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Latest date you have taken……
#8972468
12/14/23 01:48 AM
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spoon33
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What is the latest date of the year you have taken a wall hanger/shooter? I try to hunt until end of the season but it obviously gets busy around the holidays with family. I haven’t gone since Dec 2, but my cameras haven’t shown much to get me excited enough back out there.
I am going to try and take a doe with my bow or a mature Buck if I see one, but all my bigger bucks have been shot in Nov.
Have you guys ever shot a big Buck at the end of season?
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972472
12/14/23 02:02 AM
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Stompy
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North Texas, Breckenridge area, Thanksgiving. South Texas and northern Mexico, early January.
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#8972477
12/14/23 02:12 AM
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unclebubba
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Yes, I have taken big bucks late in the year. One in late December, and one in early Jan. They are done with the rut and really keyed in on food plots and protein that time of year.
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#8972482
12/14/23 02:22 AM
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Wilhunt
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I think it was 3 years ago very close to the end of season. I shot a very nice 8 pointer that had not been seen by any of our hunters that year. He was traveling with another buck; I don't know what the second buck was like because the one i shot had all my attention.
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#8972487
12/14/23 02:38 AM
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diablodog
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I shot a very nice heavy 12 point on the last day of the season last year .
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#8972515
12/14/23 03:41 AM
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4Weight
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Biggest buck Cross Timbers area Dec 3rd. Passed on a good one same deer last 2 years on Dec 18 in 21 and 27th in 22. I expect to seem him next 2 weeks.
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#8972529
12/14/23 04:21 AM
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txtrophy85
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I’ve killed a lot of mature bucks late and several on the last day of season.
But, it’s dependent on the area. Some places are definitely better in November than late December or January.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972556
12/14/23 09:17 AM
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flintknapper
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Yes, I have taken big bucks late in the year. One in late December, and one in early Jan. They are done with the rut and really keyed in on food plots and protein that time of year. Same here. Look forward to the late Muzzleloader season. Bucks are hungry and trying to put some weight back on after the rigors of the rut. I've taken some pretty nice 'survivors' that time of hunting season. Absolutely NO hunting pressure from surrounding properties. In my area.....by Thanksgiving, most folks have either tagged out or given up. The 'lull' between then and the first part of January makes the bucks much less wary.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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#8972595
12/14/23 12:56 PM
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Double AC
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Have taken bucks into January. Seen plenty of shooters in February but by then we usually have the bucks that we want on the ground and are trying to fill any last doe tags
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#8972596
12/14/23 01:01 PM
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DQ Kid
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Cross Timbers region late Dec., South Texas, mid Jan.
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972598
12/14/23 01:05 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Mills county, Dec 26th, but could have shot one the last day several times (~Jan 4th)
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#8972602
12/14/23 01:16 PM
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kmon11
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Texas late December, Mississippi late January
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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#8972631
12/14/23 02:13 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972661
12/14/23 03:09 PM
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Mr. T.
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My wife has two on the wall that were taken in consecutive years on December 27.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972739
12/14/23 05:25 PM
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Texican
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I am hoping one I had on camera in Sept (and someone else thinks they saw early Nov) shows back up. But he hasn't been on camera at all.
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972884
12/14/23 10:22 PM
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Sneaky
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Shot my biggest buck on the last day of that season. Hunted him hard all year, and caught him at last light in the wheat field trying to recover from the rut.
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#8972910
12/14/23 11:22 PM
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fredgus
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mavrick co 2nd week in jan is always good most deer are broken up but the big boys still have it all, great time to hunt,
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972946
12/15/23 12:55 AM
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71Rcode
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My buck last year was the day before the season ended in the north zone.
NRA Life Member & GOA Member Always interested in Marlins. Let me know what you have for sale!
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972951
12/15/23 01:00 AM
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rickym
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January 24 in south Texas. We rarely hunt that late but if target deer that NEED to go are still walking, we’re hunting.
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8972996
12/15/23 02:59 AM
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freerange
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Jan 6 1993. Likely my most important (to me) kill. There was another week in season but this was my last day I could hunt. Never give up, never ever give up.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8973028
12/15/23 04:09 AM
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jrgocards
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Took a pretty good one once in the last weekend in Feb - Red River County.
JR
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8973249
12/15/23 05:01 PM
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Kevin Heath
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I killed one 2 years ago on the last day of Muzzleloader season, so mid January
Some days you're the pigeon, other days you are the statue!
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8973672
12/16/23 11:14 AM
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Joined: Jan 2018
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BrangusVA
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Jan 6 1993. Likely my most important (to me) kill. There was another week in season but this was my last day I could hunt. Never give up, never ever give up. Free range can we see a pic of that dude please?
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8974095
12/17/23 03:34 AM
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Big8
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New Year’s Eve a few years ago, hunted hard all year and had a doe and a cull in the freezer and a mature buck showed up right at sunset that I had never seen. Taught me to never give up!
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Re: Latest date you have taken……
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#8975321
12/19/23 07:52 PM
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jseago
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I have shot good bucks in the Pineywoods on Dec 5th, Dec 31, and Jan 4. As said above, they get on a good feeding pattern late in the season and become predictable. A strong front with rain will get them on their feet in daylight, specifically when it rains all night!
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