lakemisurfer Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? This buck is on 40 acres but I know I am the only hunter for miles. It's very residential area and this guy has a great chance of being around a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? Then most definatley pass him up. You will appreciate it in the future when you see him as a big old buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? What would you do given the chance? He is a nice buck with pretty good genetics. I'd have to let him walk a year or two. It's up to you. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? Depends on the area and who your neighbors are. I hunt next to guys that will shoot spike horns. I can't fault them as its their land, their right as its legal. What gets me is these same guys complain that they don't see any big "tine" bucks in the area. I try to practice QDM to some extent but its hard when its 80 acres and once that deer crosses the property line you can't control what a neighbor will do. That is a great buck, I would probably shoot it in the area I hunt in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? Me personally in the state I live in and where I hunt if a deer like that walked by no hesitation he'd be shot or stuck with an arrow if he presented me with a shot. It really depends on what's "average" and legal for deer size in your area and the land you're hunting and whether or not you're trying to do any sort of QDM program to the land. Where I hunt on public land you either shoot the first buck with legal antlers that presents you with a shot or you could go years without a buck under your belt because the moment he leaves your sight his chances of not being shot by someone else are slim to none in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? Really depends on what I am seeing and on what I know is around the area. Have only got 60 acres here, with rights to the adjoining 35, my perspective is changing with the shooters around us shooting everything with guns that we let walk. Have passed deer that size with the rifle in years past. Passed this one with the ml this year hoping for better, although with the bow being that I have still got yet to kill a buck with the bow, I dont know. That deer you pictured would not make a wallhanger for me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatherBowHunt Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? where i hunt....i would be shot if i killed that deer....we dont shoot any under 130" because we see a lot of shooter bucks in the 140"-160" range soo thats the outcome for us of letting bucks like that grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Re: Do you let em grow or bag em? I hope I never get to the point where I am passing judgement on a fellow hunter when it comes to the quality of deer that he/she wants to shoot. And no, I will not be requiring that they justify their kill to me by requiring that it be their first kill to gain my approval. I do not set myself up as some board of approval that passes judgement on kills that others are content to harvest. To me that sounds awfully arrogant and condescending, and I will not involve myself in such things. If it is a fair chase legal kill, I feel more inclined to offer congratulations and encourage the hunters elation over their success as well as their continued participation in hunting. As for my personal harvests, I make that decision on a year by year basis depending on herd size and other conditions of the season. Any descriptions beyond that is nobody's business but my own. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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