KirkV Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 For passing a 135 class 10 point this morning! I had him come into me at 7:20 this morning on my upwind side. He slowly slid up the point to me in the timber with his head down the last 45 yards. The timber still has a fair amount of folage to it so I spoted him 45 yards out. His mass was probably 4 1/2" and had a symetrical 10 point rack outside of his ears by a couple of inches. He looks to be a 3 1/2 year old and I pray he makes it to 4 1/2. I looked at him at 20 yards broadside through my crossbow scope with the safety off for better than 30 seconds before he finally spotted me in the tree. He spun around and trotted off into the timber again. Please let me see him next year LOL. Kirk:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illinois59 Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Your not nuts. You know that the big boys are out there and you will get a crack at one of them. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkinslinger Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Scare him clear to Fulton County the first week of Nov...I'll smack him!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Your nuts......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookieee Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 your nuts:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 If you lived where I do you'd be insanely nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Your nuttin but Acorn Rage baby:D If I'd have seen that here...I'd be field dressing deer;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosscamo Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 where i hunt, i would call you loony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Perfectly sane, that 10 pt will get bigger..tough to pass on a decent buck..you are not even close to being "nuts" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOYTnMUZZYboy Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Your not nuts, I bet you will see him again this year once he starts lookin for some ladies. If not him you might see his daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hmmmm.... Probably not nuts, the rut hasn't even started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Nope, its your call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 where I hunt, you'd be nuts....but you've got some great bucks there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 you were there to hunt, not necessarily kill. the kill is the ice cream on the pie. i'd be plenty happy with the pie. so, i think you did the right thing. you had an excellent hunt, complete with a memory or 2. you have a tag to fill with the optimism of bigger bucks around. you have seed for next year. and lots more. i always tell folks that when you see the big boy, you'll know it. you did recognize this buck as not the one you wanted. had you shot it, you would not have been happy with it and probably thrown the horns in the corner of the garage. that is disrespectful of a beautiful buck. now, i know that most here would love to have a great buck like that, but the fact is it would not have been a trophy to you. you did the right thing. as for being nuts, the jury is still out... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 i cast my vote as... Your Nuts!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOYTnMUZZYboy Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Steve pretty much hit this one right on the head!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Did it look like this one?? I give you a lot of credit, I have a hard time passing on nice 3 1/2 year olds yet, and I know I should...:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 It is your decision and you are the only one who has to live with it. I agree with Steve. It is all about the hunt. If you had no doubt about wanting that particular buck we'd be looking at a picture of you with a rack in your hands... Nuts??? Not at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted October 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 LOL Yeah Randy it was close to that indeed! I know if I wanted that buck he would have been mine, and yes I will let him get another year on him and then the mass should be where I want it. If only nobody else shoots him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 If you were hunting around here everyone would think you are nuts, you just dont see too many bucks make it to 3.5 around here anymore, way too many hunters. If I was hunting an area I knew the deer could get another year on him I might think of passing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Nuts nah. Just looking for a better trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Not nuts. There's some BIG OLE deer in Peoria county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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