How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
06-04-2008, 02:53 PM
#21
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
Hey 3.5's are tweeners even if they gross 160! thats it, I am moving to Kansas! LOL ...
I didnt arrow a 4.5 year old buck till I was 29 years old..
I didnt arrow a 4.5 year old buck till I was 29 years old..
06-04-2008, 03:16 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
I had been bowhunting 18 years. I was 31.
I think another important tidbit should be the number of years that a person hunted before they even attempted to pass on a young buck.
I think another important tidbit should be the number of years that a person hunted before they even attempted to pass on a young buck.
06-04-2008, 03:28 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
I had been bowhunting 18 years. I was 31.
I think another important tidbit should be the number of years that a person hunted before they even attempted to pass on a young buck.
I had been bowhunting 18 years. I was 31.
I think another important tidbit should be the number of years that a person hunted before they even attempted to pass on a young buck.
06-04-2008, 03:36 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
I am very fortunate to have access to some great land. I started bowhunting when I was 14, Took my first 3.5 year old buck (a 4x6 grossing about 130) when I was 17. I took 2.5 year olds every year but one untill then. My first 4.5 (or older) buck with a bow was when I was 22.
06-04-2008, 04:37 PM
#27
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
I killed my first buck when I was 14. It was a year and half six pointer. I didn't kill another buck until I was 22 simply because I passed on every buck until I got a shot at a P&Y. So it took me 8 seasons to kill my first P&Y buck.
06-04-2008, 05:06 PM
#28
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
How long had you been hunting before you killed your first 3.5yr old buck? 4.5yr old or older? How old were you?
Just a theory......we'll see how this goes.
To also stay with Scott's theme....let's limit this to bowhunting, only.
Just a theory......we'll see how this goes.
To also stay with Scott's theme....let's limit this to bowhunting, only.
That being said, I am not limited by a deers age or antler growth as to what I will shoot. I am not a "trophy hunter".
A side note to this is, I did take a 3.5 yr old buck at age 12 with a 20 gauge shotgun at 30 yds (on the ground). I guess if I had been bowhunting that would count.
LT
06-04-2008, 05:15 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
I killed my first buck in my3rd year of bowhunting at age 37. He was at least 4.5, probably older, never really aged him.
I had gun hunted for 21 years before I took up bow hunting.
I had gun hunted for 21 years before I took up bow hunting.
06-04-2008, 08:16 PM
#30
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
Same answer as in Scott's thread. It was just a matter of deciding that's what I wanted to hold out forand then Go Git-R-Done!!
I had probably hunted 10 to 15 years.
I took the 1st animal for several years and in the process learned how to Kill an animal. When you get a chance at a Mature Buck last thing you wanna do is Blow it.
Dan
I had probably hunted 10 to 15 years.
I took the 1st animal for several years and in the process learned how to Kill an animal. When you get a chance at a Mature Buck last thing you wanna do is Blow it.
Dan