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Need some advice on whether or not to shoot a buck....
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:23 pm
Got some very nice 3.5 year old bucks on camera. 2 of them have been showing up during daylight on the far south end of our property by our neighbors. One is a mainframe 9 with a couple cool stickers.
I’ve killed a mature 7 and my kids have both shot 10s so far. We don’t need the meat. Here’s my delima...
My neighbor will 100% kill these deer if he sees them. I would love to let them walk and see something really special next year. We’re getting close to the rut and these deer could go anywhere.
If I see them should I kill them or let them walk?
I’ve killed a mature 7 and my kids have both shot 10s so far. We don’t need the meat. Here’s my delima...
My neighbor will 100% kill these deer if he sees them. I would love to let them walk and see something really special next year. We’re getting close to the rut and these deer could go anywhere.
If I see them should I kill them or let them walk?
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Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:27 pm to PT24-7
I've already let him walk. I'm not going to shoot him either.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:27 pm to PT24-7
If you kill them they won’t get any bigger. If you let them go there is a chance they can make it. I’ve done both but typically never at 3.5 usually 5.5 trying to get them to 6.5.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:28 pm to PT24-7
If you kill a deer JUST because your neighbor will shoot it, then you ARE the same neighbor - George Washington
This post was edited on 12/23/19 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:30 pm to Huntinguy
OK. I'm kidding, but I just had a really high racked 3 year old 9 with some kickers go missing.
Hopefully he turns back up, but I've already given him a pass.
You do you, and don't worry about your neighbor.
Hopefully he turns back up, but I've already given him a pass.
You do you, and don't worry about your neighbor.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:34 pm to Ron Cheramie
This is true. It’s also a very nice deer. Would definitely be one of the better ones killed off this place.
Any other year I’d feel crazy for even thinking about letting it walk
Any other year I’d feel crazy for even thinking about letting it walk
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:34 pm to PT24-7
quote:Good chance the daylight sightings are close to being over. Let walk. You don't need the meat, not the horn. Easy decision IMHO.
Got some very nice 3.5 year old bucks on camera. 2 of them have been showing up during daylight on the far south end of our property by our neighbors. One is a mainframe 9 with a couple cool stickers.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:37 pm to PT24-7
quote:
My neighbor will 100% kill these deer if he sees them
= slight chance he makes it to next year
quote:
If I see them should I kill them
= zero chance he makes it to next year
Plus killing him just so you're neighbor doesn't, especially if you don't need the meat doesn't seem very sportsman to me, it's possible your neighbor needs the meat though.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:37 pm to AlxTgr
I should probably add I’m in nwfl. Not a lot of qdm going on around here
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:39 pm to YOURADHERE
My neighbor doesn’t eat deer...he just kills them....not kidding
Posted on 12/23/19 at 12:57 pm to PT24-7
If the deer makes you happy, kill it.
If it doesnt get you excited, dont
If it doesnt get you excited, dont
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:02 pm to PT24-7
quote:Then you should shoot the neighbor
doesn’t eat deer...he just kills them
Unless he's giving the meat to somebody that does eat it
This post was edited on 12/23/19 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:07 pm to Ole Mule
He takes it to the processor and donates it
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:24 pm to PT24-7
quote:Well I wouldn't shoot him then
e takes it to the processor and donates it
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:39 pm to Ole Mule
Take a friends kid who hasn’t killed this year.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:45 pm to PT24-7
Typical rule for is- if you will mount it kill it. If it’s not big enough to go on the wall let him walk. Some make it some don’t.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:46 pm to PT24-7
If you have to think about it when he walks out, let him walk.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 1:50 pm to Outdoorreb
I’d mount it in a heart beat.
However, the thought of having a sure enough stud (125”+) next year is exciting.
It’s all crazy. We’ve picked up all our timber since the hurricane and are replanting next winter. Don’t know what’s going to happen with the deer. I just know we have more 3.5+ year old deer this year than ever before. Only thing I can think of is basically no one hunted last year with everything being a mess.
However, the thought of having a sure enough stud (125”+) next year is exciting.
It’s all crazy. We’ve picked up all our timber since the hurricane and are replanting next winter. Don’t know what’s going to happen with the deer. I just know we have more 3.5+ year old deer this year than ever before. Only thing I can think of is basically no one hunted last year with everything being a mess.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 2:31 pm to PT24-7
A little off topic, but what do you mean a “mess”. Are you about to lose a bunch of deer habitat or something?
This post was edited on 12/23/19 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 12/23/19 at 2:35 pm to PT24-7
If your neighbor shoots them and is happy about it why shoot them and be unhappy about it. Just hope for the best and that whoever shoots them, this year or next, is as happy and proud of them as you would be next year
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