#1704295 - 01/03/10 07:52 AM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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Picking the right stand location is heavily dependent on skill. Luck plays a bigger role when choosing the right day to hunt it.
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#1704368 - 01/03/10 08:51 AM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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The property I hunt even though its a very large area of land.
When I harvest a mature deer, usually one a year. I'd consider it probaly 60% luck and 40% skill. Hunting pressure being the reason for the 60/40.
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#1704454 - 01/03/10 09:53 AM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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Picking the right stand location is heavily dependent on skill. Luck plays a bigger role when choosing the right day to hunt it.
I agree 100 percent with this. I was hunting for the 4.5 yr old 9 pter I killed, but the 3.5 yr old 8pter was a little more luck, even though I was hunting a spot that is averaging 2.5 bucks per hunt.
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#1704462 - 01/03/10 09:58 AM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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Chris Tripp
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5.5+ 9 point is my oldest for the year.
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#1704509 - 01/03/10 10:23 AM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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I killed 2 mature bucks this year, 1 in Kentucky and 1 in Missouri. The Kentucky buck was 3.5 and the Missouri buck was 4.5. Both had some luck involved.
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#1704573 - 01/03/10 10:49 AM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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Bone Collector
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I killed a 3.5 yr old 10 pt. I'd say 90% luck and 10% skill. I was just in the right place at the right time, but I did have to make the shot, so that is the 10% skill. 
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#1704785 - 01/03/10 12:30 PM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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Buckhunter72
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Killed a 3.5 year old eight this year. Skill and luck involved.
Here is the skill part.
We hung the stand between muzzleloader and gun, after my brother shot a deer and we had tracked it towards this spot (a thicket with a couple of huge white oaks in it). Just knew it would pay off on opening weekend, and it did.
Here is the luck.
We put a 20 foot buddy stand in one of the big oaks near the big thicket. It is wedged in there and the deer couldn't see you if you where waiving at them. We cleared several shooting lanes after hanging the stand. We thought we were done, when I decided to climb up one more time before we backed out. The good trail that came out of the thicket crossed a logging road before it went into another thicket. A small bushy tree was blocking the view to that point. I told my brother to cut it down and it would open up that spot. (about a 75 yard shot)
Sure enough, I killed my deer standing in that exact spot. Got to be lucky to be good.
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#1704804 - 01/03/10 12:44 PM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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I killed a 3.5 year old 9 point back at the beginning of season. We was getting some good pics of some great bucks. So it was probably 80 percent luck since I was surpose to work that day. Then the shot was the toughest 42 yards. With a bow. So 20 percent skill
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#1704879 - 01/03/10 01:30 PM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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My son killed a 5.5 year old 11 pt. I have hunted the sign I believe that buck has left for 3 years. Had a gut feeling on the second day of the hunt to give him a try. We set up where I felt we had the best chance of seeing him and getting a shot off. Id humbly say that much was skill 60%. Lucky the deer chose to come through that particular spot on that particular day. 40% luck
Persistence is another over looked attribute in killing a mature buck I believe it could play a larger role than either luck or skill in the long run.
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#1704992 - 01/03/10 03:01 PM
Re: Who harvested a mature buck in '09 ?
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jlm
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Well I killed a 3.5 yr old 11 point. Lets put it this way....In my mind it was luck that I saw him on saturday morning when
I came out of the woods and skill that I put myself in position to shoot him Sunday morning. Seriously, it was all pure luck that I have gotten anything ever.
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