Oh yeah, and thats why I hope I would pass on that buck. I have seen 4 bucks that would go over 190". One went about 220, one was over 200 until one of his droptines broke. and one would have been scored typical.Mike P wrote: So fess up Kenton, you have seen a bigger buck then this one haven't you!
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I have zero problem with anyone taking ANY deer they want. If you live were 200 inchers just aren't possible, if your pressed for time or can't afford to pass on a deer, thats fine. I glad to have any fellow hunter legally pursuing the greatest game animal in the world; everyone's welcome. The problem I have (and have had for years) is people around me shooting 100 inch bucks because they believe those are the biggest bucks around. I feel absolutely blessed to live where I do, because Ohio has great deer.
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Did your gun just go off Mike P.?Mike P wrote:
Seeing bucks like that on trail cams is like viewing antler p o r n.
Not sure why, but, those antlers look out of place on that buck. Maybe it's because I've never seen anything like it in person.
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Perception trumps intention.
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There does seem to be a transitional phase in most hunters lives, no matter what continent. As a kid i dearly loved to read of the old lion and tiger hunters who had had taken many prized tropies over their careers, finally retired, and came out of retirement to help harvest some renegade man-killers.
An ethical hunter learns to respect his quarry over time and often this leads to a type of reverance for the species in general, but the big old brutes in particular. The few hunters that are able to arrive at that point seem to harvest fewer and fewer deer, but enjoy it even more. They usually gravitate towards the managment, convservation side of the issue.
An ethical hunter learns to respect his quarry over time and often this leads to a type of reverance for the species in general, but the big old brutes in particular. The few hunters that are able to arrive at that point seem to harvest fewer and fewer deer, but enjoy it even more. They usually gravitate towards the managment, convservation side of the issue.
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Mike P wrote.
I watched a 200 inch buck feed in a white oak grove fifty yards from my stand for half an hour in October of 2001. I have never been the same since.
You should try missing a 200 + inch buck at twenty yards. I still think of that day every day and loose sleep about that. And that was 12 years ago. But in my mind it was yesterday. The worst part about it is that 4 days later he was shot with a gun and I got to actually touch his horns. Oh ya did I mention he had 2 drop tines and 30 inch beams.
I watched a 200 inch buck feed in a white oak grove fifty yards from my stand for half an hour in October of 2001. I have never been the same since.
You should try missing a 200 + inch buck at twenty yards. I still think of that day every day and loose sleep about that. And that was 12 years ago. But in my mind it was yesterday. The worst part about it is that 4 days later he was shot with a gun and I got to actually touch his horns. Oh ya did I mention he had 2 drop tines and 30 inch beams.
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