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[Bad17]

But it will taste good this year.

[DeadEye_Dan]

Uncle just shot this buck at our farm.
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Woulda been a nice one next year

That's a nice one today! Damn.

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Yea. Would've been nice next year too...

That mindset only works if somebody on the other side of the fence thinks so too. About 4 years ago I watched a nice 6 point jump the fence and get run through by the neighbors arrow. Lol

It. Was. A. Joke.


Shoot them all for all I care.

[Flightstopper]

Uncle just shot this buck at our farm.
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Hell yeah.

Just over 22" wide.

[The Duck Hammer]

I won't pass a legal buck. I have also never had a legal buck in bow range.

[The Duck Hammer]

Uncle just shot this buck at our farm.
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Hell yeah.

Just over 22" wide.

That's awesome. I've only seen a handful that big and they were all on a federal wildlife reserve. Same one the state record typical came off of.

[Bad17]

I won't pass a legal buck. I have also never had a legal buck in bow range.

X2.

[SpinnerMan]

I won't pass a legal buck. I have also never had a legal buck in bow range.

I've never got a buck with a bow, but with a doe in the freezer and several nice 10's and a few nice 8's I will take my chances on letting the young bucks that I have seen on the camera walk. That is unless it has a bucket on its head. I have however had a few bucks in bow range

I think this is the 4th different 10 on the camera. Unfortunately all at night.

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Of course, the spots probably ruined now that a coyote has gone and taken a dump on it.

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[The Duck Hammer]

I won't pass a legal buck. I have also never had a legal buck in bow range.

I've never got a buck with a bow, but with a doe in the freezer and several nice 10's and a few nice 8's I will take my chances on letting the young bucks that I have seen on the camera walk. That is unless it has a bucket on its head. I have however had a few bucks in bow range

I think this is the 4th different 10 on the camera. Unfortunately all at night.

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Of course, the spots probably ruined now that a coyote has gone and taken a dump on it.

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Once I get one with a bow things may change but I'm hoping to jump the milestone on a little buck so I don't fuck up when a nice one finally roles in.

[Woody]

I won't pass a legal buck. I have also never had a legal buck in bow range.

I've never got a buck with a bow, but with a doe in the freezer and several nice 10's and a few nice 8's I will take my chances on letting the young bucks that I have seen on the camera walk. That is unless it has a bucket on its head. I have however had a few bucks in bow range

I think this is the 4th different 10 on the camera. Unfortunately all at night.

nov6ten.jpg

Of course, the spots probably ruined now that a coyote has gone and taken a dump on it.

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Once I get one with a bow things may change but I'm hoping to jump the milestone on a little buck so I don't fuck up when a nice one finally roles in.

That's no guarantee

[bill herian]

Once you get one with the bow, gun hunting is just cheap and sleazy.

[DeadEye_Dan]

Once you hunt ducks, deer waiting is the most boring thing on earth.

For the record, I bow hunted exactly once in my life. Whacked a 7pt by 8:30 on opening morning 1994 and haven't been bow hunting since.

[Olly]

Once you hunt ducks, deer waiting is the most boring thing on earth.

For the record, I bow hunted exactly once in my life. Whacked a 7pt by 8:30 on opening morning 1994 and haven't been bow hunting since.

Then you bedded that super model and drove home in your Ferrari.

[bill herian]

Ducks are fun to play with, but archery is hunting.

[DeadEye_Dan]

Ducks are fun to play with, but archery is waiting.

FIFY.

[DeadEye_Dan]

Once you hunt ducks, deer waiting is the most boring thing on earth.

For the record, I bow hunted exactly once in my life. Whacked a 7pt by 8:30 on opening morning 1994 and haven't been bow hunting since.

Then you bedded that super model and drove home in your Ferrari.

True story

[NuffDaddy]

Rut hunting is fun.
Early and late season is is more waiting and can be boring. But I like it.

[The Duck Hammer]

I won't pass a legal buck. I have also never had a legal buck in bow range.

