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#9 - 114 gross and 8 years old. He had much more mass before deteriorating like so many old bodybuilders I know.

I was way low on all of them. I must have shot a bigger deer than I thought this year. LOL

#5 - 148 gross. 5 year old

I think Sogaard should be suspended for adding such meaningless dribble to this thread. Oh wait, that would apply to a few other posts, including my own. Never mind.

Cant believe this thread is still going.

And I failed to shoot one in 4 seconds, nearly losing an eye and forever tainting my handsome appearance. I think I did manage to wing phade.

Just picked up some altitutde stands from dicks. They are 21' to the platform. Should be solid, but are heavy (80lbs). As Phade said, use duct tape before inserting the sections. Makes things much quieter.

Nice - looks bigger than 111 to me too. Good reason not to measure. lol Great deer.

I will take a guess although I have never measured one. #1 - 127" gross (4.5 yrs) #2 - 153" (4.5 yrs) #3 - 144" (5.5yrs) #4 - 122" (3.5yrs) I will be interested to see how far off I am. I am guessing I am way off.

Be sure to set up on him from his right side next season. lol He is a big boy.

Welcome

Happy Birthday!

I must have learned to speak from fasteddie.

OH that was CRAZY - just not specifically rut related. Already have plenty of fun hunting stories just not necessarily due to the rut. I guess the pics you texted of bucks everywhere while I was all alone in the "good stand" were as close as I got in the past two seasons. Not sure I will ever have a better story than david chasing the buck in his socks, but I am willing to keep trying to one up.

Don't disagree Grow, but I see many more mature doe in early bow season than mature bucks. That's why I always want to kill a mature buck. That said, I am happy to take a doe too. lol I just haven't hunted long enough to have the crazy rut stories that some tell.

Paid hunts = money sport - not too many paying for hunts when funds are low.

BTW - I have no issue with high fence hunts, just not my thing. WE all recognize the difference between killing a deer on one of those hunts vs. free chase. Just like I can recognize the difference between those who hunt less populated areas than I do - a smaller buck or doe may be a bigger trophy to any hunter in those areas. Its all a matter of perspective. If you see 10 deer every sit, a doe may be no big deal. If its the only deer you see all season, killing that doe is a big deal.

Fair enough. I know when I started I bought what I thought was the best equipment. Had nothing to do with what people were pushing, but with what I thought would work best for me to ensure a clean kill. I just got a recurve and hope to be good enough to take it hunting next season at some point, but I am certain I won't sideline the compound permanently. We put so much time into scounting and hunting, I want to be sure I have the best equipment to actually kill the deer when the time arrives. I believe you thought the same when you got rid of the encore because you shoot the sidelock better. All that said, modern equipment aside, I agree with arrow flinger that there is a huge difference between raising bucks and just hunting the deer naturally present in your area. I am not opposed to try to keep them around, be it via food plots or managing your property, but what we mostly see on TV are deer farms. Big difference although still measured in degrees unless you really have them penned in.

Serious question Bubba. I understand your point about the latest and greatest equipment but when you bought that bow, scope and MZ, were they the latest and greatest at the time? Just curious if you had the same thoughts then or only now after equipment has changed and you have stayed with your traditional equipment.

Having only 2 seasons under my belt, please stop with the doom and gloom. I am having too much fun to think that hunting will evaporate any time soon. One of the reasons I bought 40 acres after season 1. It will be my little slice of the pie no matter what else happens. Hopefully the deer won't be leaving for good. I am OK with not shooting a wall mounter every year. The chase is more than enough fun - but it was sure nice to kill a decent buck too.

Well I guess that makes it easy. Thanks for the info. Not a big fan of liver so I guess I will pass on the ducks.

I was just telling phade that I want to learn to hunt ducks because I like the meat. So I am guessing that the wild ducks don't taste like what I order in a restaurant?

Nice Bow! I assume you hinted about this one. lol

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Great Buck for next season. Hoping we see some repeat appearances again soon too. Need to check those cams.