best afternoon of my season.............kinda

[waterweasle]

saw 4 deer this afternoon, one doe, and 3 bucks( button buck, 4pnt and 1/2 of an 8pnt- he was missing half his rack).... in the area are antler restrictions, has to have 3 on a side to be legal................I guess the 1/2 racked buck was legal but didnt wanna shoot a half a deer

[Marcygirl]

Had a good couple of days also, Thursday: big 10pt now clean shot, small spike( let him walk),Friday: at least a good 8pt ( head in apple tree) shot at him hit the only sapling in area cut it right in half, Saturday:shot a nice seven pt in the morning, latter in the afternoon saw a big spike(12-15" each side) let him walk, all this from a stand I set up for bow hunting and never sat in, plus two foxes a doe and one other hunter, going back in tommorow, but letting my buddy sit there hell of a nice guy I am good luck everyone

[New York Hillbilly]

Am I missing something here? It's good to hear somebody have as much deer action as you have had, but am I reading this wrong? You "shot a nice seven pt in the morning", but are still out there to let a "big spike", "walk", in the same day. What choice did you have than to let him walk if you already filled your buck tag? And, now you're "going back tomorrow"? Are you able to take more than one buck during gun season in your area?

[Marcygirl]

Going to fill my doe tag, yes can shoot another "buck" if his antlers are 3" or less, letting him walk is a matter of speech, didn't know we had grammer cops on here lol, man this form is tough

Maybe I can let another one walk tomorrow , and there are alway choices making the right one sometimes is the hardest choice of all

Edited November 25, 2012 by Marcygirl

[myke123]

i didnt know you could shoot two bucks during reg seaon because its antlers are less then 3" lol, were did you get your tags from ?

[josephmrtn]

if the antlers are less than 3 in u can use a doe tag on it

[myke123]

on what page is that on in the book besides i dont think i ever seen a buck with 2" rack even spikes are bigger then 3"

i heard of button bucks being taged as doe but good lord a 3" rack is a male to me

[Paulie]

myke....i have seen a lot of spikes that are under 3"...i call them "devil spikes".

[New York Hillbilly]

I wasn't trying to be a grammar cop or make the forum a tough place. I simply asked an honest question after being confused by your post. It sounded like you were trying to harvest another buck after shooting your seven pointer and I did not know how that was possible. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

[WNYBuckHunter]

on what page is that on in the book besides i dont think i ever seen a buck with 2" rack even spikes are bigger then 3"

i heard of button bucks being taged as doe but good lord a 3" rack is a male to me

Look under "Legally Antlered Deer"

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8305.html

[Marcygirl]

That's right, I personally won't shoot one but you can, and smart guy got my tag from nys like I have for the last 27 yrs

[Early]

M-girl, A bit touchy/testy, aren't you? Hillbilly's question was entirely appropriate. I hope you fill your DMP with a genuine doe...or don't fill it at all.

[crappyice]

I assume that rule is made to account for human error since from a distance, points short of three inches are tough to see. I don't think it supposed to be used by hunters to intentionally fill a doe tag with button bucks or short spikes.

Additionally, I saw a bizarre deer at the processor the other day. It was a male deer with an under three inch spike on one side and the other side (also under three inches) seem to barely split into two points. A buck tag was used but I am wondering if a doe tag could have been used if following the letter of the law?