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Just got back from missouri....I wana puke!!
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:03 am
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:03 am
Had a 5 day hunt starting last thursday and we limited out. Im sick to my stomach tho because I let the biggest deer of my life walk because I got greedy. The 1st day, 1st hunt, 1st 45min into that hunt and 1st deer i see. I hear him jump the fence to my right and he walked into a thicket. I seen his horns thru my scope, but it was alittle fogged. He pushed a doe out of the thicket and was about 40yds infront of me. I raised my scope again, seen he was a main beam 8pt, about 8" G2's. I was sent pictures prior to the hunt with some MONSTER bucks on it, i mean 150+ beasts. So I decided in my head that I was going to pass and wait because I didnt want to blow my load on the 1st buck I seen with 5 more days to hunt. Well, i put my gun down, he pushed the doe closer to me. He got within 15 yds and I seen the G2 had a kicker off the back and the right main beam had a drop tine on it that split... which now this 8 pt turned into an 11pt. He walked right by my stand staring at me the whole time and the doe caught wind and they bolted..... I hunted the next 4 days, ALLDAY in -2 degree weather to try and see him and he never came back. Was probably the best/worst hunt of my life.
Just curious if you guys had ever made a decision like this.... I guess I got greedy wanting a main beam 10pt and seeing all those pics made me pass. Lesson learned.... if you'd shoot it on the last day...shoot him on the 1st!!
Just curious if you guys had ever made a decision like this.... I guess I got greedy wanting a main beam 10pt and seeing all those pics made me pass. Lesson learned.... if you'd shoot it on the last day...shoot him on the 1st!!
This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 8:06 am
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:13 am to sonoma8
I did the same thing in Kansas a few years back on a bow hunt. I passed a solid main frame 8 on the first evening of a 7 day hunt. I had him at 8 yards. The weather flipped and I didn't get another chance the rest of the week. Sucks!
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:14 am to sonoma8
Rule 1 on a trip like that: Never pass up a buck on the first day that you would shoot on the last day.
Conversely:
Never shoot a buck on the last day of the season that you passed up on (due to size/age) on the first day of the season
Conversely:
Never shoot a buck on the last day of the season that you passed up on (due to size/age) on the first day of the season
This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 8:15 am
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:15 am to sonoma8
i go on hunts every year to kentucky or ohio... and i dream of that happening to me! I always say if a good buck comes out day one i wana shoot it soon as possible and get it out the way! Then i can sit at camp and relax with no pressure, knowing i have my buck. Then hunt my 2 does without any pressure.
sorry you were greedy lol
sorry you were greedy lol
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:16 am to mylsuhat
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mylsuhat
believe me bud, it will NEVER happen again. One of my buddies did something similar on the same morning. He shot a nice 8pt about 20min after I seen this one. About 10min after he shot.... a 140 class 10pt walked up and made a scrape right next to the dead 8pt... all he could do was video it.
ETA: I just had these pics of those massive bucks in my head and was thinking, "if this is the 1st buck i see, imagine what else is out there" well come to find out...not a fkn thing
This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 8:18 am
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:17 am to sonoma8
Happened to me before, passed on a 120+ buck on a low fence East Texas ranch because "I had one that big on camera on my lease" I ended up taking a smaller 8...
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:21 am to sonoma8
Did something very similar in Ohio a couple of years ago...thanks for the reminder
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:21 am to sonoma8
did the exact same thing on a Canadian hunt in 32 below zero weather .1st morning, 15 minutes after daylight. I filmed him, but didn't kill him. The 12 pt I killed on last day wasn't nearly as good as the 1st I saw.. oh well...
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:39 am to sonoma8
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I hunted the next 4 days, ALLDAY in -2 degree weather to try and see him and he never came back.
What part of Missouri were you in? Just got back Monday from a 6 day trip myself and didn't have any luck getting one on the ground.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:39 am to sonoma8
buddy and some friends just got back from Missouri as well.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:41 am to sonoma8
I've heard people doing that. If you think it's an 8 point, gotta take what you can get and take it down.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:42 am to meauxjeaux2
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buddy and some friends just got back from Missouri as well.
You guys do any good?
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:42 am to PortCityTiger24
Milan, Missouri. They reported over 9000 deer where takin in the state on opening day.... thats insane!
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:45 am to sonoma8
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Milan, Missouri.
I was only about 30 miles north of you near Lancaster.. Had a lot of good deer killed all around us.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:54 am to meauxjeaux2
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meauxjeaux2
WOW you know same guys I know. They did well off the river up there. DP is who I know
This post was edited on 11/19/14 at 8:59 am
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:55 am to sonoma8
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if you'd shoot it on the last day...shoot him on the 1st!!
I am headed to Alberta Friday, I'm not traveling all the way there to shoot a marginal buck. I have in my mind the minimum of what I want to shoot and I will stick with it. The outfitter told me to expect mid 160s so anything over that is a bonus.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:56 am to mylsuhat
quote:
Never pass up a buck on the first day that you would shoot on the last day.
Conversely:
Never shoot a buck on the last day of the season that you passed up on (due to size/age) on the first day of the season
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:59 am to offshoretrash
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I am headed to Alberta Friday, I'm not traveling all the way there to shoot a marginal buck. I have in my mind the minimum of what I want to shoot and I will stick with it. The outfitter told me to expect mid 160s so anything over that is a bonus.
So you'd travel all the way over there to not shoot anything at all and not take home any meat?
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:05 am to dnm3305
my Saskatchewan meat got left in Saskatoon and I can't answer for him, but my answer would be, yeah.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:08 am to offshoretrash
quote:but thats the same thing.. You probably wouldn't shoot that marginal buck on the last day either
I am headed to Alberta Friday, I'm not traveling all the way there to shoot a marginal buck. I have in my mind the minimum of what I want to shoot and I will stick with it. The outfitter told me to expect mid 160s so anything over that is a bonus.
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