#1841888 - 03/17/10 12:55 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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Yodel Dog
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In that case, I wouldn't mind eating my mistake. 
I didn't! But a doe would have tasted just as well, probably better!
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#1841913 - 03/17/10 01:07 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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whistlinwingman
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A trophy can't be measured in inches....... Antlers and/or mature bucks. Nothing else would be considered a trophy to me. I don't feel any sense of accomplishment in killing anything else. (I will shoot does if need be.) But I'm also content with going home empty handed more times than not. Call it what you want, but I've reached the point in my hunting that killing anything less means absolutely nothing to me. The last small buck I shot made me sick at my stomach and left me wishing I could take the shot back. I will never feel regret again when I kill a buck. JMO
Yodel-- you have reached the point in your hunting life that your desires are to kill a trophy antlered or mature animal. That is great and certainly nothing wrong with that. I think many hunters (including myself) are still not there yet. I have been letting smaller bucks go but I am still tickled with killing a doe with a bow or a nice racked buck with a bow. If I had a rifle or mzzloader in hand I will let more deer walk. My standards go up each year and someday soon I hope I get where you are and hunt mature bucks strictly while still managing with doe kills. It's like in the olympics. Some where disappointed with a silver or bronze cause they expected to get gold. Others where elated to just medal, yet even others where rewarded and achieved their goal of just being in the olympics.
I remember when I first started playing sports. Our team finished second in the city championship one year (baseball). I was happy to get that nice trophy. However the next year I didn't want a 2nd place one, I wanted the big one. Luckily we won it. After that anything less to me was a disappointment. Needless to say I was disappointed alot, but any time we got a 1st place trophy I cherished it alot more than runner-ups or placing.
In hunting, I consider myself in the middle. I will definitely not shoot a 1.5 old buck at all, but a doe w/a bow or even a nice racked buck w/a bow is still a trophy to me. When I kill one and get that sick feeling or wished I would've let it walk then my standard and trophy size will go up.
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#1841930 - 03/17/10 01:12 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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Aussie Sniper
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Used to be 120" but, at this point 140" with a bow 150" with a gun killed on public land would be considered a true trophy to me. Dang, I envy you...you must hunt in KY all the time!  Na, never hunted Ky. I just get out and hunt. I try and concentrate on what I may be doing right or wrong and not so much on everyone else. A few folks on here should give it a go.
I'd rather worry about what everybody else is doing than kill a deer anyday! If you're in for a trophy of "your caliber" you may want to give Kentucky a try. You'll have many more opportunities for sure! Look on the bright side you can add a "right" to your list!
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#1841957 - 03/17/10 01:21 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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Aussie Sniper
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Haven't you been reading... Ky is the only place around here that you can kill big bucks since the have a one buck limit...LOL
You'll have a better chance at a 140 to 150 class deer in KY I'll guarantee it! It is a fact...non-debatable!
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