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Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 03:37 AM
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SapperTitan
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Last time I killed a buck was 2011. I have killed a doe or two every year I've been stateside but no buck since then. This year is the year. I hope. Haha
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5879382
08/15/15 04:14 AM
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rifleman
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2 years bc I was hunting for 1 particular deer and he didn't seem to understand that I was supposed to shoot him.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 04:17 AM
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stxranchman
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5879388
08/15/15 04:19 AM
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Elpatoloco
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I've killed several in my lifetime. Its been about 10 years since I have taken one.
I have never Harvested a single animal. My combine is strictly for crops
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 04:22 AM
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rattler03
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Haven't shot a buck since the last morning of the 2010 general season. We sold the family land I used to hunt on that next spring, and I only hunted 1 weekend each of the next 3 seasons. Last year I finally got a lease but couldn't connect with a mature buck. I've got a good feeling this year will finally be the year I put another buck on the ground, though. It's been too long.
Last edited by rattler03; 08/15/15 04:22 AM.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 04:57 AM
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kry226
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When I first started hunting, I hunted for four years before shooting my first deer. I wanted my first deer to be a "nice buck". On the fourth season, I shot my first deer, and also the first 8-point I ever saw.
I also didn't kill a buck in 2011, 2012, or 2013. So I guess three years.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 12:17 PM
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jshouse
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oh, about 22 years.....killed my first buck around 1992ish, did a lot of watching and killing does after that until about 2001 when I graduated college. I wasn't able to hunt much at all until about 2011 when a certain deer caught my eye. whiffed from 2011-2013 hunting certain bucks and killed a buck last year.
even as a teenager I didn't just go out looking to kill something, and even when I saw a buck I always hoped his big brother was following him, so I waited and watched, a lot.
Last edited by jshouse; 08/15/15 12:18 PM.
If I send my neighbors a text and ask them to give me feedback on my lawn and plant rye into a giant dong pattern, I'm probably going to get some less than positive feedback. Same goes here.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 01:02 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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I would say 3 seasons when I decided to only start killing mature bucks.
Now it has come to be certain mature bucks, so I will have seasons I don't kill a buck, like last year.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 01:06 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Went from 1998 to 2007 without killing a buck. Did not kill a buck in 2008, 2009 or 2012, scored on mature bucks in 2010, 2013 and 2014.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 02:56 PM
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Erathkid
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The last 4 years I've killed bucks on our family place. Judging from cameras this year will be no exception. I've killed many doe in the past, just not feeling it these days. Now an Axis doe, that's a whole 'nother critter.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 06:01 PM
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Jimbo
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The land owner loves our deer sausage and he told us he looks forward to it every year. We do our best to keep him happy, happy, happy!
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 06:12 PM
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BOONER
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I started hunting without my dad when I was 9. I didn't kill a deer until I was 15, so I guess 6 years.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5879925
08/15/15 06:39 PM
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SapperTitan
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I started hunting without my dad when I was 9. I didn't kill a deer until I was 15, so I guess 6 years. I didn't kill my first deer until I was 27. I hunted as a kid but then went from about 12-26 without hunting at all.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 07:28 PM
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KCH
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Jan 2011 was my last buck...a spike at that! I'm due this Fall!
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 07:30 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/15/15 11:50 PM
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Bbear
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Not counting exotics, I haven't taken a buck whitetail since 2008.
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Pay it forward - Kids are the future.
Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/16/15 01:13 AM
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MikeC
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Probably been about 15 years since I've killed a good buck. The last cull that I shot was in 2007. The older I get the pickier I get.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5880333
08/16/15 01:20 AM
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Texas Dan
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I can only remember one season when I didn't fill a buck tag.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5880640
08/16/15 11:59 AM
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Drop Tine
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No trophy WT....wall hanger type buck since 2010. Exotics excluded
Culls/management type as needed, when the opportunity presents itself
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/16/15 12:53 PM
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SpoonPlatoon
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I think the last buck I shot was when I was 15 so about 10 years ago.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5880878
08/16/15 03:17 PM
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Slow Drifter
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My dad was my best hunting partner. After he died it was three years before I could bring myself to pull the trigger on anything at all. I have no idea why. Part of the grieving process, I guess. Just wasn't into it and it didn't feel right with him gone.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/17/15 02:04 AM
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Halfadozen
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5 years now. Passed on plenty of bucks and does for that matter. This year will be a bit different because of our program. Wife and I love venison, so will be fill all of our tags hopefully.
Freedom is a fragile thing ...Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again. -- Ronald Reagan
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/17/15 02:26 AM
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Chuck Cox
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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#5881992
08/17/15 04:57 AM
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John Humbert
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Almost 30 years. I stopped deer hunting in my mid 20's (lots of reasons) and focusing mainly on fishing and wing-shooting. Then about 5-6 years ago, my daughter got into it and got me started again. The first couple of years, I let her shoot the bucks - and then finally took my first ever 10pt. The gap between that deer and the last deer I shot was almost 30 years.
Now that I have taken a few nice deer, I am reluctant to pull the trigger unless it is bigger than anything I already have - which would mean a deer in the mid 140's - and I just don't see those on my leases. I know a place where I can pay-hunt for a free range deer where they take 160-170's (and bigger) on a fairly regular basis - if you hunt hard. I am thinking of doing one of these hunts and quit hunting WT's altogether and just focus on axis and other exotics. Let the kids shoot the WT - I just enjoy watching them more and more.
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Re: Whats the longest you have gone without harvesting a buck?
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08/17/15 05:18 PM
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BuffaloSpringsRD
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I havent shot a buck since fall of 2008 so 7 years. With a baby coming early/mid november it may get to 8 years
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