Forums46
Topics536,987
Posts9,719,160
Members86,987
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Got Me Thinking
#7350568
11/16/18 08:34 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,404
DQ Kid
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,404 |
A post recently by a fellow Young county Hunter believing that another Young county Hunter's posted buck harvest may have been a buck he had seen on camera recently. My personal opinion is that it was most likely a completely different deer but who knows. My real question is this, "Are you inclined to focus your hunting attention on harvesting one or two particular bucks or do you take it as it comes, if you are out hunting and see a buck that captures your fancy, you will take it regardless of whether it has/has not been seen on camera before?". I tend to be of the latter, if I see a nice buck while out, I will likely shoot it. What say you all?
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350576
11/16/18 08:43 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 797
h20thief
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 797 |
Last year I shot a buck that had been on camera at several different feeders. We all agreed he was a shooter and the first to see him would likely get him. He showed on the second week of December and the rest was history. I had another, much larger buck on camera last year that I really liked but he didn't show once the rut was winding down. That's not to say I wont take one that hasn't been on camera and fits my criteria. My daughter says I'm too picky but for once I'd like to shoot a nice mature buck, not the nice 3 year old's that will be monsters if they get the pass they deserve. Last year's buck was a 5.5 year old 8, tall and wide but no mass to speak of.
H20thief ------------ Positive thinking may not solve all your problems but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350594
11/16/18 09:03 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,560
garyrapp55
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,560 |
I don't give a shoot what that camera has on it or doesn't. Nor do I care if I have "gotten to know" a regular. If I see a nice enough deer while deer hunting...well. That's like saying if your target buck is a great 10 pointer you have been watching and decided this is his year, would you pass on the 12 pointer that is better because you've not seen him on your camera.
Last edited by garyrapp55; 11/16/18 09:03 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350595
11/16/18 09:03 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 65
richard-ssv
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 65 |
I think it all depends on whether or not that strange new buck that you've never seen before "wows" you or not.
There was a large 10 pt on our cameras that everyone wanted to shoot this season, myself included. Opening weekend a 9 pt. came to my feeder that was just as big as a buck that I had shot 2 years earlier, but I let him walk because I was waiting for that big 10 I had seen on my camera. Fast forward to the next weekend and I end up shooting a different 10 pt. that I had never seen before.
Though this guy wasn't the 10 I had seen on camera and had been waiting for, this new 10 "wowed" me so much that I had no doubt that I wanted to shoot him, so I did. Like I said, I guess it just depends.......
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350608
11/16/18 09:13 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 580
ErnestTBass
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 580 |
A shooter is a shooter. The game cams are just to whet the appetite. IMO.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350612
11/16/18 09:17 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,220
Grizz
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,220 |
If I see a big buck on camera that I want to shoot, that gives me something to focus on. However, I get sidetracked easily so if another buck steps out and I get that same feeling I'll shoot him just as quick. I try not to get too wrapped up in score, I just know when I see a shooter (for me) if I want to shoot him regardless of what he'll score. One caveat is if the one on camera is big enough I will most likely pass on another smaller shooter, but only for so long. I always shoot one or two does for meat so if I don't get a buck it's no big deal.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350613
11/16/18 09:17 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788
dogcatcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788 |
I just shoot the first one that I think is good enough to go in the freezer.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350641
11/16/18 09:32 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 4,590
chalet
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 4,590 |
I don't use game cameras much. Main reason is I don't want to focus on one buck or know exactly what is coming and going(other than pigs). If its a shooter, and "shooter" may vary depending on what kind of mood I'm in, how far into season we are, what my schedule is, etc - it gets shot
Shoot. Eat. Repeat.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: ErnestTBass]
#7350651
11/16/18 09:40 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 32,442
kmon11
junior
|
junior
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 32,442 |
A shooter is a shooter. The game cams are just to whet the appetite. IMO. Some years I will pick a target buck and spend the season after him but if a bigger one shows up I will adjust mu priorities to him. There have been quite a few years that I never got a shot at my target buck and wound up with a couple does for the freezer. one year i decided to take an older buck that I wanted to remove from then on the last weekend of season had the target buck inside 50 yards for over a half hour you never know. Talking with a guy that showed me pics of his big target buck on a small place in Collin County and I hated to but I then showed him a picture of the same buck with another hunters hands on the rack. Hated to but he thanked me for showing it to him, he was sad he did not get it but at least knew not to pass on another good one that he showed me pics of the following week that he would have passed on waiting on his target. Both bucks were non typicals and very reconizable. One target buck I hunted for 3 yers was found dead after the third season of him being targeted on the nexp place dead in the creek 10 pt that scored gross 167 with a 22 inch inside spread. I had actually missed a shot with the bow on another buck I only eer saw 2 times that was a 7 point with an inside spread of at lest 24 inches and was a larger bodied buck. The big 7 was limping at the end of season and looked pretty rough and I have often wondered if he got the better of the 10 in a battle of the titians
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350669
11/16/18 09:53 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,769
Mr. T.
