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Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/24/18 12:37 AM
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Stub
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walk last season in hopes of them maturing or putting on a few more inches. I have/had access to 80 acres and only hunted the east 40. I knew the 40 to the west was about to have new neighbors, also new hunting neighbors a short distance to the east, so the honey hole is shrinking. Thats alright for I would rather pass on a nice not fully mature buck and hope I see him bigger and badder next year, versus shooting one to say I shot a nice buck. To each their own not knocking anyone who does I saw these bucks on multiple occasions over a two week period from about mid Nov. through Dec 5. Not a big one but got dang near next to the blind This is a nice main frame 10 with a split brow, saw him many times. This is a stud young 8 that in 2 or 3 years should be awesome. Only saw this young Huge Body 8 once when he briefly stepped out by the feeder and the 10 ran him off. And this big boy with a tall rack but short tines reminds me of what I see a lot of panhandle type bucks.
Last edited by Stub; 06/24/18 12:40 AM.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7206690
06/24/18 12:49 AM
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billyhunt
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Super bucks Stub!!! Didn't see this one, was out of the blind, stupid stupid me, but would of let him walk, well maybe, cause he was a NICE 10 earlier in the year.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/24/18 12:53 AM
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DoubleTrouble
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7206698
06/24/18 12:59 AM
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Stub
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Wow even though the pic is a little blurry, he looks like a dandy especially for bow hunting
Last edited by Stub; 06/24/18 01:00 AM.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7206701
06/24/18 01:01 AM
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Lakhota
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Those are some nice bucks Stub, hope one is around for you this year.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7206708
06/24/18 01:11 AM
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stxranchman
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7206728
06/24/18 01:32 AM
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breadman
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7206748
06/24/18 01:45 AM
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ImTheReasonDovesMourn
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These are from 2017 and 2016. He's back this year. He'll be #1 on my list.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7207136
06/24/18 05:32 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/24/18 06:22 PM
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At 3 years old he had a single drop tine At 4 years old (last season) he has double drop tines Gonna be fun to see him this year, is he survives the acorn binge again.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/24/18 07:25 PM
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270Sendero
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Some great looking bucks guys
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/25/18 01:07 PM
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Some great looking bucks guys
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7207838
06/25/18 01:39 PM
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westtexaswatkins
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7208033
06/25/18 05:18 PM
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ijohnston
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7208041
06/25/18 05:28 PM
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Wilhunt
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Those 2 and 3 year bucks look awful good for their age. All nice.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/25/18 05:47 PM
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redchevy
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/25/18 07:54 PM
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270Sendero
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Not too long ago almost all of these bucks would have been shot. At least the guys I learned to hunt from would have shot them. Amazing how times have changed
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7208361
06/26/18 12:19 AM
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redchevy
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I bet lots of bucks like the ones shared here died last year still.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/26/18 03:50 PM
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ChadTRG42
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I have let 2 good bucks walk in the past several years. Both ended up getting shot by another hunter on our place. Both bucks were nice to look at, but were young and not your large rack type of buck. I watched one buck for 2 years and saw him get bigger the second year and was great to watch. He got shot by another member a few weeks later. Maybe one of these days.....
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/26/18 04:25 PM
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I have let 2 good bucks walk in the past several years. Both ended up getting shot by another hunter on our place. Both bucks were nice to look at, but were young and not your large rack type of buck. I watched one buck for 2 years and saw him get bigger the second year and was great to watch. He got shot by another member a few weeks later. Maybe one of these days..... I can understand neighbors, but lease members killing young buck that should walk?? I think that would really bother me....which is why I lease alone. Costs more but worth it when I think of situations like this.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7208830
06/26/18 04:27 PM
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I bet lots of bucks like the ones shared here died last year still. At least a few of these bucks pictured are probably dead for whatever reason. Risk you take letting them walk. The buck you posted would have me second guessing myself as soon as he walked off.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7208869
06/26/18 05:02 PM
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stxranchman
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After the season was over I sat down and looked at TC pics that were current and found over 40 bucks had made it thru the season. I have several right now using the water trough and corn feeder at the house. Lot of bucks moved off early then moved back in. Some bucks moved in and never left. This buck showed up at the house one day late in Sept. and was here the rest of the season. Now comes to the feeder almost everyday. I probably should name him Lucky since in late Dec one morning when I was heading out I found him hung up in the barb wire fence. He must have misjudged his jump and landed on top of the fence. He was hung up with top wire under his flank and both back legs in the 2 second wire. Must have just happened since the ground was not tore up. I blinded him with the ranger lights then crawled under the fence and got his back legs over the top wire. I was worried he had cut his flank and belly up on the wire but he was not hurt since I seen him 2 days later. Here is last year in first pic and then this year in second pic. He appears to have injured the tip of his right main beam, interested to see if it splits there.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/26/18 09:12 PM
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ChadTRG42
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I have let 2 good bucks walk in the past several years. Both ended up getting shot by another hunter on our place. Both bucks were nice to look at, but were young and not your large rack type of buck. I watched one buck for 2 years and saw him get bigger the second year and was great to watch. He got shot by another member a few weeks later. Maybe one of these days..... I can understand neighbors, but lease members killing young buck that should walk?? I think that would really bother me....which is why I lease alone. Costs more but worth it when I think of situations like this. I would agree. I stopped worrying about what other hunters shot years ago. I get it. Who am I to tell someone they can't take a nice buck. Yes, it's not a huge wall hanger in my book but both bucks were nice to look at. I get it. In a perfect would, I would love to let all the smaller bucks walk to get bigger.
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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#7209115
06/26/18 09:23 PM
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Y’all know you can’t let them walk if you never see them in person and only have game cam pics of them at night right?
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Re: Pictures of Bucks You Let
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06/26/18 10:10 PM
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Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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