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
ORIGINAL: buckeyebuckhntr
You guys are wearing me out here..... 
Yes, I would agree they would be harder to find... I never said otherwise, doesn't mean one should give up if a big buck is what they want.
So if you concede there are not as many, would it be safe to say that they may be harder to find?
Yes, I would agree they would be harder to find... I never said otherwise, doesn't mean one should give up if a big buck is what they want.
Someone in IL might pass 130" deer up, that same hunter would be foolish to do that in Southeast VA or NC. Not that the bucksdon't getthat big herebut more so it takes them longer to get bigger.
Ifa hunterkills a 120"4 year old buck in VA and another hunter kills 160" 4 year old in IL, does that make the guy in IL a better hunter?
07-17-2007, 04:32 PM
#92
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
ORIGINAL: NEW61375
And if GMMAT never shoots one it will be from a lack of trying to find and kill one?
ORIGINAL: buckeyebuckhntr
If I never shoot one it wont be from my lack of trying to find and
kill one
If I never shoot one it wont be from my lack of trying to find and
kill one
07-17-2007, 04:33 PM
#93
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
Choosing a location is not like choosing a broadhead. "Oh man thebucks don't get as big herein VAas they do in Ohio, honey pack up the kids we're moving!!"
Not likely.
What I really mean is most of us find ways for hunting to be a big part of our lives butthat doesn't mean it is the only thing in our lives and we work with what we have.
Not likely.
What I really mean is most of us find ways for hunting to be a big part of our lives butthat doesn't mean it is the only thing in our lives and we work with what we have.
07-17-2007, 04:35 PM
#94
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
Ifa hunterkills a 120"4 year old buck in VA and another hunter kills 160" 4 year old in IL, does that make the guy in IL a better hunter?
EX. The 3.5 skinny 9 or the wide2.5 8 pointetc etc....
Choosing a location is not like choosing a broadhead. "Oh man thebucks don't get as big herein VAas they do in Ohio, honey pack up the kids we're moving!!"
Not likely.
Not likely.
07-17-2007, 04:37 PM
#95
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
ORIGINAL: buckeyebuckhntr
No. My first criteria is age class. When we speak of bucks here at home, my buddies and I, we refer to them by age and points not P&Y score.
EX. The 3.5 skinny 9 or the wide2.5 8 pointetc etc....
Ifa hunterkills a 120"4 year old buck in VA and another hunter kills 160" 4 year old in IL, does that make the guy in IL a better hunter?
EX. The 3.5 skinny 9 or the wide2.5 8 pointetc etc....
07-17-2007, 04:41 PM
#96
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
Than stop complaining about "location"
Well that is good but a lot of hunters seem to think antler inches= hunting skill, which is often not the case.
And Scott......I have priorities over big deer that I'm just fine with. You've never ONCE heard me complain about the size of the deer here. I made an observation.....which really isn't debateable. It's a fact.
07-17-2007, 04:48 PM
#97
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
ORIGINAL: buckeyebuckhntr
No. My first criteria is age class. When we speak of bucks here at home, my buddies and I, we refer to them by age and points not P&Y score.
EX. The 3.5 skinny 9 or the wide2.5 8 pointetc etc....
Not sure if you can relate words into thoughts or not but I never said to leave his area... I have said LOCALLY numerous times.
Ifa hunterkills a 120"4 year old buck in VA and another hunter kills 160" 4 year old in IL, does that make the guy in IL a better hunter?
EX. The 3.5 skinny 9 or the wide2.5 8 pointetc etc....
Choosing a location is not like choosing a broadhead. "Oh man thebucks don't get as big herein VAas they do in Ohio, honey pack up the kids we're moving!!"
Not likely.
Not likely.
All I am saying is some of us hunt where and how itfits our lives andif you don't know how hard it is to come across good land to hunt (ecspecially in the localcounties known for high buck numbers) youdon't really know what it is all about. Not saying you don't know what it is all about in Ohio, but as far as VA NC I'm sure you don't. I have hunted these two states for the past 20 years and only recently (past few seasons)have I gotten access to some reallyprime locations.But I guess since location doesn't matterI am just making up excuses.
07-17-2007, 04:51 PM
#98
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
Are those "prime locations" local to you or areas that you have hunted?
When he speaks of "location" he is trying to compair FL to IA or NC to IL etc etc.... not one spot behind the house and anotheran hour drive away.
When he speaks of "location" he is trying to compair FL to IA or NC to IL etc etc.... not one spot behind the house and anotheran hour drive away.
07-17-2007, 04:54 PM
#99
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
Here's a fair question, Scott.
IfRybo hunted your land......do you think he'd be as "successful" as you.....if you measure "success" by the age/rack size of deer harvested?
Yet....the deer he does harvest (though very nice deer) aren't the size of the ones you take. Why is that?????
IfRybo hunted your land......do you think he'd be as "successful" as you.....if you measure "success" by the age/rack size of deer harvested?
Yet....the deer he does harvest (though very nice deer) aren't the size of the ones you take. Why is that?????
07-17-2007, 04:57 PM
#100
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RE: Keeping things in perspective.
When he speaks of "location" he is trying to compair FL to IA or NC to IL etc etc.... not one spot behind the house and anotheran hour drive away.
Some want to make out like this is rocket science. They're freakin deer. Put yourself in the arena......and if they're there.....you'll kill 'em. The "mystique" of this makes me guffaw. It's a deer.