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,769 |
I like to have target bucks, but as others had said, I will take the first buck that "Wow's" me and never look back.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: Mr. T.]
#7350676
11/16/18 09:58 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 11,510
rickym
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 11,510 |
I like to have target bucks, but as others had said, I will take the first buck that "Wow's" me and never look back. I agree with this, there’s one I’m after, but if a different impressive deer shows up he dead.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350677
11/16/18 09:58 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 15,612
QuitShootinYoungBucks
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 15,612 |
First mature buck to show up draws lead, I don't care if it's a 5.5 180" 10 or a 8.5 100" 6. Either is going to be a trophy to me that I will be proud of.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: ErnestTBass]
#7350800
11/17/18 12:06 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,413
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,413 |
A shooter is a shooter. The game cams are just to whet the appetite. IMO. This ^^^^^
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!"
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7350878
11/17/18 02:04 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,113
Flashprism
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,113 |
I find it an interesting tool to see the shooters in my area. It is satisfying to be able to see these bucks while hunting. I harvested my target 10 point in archery and am now spending my time with my wife looking for one of the other 4 shooters we identified on camera. We have had 2 of them in view but not in a shooting position. She will shoot any respectable buck regardless if it was on camera!!!!
Last edited by Flashprism; 11/17/18 02:05 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7351046
11/17/18 11:54 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 43,764
Stub
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 43,764 |
My goal every year is to find a big fully mature buck that I would want to put on my wall whether I see it on the game cam or not. Unless there is a picture of a once in a life time monster on the game camera, I am going to shoot if it is big old boy! I have passed on a couple of bucks that were bigger than anything I have ever taken because they were not 6.5 or a big 5.5. I can always shoot a spike or doe later for meat
Last edited by Stub; 11/17/18 11:55 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7355444
11/22/18 07:29 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 17
RMac
Light Foot
|
Light Foot
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 17 |
First buck I see that’s decent and meets the AR gets the arrow.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7355540
11/22/18 10:30 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,010
Western
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,010 |
I play "ready golf", err, I mean "ready hunt" lol, I take it as it is doled out, if I see a buck I like, I'm ready.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7358126
11/26/18 03:09 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 834
D Rogers
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 834 |
I just like lookin at the pictures lol, but yes, if I happen to have a buck that really tickles my fancy on cam, I will try to hunt him
~Dustin
"Life's complicated, man, like a dang ol' Rubik's cube, man. Talkin' 'bout blue and red, man. Dang ol' get one side, dang ol' messed up th' other side, man."
-Boomhauer
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7358223
11/26/18 03:57 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,158
wp75169
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,158 |
I’d love to shoot a nice buck, but as of right now I am missing two tags with a freezer full of meat that I will eat. Now I will hunt for the buck I want., but I will always eat first. I have two tags left to use, a spike will get a pass unless he’s mature, an AR buck will now be at my discretion.
|
|
|
Re: Got Me Thinking
[Re: DQ Kid]
#7358554
11/26/18 07:50 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 3,091
Always ready 2 hunt
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 3,091 |
It's all about the "feeling". If I get it, I'll shoot but for me if the at feeling is not almost instantaneous with sighting then I don't shoot. These days I like the preseason work, viewing TC pics, and just watching the deer. But hogs get no passes.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|