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Should I shoot
Posted on 11/10/13 at 11:48 am
Posted on 11/10/13 at 11:48 am
I've already killed a bigger buck off this place last week. There is a good chance that I'll be leaving the area after this year. I know he is really young and has a chance to be something special in a couple. Should I take him or let him walk in case I come back in a year or two.
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Posted on 11/10/13 at 11:49 am to smoked hog
Enjoy watching him and pick off a few of his bitches if you need some meat later in the season.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 11:51 am to smoked hog
I would shoot the two coons 
Posted on 11/10/13 at 11:59 am to smoked hog
Let him go so he can grow 
Posted on 11/10/13 at 12:04 pm to smoked hog
Let him walk. You never know.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 1:18 pm to SmackoverHawg
Let him walk for sure.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 1:33 pm to smoked hog
If I didn't plan on hunting the area next year, I'd kill him
Posted on 11/10/13 at 4:18 pm to smoked hog
quote:
I've already killed a bigger buck off this place last week. There is a good chance that I'll be leaving the area after this year. I know he is really young and has a chance to be something special in a couple. Should I take him or let him walk in case I come back in a year or two.
The answer to your question depends on what stage you are in your hunting. Are you ready to let a "nice" (but immature/young) buck walk or do you feel the need to shoot a buck that by most accounts is not really a "trophy?" The issue of where you hunt next year is moot to me. Personally, I'd let him walk as he's a young buck. My decision is the same whether: I'm hunting the same lease next year or not; I'm hunting on my personal land; I'm hunting on public land. The bitter truth truth is that w/o having a LOT of acreage or high fences, a lot of the bucks I pass on at my private property will be shot by someone else on neighboring property.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 4:23 pm to MillerMan
I would let him walk unless you hate the other guys on the lease.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 4:30 pm to Tigah32
I would let him walk unless you hate the other guys on the lease or they already hate you. Shooting that buck just because you are leaving means you don't care at all about the guys still there.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 4:43 pm to Tigah32
Not a lease, just a little strip of woods surrounded by bean fields. No other hunters for about 5 miles unless you count spotlighters. Ive tried to get the landowner to hunt here but with only 4 days of slug he's not interested.
TOH thats my problem, im not sure where im at yet. I know he could end up very special, looks like great genetics and nutrition in this area is a given. I just have a very low doe density in this area. I let him walk last week waiting on my big boy. Ill try to wait again, but as trapping gets closer it will be tough.
Ps any guess on age?
TOH thats my problem, im not sure where im at yet. I know he could end up very special, looks like great genetics and nutrition in this area is a given. I just have a very low doe density in this area. I let him walk last week waiting on my big boy. Ill try to wait again, but as trapping gets closer it will be tough.
Ps any guess on age?
This post was edited on 11/10/13 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 11/10/13 at 4:54 pm to smoked hog
2.5 and is he a 7 point inside the ears?
Posted on 11/10/13 at 4:59 pm to Bleeding purple
8 that pic kust sucks and he's outside but barely.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 5:15 pm to smoked hog
Do you need meat? Can you still bag a doe to meet the meat need? How many bucks have you seen that are legal to shoot and are their older ones with less racks around?
The only reason to shoot if you don't need the meat is you consider it a wall hanger. Would you shoulder mount that small 8?
The only reason to shoot if you don't need the meat is you consider it a wall hanger. Would you shoulder mount that small 8?
Posted on 11/10/13 at 6:01 pm to Bleeding purple
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Ps any guess on age?
From that angle, he looks kinda skinny w/ a light frame. On the basis of that pic, I'd go w/ 2 1/2, as well.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 6:02 pm to Bleeding purple
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The only reason to shoot if you don't need the meat is you consider it a wall hanger. Would you shoulder mount that small 8?
Good summary.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 7:52 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
Let him walk again tonight. I actually do need some more for the freezer, but hoping for the does to show up again soon. I havent even got one on camera for a couple of weeks now.
In response to a previous post, he is now the oldest buck on cam. Deer density is very low here, the ones here can grow huge but just not many around.
In response to a previous post, he is now the oldest buck on cam. Deer density is very low here, the ones here can grow huge but just not many around.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 8:30 pm to smoked hog
I think you did the right thing. Unless you see less than 2-3 deer a year at this place, he wouldn't be the 1 I'm taking.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 7:57 am to smoked hog
Let him walk. Mother Nature will reward you for patience
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