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 Deer passed up?
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01/02/11 02:38 AM
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jrpbullrider
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Reading a diff post on how many kills did every one get this year then I read
"Wished you would have added a question.
If you did not kill a deer, how many did you pass up that you could have taken?"
And that got me thinking there was about 3 that was some what big but did not shoot due to well I don't really know why I just did not shoot.
What about the rest of y'all how many did anyone pass up on for whatever reason?
Last edited by jrpbullrider; 01/02/11 02:48 AM. Reason: Spelling sorry brain not working
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[Re: jrpbullrider]
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01/02/11 02:44 AM
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duckingarrow
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I have never pasted a deer up on anything but I have passed on a few for different reasons. Not legal, to young, lease rules, etc..etc...
 You can't fix stupid but you can numb it with a 2x4
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: duckingarrow]
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01/02/11 02:52 AM
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Texas Dan
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I must have passed up at least a half dozen chances at taking a doe and at least one chance at taking a spike. Later I saw another spike but couldn't get off a shot.
This was my second straight season in which I didn't take a wide-racked buck. In fact, I never saw one this season. I did see at least a half-dozen young bucks that should be legal next year.
Still, it was a great season for me. I saw deer on just about every hunt, and it was a safe season for myself and everyone I know.
"When the debate is lost, insults become the tool of the loser."
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: jrpbullrider]
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01/02/11 02:53 AM
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GreenAggie
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I passed on 2 nine points and 1 eight point. The nines were good but just young. The eight was a heavy horned mature deer but I was hoping for something bigger. Oh well, this is not my first deerless deer season. I've enjoyed every minute in the woods, but dang that north wind was brutal this morning.
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: GreenAggie]
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01/02/11 05:33 AM
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I have yet to pull the trigger this year:
I probably passed on 15 bucks that would pass the 13" requirement - only one got my heart pumping (about a 17" wide mainframe 8) but deciding he was still a little young.
As far as does - I probably passed on 200. My neice/nephew took a couple of does and thus I can get meat when needed.
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01/02/11 07:25 AM
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I've seen 5 bucks this season!!! Killed a spike but had 1 mature 10 point buck that had to pass because it would not pass the 13in AR rule!!! The others would not have made the 13in rule but were too young, 2 1/2!!!
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01/02/11 04:00 PM
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one that makes ARs is an easy find for us... passed up quite a few meeting that minimum criteria in just a few hunts. Only one I can say I had a hard time passing up that was of age for a killin' was this one...  
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/02/11 04:13 PM
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I must have passed up at least a half dozen chances at taking a doe and at least one chance at taking a spike. Later I saw another spike but couldn't get off a shot.
This was my second straight season in which I didn't take a wide-racked buck. In fact, I never saw one this season. I did see at least a half-dozen young bucks that should be legal next year.
Still, it was a great season for me. I saw deer on just about every hunt, and it was a safe season for myself and everyone I know. It would be interesting to know how much or how many times out in the field these examples represent.
"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: Chief Joe]
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01/02/11 04:26 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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I passed up atleast 12 4.5 year old bucks this year...And 1 5.5 old bucks
Can't count the number of good 3.5 year old bucks.
Counties- Oklahoma(pawnee/osage), Texas (denton,mason,brady)
I didn't shoot a buck this year..but I did pop a doe with my bow...
Did get my buddy on the 5.5 old buck.. it was his first deer.
Made my wife pass on a good upper 120's 4.5 old eight on thrusday...she still not talking to me but he busted both brows...next year he has the frame to get close to 140.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: Chief Joe]
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01/02/11 04:26 PM
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 I passed on this deer a few times this year b/c I thought he was to young and the last weekend of season another hunter shot him last night!! He was on our lease
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Re: Deer pasted up?
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01/02/11 04:30 PM
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rifleman
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Made my wife pass on a good upper 120's 4.5 old eight on thrusday...she still not talking to me but he busted both brows...next year he has the frame to get close to 140.
shame on you...I suggest you get a food tester.
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[Re: rifleman]
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01/02/11 05:29 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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She can't be to mad..I gave her the green light on 4.5 20 wide seven pt in mason friday and she passed cuz he was to light mass wise.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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01/02/11 10:27 PM
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She can't be to mad..I gave her the green light on 4.5 20 wide seven pt in mason friday and she passed cuz he was to light mass wise. Dang trophy hunters ruining hunting for all of us..  ...J/K... 
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Re: Deer pasted up?
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01/02/11 10:39 PM
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rifleman
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She can't be to mad..I gave her the green light on 4.5 20 wide seven pt in mason friday and she passed cuz he was to light mass wise. had you waited 'til he was walking away, I have no doubt she would have jumped at the opportunity.
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[Re: rifleman]
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01/02/11 10:39 PM
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She can't be to mad..I gave her the green light on 4.5 20 wide seven pt in mason friday and she passed cuz he was to light mass wise. had you waited 'til he was walking away, I have no doubt she would have jumped at the opportunity. 
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: rifleman]
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01/05/11 09:52 PM
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Chuck P
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Made my wife pass on a good upper 120's 4.5 old eight on thrusday...she still not talking to me but he busted both brows...next year he has the frame to get close to 140.
shame on you...I suggest you get a food tester. Should have let her shoot it. If would have made her happy then that is what hunting is about. I made my wife release a bass that was 6.5 lbs because she wanted to mount it and I said no. Ten years later I still wish I would have just mounted the thing because I still hear it from time to time.
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01/05/11 10:00 PM
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I passed on this guy opening day. 
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[Re: Justin T]
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01/05/11 10:15 PM
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rifleman
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hope he made it through season.
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Re: Deer passed up?
[Re: jrpbullrider]
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01/05/11 11:29 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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Silver spurs and gold tequila
keep me hanging on.
Pretty girls and old cantinas
give me shelter from the storm.
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[Re: Texan Til I Die]
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01/06/11 02:25 AM
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: rifleman]
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01/06/11 03:48 AM
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Justin T
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hope he made it through season. He was shot by another hunter's son the next weekend. I'd have liked to see him the next year, but he was at least 5.5, and in a good year for rain, I think this could have been his best year.
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Re: Deer passed up?
[Re: jrpbullrider]
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01/06/11 04:18 AM
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Shot a 10 point because my son was in the stand and he wanted dad to shoot the deer with the horns. However I had passed on this 8 when hunting with my wife. Wish I had taken this 8 instead of the 10.... 
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01/06/11 04:30 AM
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Passed up on a BIG 10 due to only being about 3.5, a big old 9 that had a different rack had about 8 inches straight up before the brow tines let it go for my lil sisters first deer, low and behold she shoots at the 10 point  thank goodness she cant shoot well!! last year she killed our feeder while shooting at a 8 point!  Had another old 7 year old big completely symmetrical 8 point that i watched for awhile and when it came down to it, he never showed up in shooting light 
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[Re: BFord]
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01/06/11 01:54 PM
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Lets see
Passed on around 20-30 does
Passed up on 3 bucks; 2 8's and a small 10 (AR County)
The 8's were both legal but saw them within the first 15 minutes on the first morning I hunted this season. The 10 looked good but was young and the spread looked close to 13-14" so I passed. I ended up with a mainframe 8 with a 16.75" spread.
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Re: Deer pasted up?
[Re: NewJeep]
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01/06/11 02:09 PM
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Passed on a huge 7 point, lease rules; A big mature 8 point, wanted a mainframe 10; and a 10 point, he was trotting and I wouldnt risk the shot. Nver fired a shot all season.
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