I've never got a buck with a bow, but with a doe in the freezer and several nice 10's and a few nice 8's I will take my chances on letting the young bucks that I have seen on the camera walk. That is unless it has a bucket on its head. I have however had a few bucks in bow range

I think this is the 4th different 10 on the camera. Unfortunately all at night.

nov6ten.jpg

Of course, the spots probably ruined now that a coyote has gone and taken a dump on it.

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Once I get one with a bow things may change but I'm hoping to jump the milestone on a little buck so I don't fuck up when a nice one finally roles in.

That's no guarantee

Haha

[The Duck Hammer]

Once you get one with the bow, gun hunting is just cheap and sleazy.

Very true, but Id still lay some deer out with a rifle

[R. Chapman]

To hell with bow hunting.

[The Duck Hammer]

To hell with bow hunting.

It's ok Rex. We can't all be bow hunters.

[SpinnerMan]

To hell with bow hunting.

To hell with it?

I'm a too each his own kind of guy.

However, for me there is nothing like having a deer so close you are afraid to blink. You are a long way from a dead deer once you see the deer. That's when the real excitement begins and odds are very much against you. So much more thought and effort goes in to getting that deer in bow range and being able to draw and shoot without getting busted.

The other things is pure practical. Gun season in Illinois is 7 days. Deer season runs from Oct 1 to mid January. It's just too easy to kill them with a gun and the season would be way too short in a state like Illinois.

[R. Chapman]

It just doesn't work good for where I hunt. The elk here are tough enough as it is trying to get them with a rifle in thick, dark timber. My uncle has been the only one to ever get an elk with a bow on the family ranch but it was too much stress.

[The Duck Hammer]

It just doesn't work good for where I hunt. The elk here are tough enough as it is trying to get them with a rifle in thick, dark timber. My uncle has been the only one to ever get an elk with a bow on the family ranch but it was too much stress.

Gotta be sneaky.

[R. Chapman]

Elk are elk. They see you before you seen them 99% of the time.

[The Duck Hammer]

You can't just take a stroll through the woods when you are bow hunting.

[Rick]

Once I get one with a bow things may change but I'm hoping to jump the milestone on a little buck so I don't fuck up when a nice one finally roles in.

My first bow deer was a little 6pt that walked under my tree, got his spine cut and was trying to crawl while I shook so badly I missed it with all five of my remaining arrows. Had to clank down out of the tree, thankfully without screwing that up and breaking my neck, with my then latest and greatest Walker climbing stand and pull an arrow out of the ground to finish the poor booger.

[bill herian]

Thick dark timber sounds like a bowhunting paradise. Try it man. Get one into 30 yards and you'll scrap out your rifles later that day.

Elk are elk. They see you before you seen them 99% of the time.

This is simply a preposterous statement.

[Rick]

Once you get one with the bow, gun hunting is just cheap and sleazy.

Hitting one where I thought I wanted to and seeing it twice after with the arrow sticking out the side of its chest but still not recovering it, made putting the bow down easy for me. Too iffy. If I'm going to shoot it, I'm going to eat it. Knock wood.

[bill herian]

How many ducks do you suppose leave the mudhole at half throttle to go and cramp up someplace else each season? I understand its not your shooting, but if shooting and not recovering is your concern, I'd put archery well ahead of waterfowl.

[SpinnerMan]

Elk are elk. They see you before you seen them 99% of the time.

Yeah, cause whitetails don't see so good

How many ducks do you suppose leave the mudhole at half throttle to go and cramp up someplace else each season? I understand its not your shooting, but if shooting and not recovering is your concern, I'd put archery well ahead of waterfowl.

There is just something that sucks a whole lot worse about losing a deer. Who knows how many ducks or geese you lose per year? A lot of those "misses" are not clean misses. How many times do you knock the hell out of a duck or especially a goose and they just keep on flying or sail off to somewhere unrecoverable?