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just curios hawndog what is your highest scoring bama buck and how old are you?
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If he has horns, I’m shooting. Leave the does alone and there will be plenty more to take his place. I guess I’m the guy y’all all hate. With me its ,,,,, I don't see you killing young bucks then bitching about there are no big bucks .kill what pleases you , I do
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just curios hawndog what is your highest scoring bama buck and how old are you? 42 l. Had 2 bucks killed on the property I hunt this year that were 140. 2 more at 130. I have 3 mounted that range from 120 to 140. Killed several more that would have scored higher than any of those, had they not been missing one side. The more deer I kill the less I care about how big they are. I like to go hunting. I like to see deer when I go. I like to shoot a few every year. Hunting they way I do accomplishes those goals.
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Duh hell id kill a Doe before young Buck Deer (and aint kilt one dim in 9 years "doe") BUT i know that used to be taboooo 😏
Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!
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Killed one good buck this year and a really good one last year. Killed 213 pound 6 year old year before those that i had followed for 3 years!! Guess i am fortunate - watched nice 3-4 year old tonite. Hav my share of mature
I do think the boyz n hood pressure my deer and slow me down a lot with their pressure and hamper success but i light years ahead of where i was in clubs. My neighbors other than the hood i drive thru (they not myneighbor - they only own their yard) seem solid! Solid deer lease and i watch some of same deer year after year.
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self
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Something has changed and I haven’t nailed it down but when I moved to my place I could watch at least 5 bucks from 120-140 in the hay fields (at dark in the summer for several years in a row) 5-6 yrs ago.. now never see em ever… If they want to shoot little bucks shoot em, just don’t bi**h to me about not having any “mountable” or “older” bucks to shoot…I’ll keep shooting doe does doe’s
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I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike.
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In a lot of places, it’s tough to grow older bucks if you only have a small parcel of land. It’s probably easier in areas where you have bigger tracts/leases… the more people who have to keep on the same page, the more difficult the task.
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In the 90’s early 2000’s we had way more deer. And way more bucks too. We could shoot every buck we saw and never put a dent in them. And nice bucks too. Now that people think they have to shoot all the does to make the herd “better” there is maybe 1/10 of the deer we had and far less bucks too. I have had to adjust and be a little more selective since there are less to go around now.
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I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike. Funny thing about all the people who need them for meat. All they take is the hams and backstrap!
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I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike. Funny thing about all the people who need them for meat. All they take is the hams and backstrap! Thats not true from what I've seen I blow the shoulders up I dont even gut one . Why would I spend that much time as a average hunter for so little extra meat
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[quote=ford150man]I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike.[/qu
Funny thing about all the people who need them for meat. All they take is the hams and backstrap! We’ve never needed it for meat but I do enjoy it and make use of as much as possible and provide a good bit to folks who don’t hunt but are always asking for some deer meat.
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I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike. Probably the same reason my maw maw would have a fit it you threw back a crappie that wasn't quite 9 inches
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I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike. Probably the same reason my maw maw would have a fit it you threw back a crappie that wasn't quite 9 inches Hell my grandmother would eat a minnow. She didn't throw nothing back.
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I don’t care what a person chooses to shoot but don’t shoot every spike you see then complain you don’t have any good bucks. My father-in-law has to be one of the most trigger happy people I’ve ever met. We’ve all been there but usually grow out of it. We I don’t call him a hunter. He’s just a killer. Says it’s for the meat but he and the mother-in-law barely eat deer meat. He just can’t stand to pass one up. Gets aggravated when I let deer walk. He’s 79 years old so I don’t bust his balls too much because I think he figures every season, and every deer, may be his last. I just don’t understand why he runs cameras so hard then shoots a doe during rut, or a spike. Probably the same reason my maw maw would have a fit it you threw back a crappie that wasn't quite 9 inches Hell my grandmother would eat a minnow. She didn't throw nothing back. Mines talked about eating Redbirds and bluejays. She had it rough coming up thru depression she always said if they had meat you ate it and didn't ask what it was
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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I have noticed a few things on our farm over the last 18 years. We shoot 8pt and better and we shoot does. Farm is roughly 850 acres of bottom, fields, and mountain. Our neighbors say they do the same.
We are not flooded with 9pt and up bucks. I usually get a few 10pts on camera every year and last year we took a nice 10. This year 3 nice 8pt s taken. We do not bait, one neighbor does. I bet u will find that u have larger bucks coming through. I have found that if I have a camera getting a lot of smaller bucks I then put a camera within 50yards of that camera but in the thickest stuff I can find. Almost 100% of the time we get larger bucks on that camera. Our bucks just work the fringes of high activity areas. Worth trying.
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I’ve personally seen 3 bucks from the stand this year that I have zero pics of. My neighbor killed a super nice 8 and I had one single pic of him.
Only 800 yards away. One picture at a feeder and the deer looked like he was scared to death. I think he accidentally got too close that one time. Only way to get all the buck pics on a property is over a scrape imo. Some just don’t like feeders seems like. Few
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Good fences make good neighbors.
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What really tops it off, when they’re on the 6th 2-3yr old basket rack and they ask you if you need a deer… smh they still haven’t seen a good one to shoot he says
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