Define irony (and trophy)
12-02-2003, 07:36 AM
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
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RE: Define irony (and trophy)
Just a couple of observations:
1. If big bucks are so rare where so live then why does your profile say you are from " Big Buck USA"
1. If big bucks are so rare where so live then why does your profile say you are from " Big Buck USA"
Maybe the mods can help me............so basically Silent it says Big Buck USA because I was being a tool when I filled it out.
Not that NY doesn' t have some big bucks.
2. that will probably be the last big buck that you will ever see on that property if you told everyone where you killed it. I guarantee you if that is the case then you will start seeing new tresspassing problems that you have never seen before. If I kill a thumper, (like yesterday) unless someone happens to pull up and see it in the back of the truck or catch it at the processor then no one is going to know and they certainly aren' t going to know where I was hunting.
There is no way the area could be hunted any more then it is now so unless people want to start sitting in each others lap I doubt things will change much...........besides everyone knows a deer like that is unheard of so sitting there next year won' t increase your chances any more then buying your lottery tickets at a store where you heard someone won last year.
There is not a mathematical formula to figure who' s trophy is the " most throphiest" .
PS
Did you kill it with a bow or gun?
Did you kill it with a bow or gun?
12-02-2003, 07:45 AM
#22
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Location: NY
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RE: Define irony (and trophy)
I hate hearing people say... " there isnt any big bucks in my area" we used to think the same thing. Until we decided to start letting the little ones go.
It has been 5 eyars now and it is paying off in a very large way. I tell them, if you have little ones, if you didnt shoot them there would be big ones. I tell ya though it was hard passing up bucks for a while, but now just seeing them and knowing they have a chance at being someones trophy in a few years is real excitement.
12-02-2003, 07:55 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
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RE: Define irony (and trophy)
Harvesting a buck like yours in an area that very rarely produces them is probably tougher to do than killing a monster buck in some parts of Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, etc. And, accordingly, that trophy is going to be especially treasured by the hunter fortunate enough to kill it. The people in the immediate area are also aware of how rarely trophies of this type come around in those parts.
However, the true difference shows up when it is put up against the true monsters that exist and are taken annually across this country. I' ve been hoping all season to put my tag on a 140 class buck I' ve seen around here that beats every buck I' ve seen in the past 2 or 3 years. In my book, he' s the best there is--in MY AREA. In the trophy states I mentioned, he' d probably get passed while they waited for a big one.
However, the true difference shows up when it is put up against the true monsters that exist and are taken annually across this country. I' ve been hoping all season to put my tag on a 140 class buck I' ve seen around here that beats every buck I' ve seen in the past 2 or 3 years. In my book, he' s the best there is--in MY AREA. In the trophy states I mentioned, he' d probably get passed while they waited for a big one.
12-02-2003, 01:13 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 1,086
RE: Define irony (and trophy)
congrats on the buck I haven't been around for the past few days.
As for the trophy thing...there are personal trophies that can be defined however one likes. And there are absolute trophies that are recognized by the vast majority people. Neither is any better than the other. However I do feel like calling everything a trophy, "cheapens" the meaning of it. Similar to you rather shooting a 140 buck, where they are unheard of as opposed to a 170 buck that is common.
As for the trophy thing...there are personal trophies that can be defined however one likes. And there are absolute trophies that are recognized by the vast majority people. Neither is any better than the other. However I do feel like calling everything a trophy, "cheapens" the meaning of it. Similar to you rather shooting a 140 buck, where they are unheard of as opposed to a 170 buck that is common.
12-02-2003, 01:30 PM
#27
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 562
RE: Define irony (and trophy)
atlasman,
i completley understand your theory and i agree. say you lived in a town were the ratio of men to women was exactly equal, but it had 98% ugly women and 2% beautiful women (kinda like west virgina, just kidding) and you were lucky enough to date one of the beautiful woman. she would definatly be a "trophy" in the sense your talking about. but, if you lived in a town that had 98% beautiful woman and 2% ugly woman, she would just be another pretty face. anyhow, congratulation on the kill. get him mounted and show him proudly.
i completley understand your theory and i agree. say you lived in a town were the ratio of men to women was exactly equal, but it had 98% ugly women and 2% beautiful women (kinda like west virgina, just kidding) and you were lucky enough to date one of the beautiful woman. she would definatly be a "trophy" in the sense your talking about. but, if you lived in a town that had 98% beautiful woman and 2% ugly woman, she would just be another pretty face. anyhow, congratulation on the kill. get him mounted and show him proudly.
