I know what I'm going to do if he comes by. ;)
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Oh yeah!
NO DOUBT...but then again I am still after my first trad deer, but I don't think I'd pass regardless
Hope he makes his way past you.
no, not if there are older deer around, but thats just me.( he wont get big if ya kill him now)
Heck yeah I would shoot cause chances are pretty good that I'd miss anyway so if I'm setting there he's not in much danger. lolol
With the rut just about to "get good", and only one buck tag for Ohio.......Nope. For that matter, I wouldn't in West Virginia either. There is a LOT of season left in both states. That being said..........if someone chose to take the shot, it wouldn't bother me because especially in WV it most likely wouldn't make it through the gun seasons.
What I have learned over the years, for myself, is if I have to even ask myself the question as to whether it is a shooter or not, it isn't.
Winterhawk1960
I'm 6+ weeks into the bow season with gun opener in 12 days, and no bloody arrows yet. Yup, i'm shooting.
If it look at you like that...I wouldn't... lol
But for me this game is more about meat than antlers. So yes I would take him!
Cheers, and good luck!
Id let him have it!!!!
Well, after taking this guy a few years ago it would be hard for me to shoot that one. I know there are bigger and older deer in the area. I have seen a lot of sign this year and the corn is now down so, hopefully it will come together soon. I would however draw and then let back down. It is nice to see a younger healthy buck though. That makes 7 good young bucks that I have seen.
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Id still let him have it, Unless the freezer was already full with venison.
QuoteOriginally posted by Red Tailed Hawk:
Id still let him have it, Unless the freezer was already full with venison.
I got one doe already, part of my next one will be donated.
Both of my freezers are completely full with elk and boar and I don't want to get freezer number three; so I'd havta' pass.
If it were for the meat then yes, but other than that I'd pass, let him grow a little.
yes
Duck or bleed!!!! you know i would.
Yep
Yes. He'd never make it thru gun season here.
2 buck tags in Okla,so nope
Too much stuff in the way.
Good call Kodiak.
Not likely. He'll get bigger & leave good genetics if you let him slide a year or two. If it's meat you're after, skewer a doe.
It would be kind of hard but I would pass, at least that's what I say when I see a picture of him. Now if he was at 10 yards that might be another story... :archer:
Yes
I understand straitera's point, but in my little neck of Ohio the DNR summer doe cull permits issued to farmers have really done their job. The number of does is way down on the property I hunt. Right now, I'd rather take a small buck for meat.
All I am saying is regional and even very local differences can alter one's thoughts on this point.
All that said, if I doe offers a shot I am going to take it. The freezer is empty.
Wish him well and see me next year.
Wilson county Texas he would be illegal, rack not outside the ears......Id let him grow...one of those things....
Without even a second thought.......
I haven't shot a buck in five years waiting for one that is ripe. That one will be a great deer in about two years or so.
No
Heck yea! I am still trying for my first buck with a bow.
Yes. In fact, I hope to follow up the blood trail I just left tonight first thing in the morning to a deer very much like that one that stopped by at dusk this evening. ;-)
And check the guy in my avatar - my first still-hunted deer taken "fair chasse." Four to six pointers taste great. They're not all fragged out from testosterone and battling other bucks. :archer:
After looking at the very first picture, I wouldn't shoot him. The reason being, in Texas in the counties I bowhunt, TPW (Texas Department of Wildlife) has a....Rule of 13....for antler spread which states a buck's inside spread of his rack has to measure 13" wide or it's illegal.
It really disappoints me when I see a 6 year old mature piney woods buck at 15 yards with 12 points and he's illegal because he has a high basket type rack which won't make the 13" wide inside spread rule. :(
Sure, nice buck for sure. Around here I'm lucky to see one or two like him per season, never mind at a shooting distance.
I need to move to Texas.
no doubt about it, shoot. But then I get 7 whitetail days that are 400 miles from home. I don't hold out for a bigger one.....
Maybe. But not if there's a doe behind him with some TENDER meat. I would not go back to a restaurant that served me a steak cut from a testosterone-laden bull. I hunt in order to feed my family healthy, TASTEY meat that you cannot get from a grocery store. That one pictured is probably border-line for testosterone load in the muscle tissue. It would need to be butchered and cooked right to be good.
If I were still hunting with my compound bow no way. Since this is my first year "attempting" to kill a deer with my longbow and I have screwed up every opportunity so far and every deer I have seen in the last 2 weeks has stayed out 30 yards or more and 20 is my max. I would shoot him this year if he got close enough. I have seen bigger deer, much bigger deer this year but my confidence is at an all time low and I would settle for any decent buck with gun season coming next weekend.
Normally, I would say no.With the way this season is going thus far, I'd be pretty tempted though.
I'd wait till he wasnt lookin right at me. THen yep, he's toast.
He gets passed on. I can shoot does for the freezer.
Many times in years past but not these days. Nice buck though and if you are proud to shoot him be proud of him.
If he turned his head away and maybe turned a little more right I would. Staring at me like that, no. At least with a bow. That is, unless I already had a couple does in the freezer :)