#1840600 - 03/16/10 09:10 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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KennyDale
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P&Y buck (whatever points) or a 130lb dressed doe. My 9yr old son's 5 point is the family trophy. And I have a 140" 11pt on the wall. It's something about your kids first buck that no matter what the size makes it a trophy.
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#1840661 - 03/16/10 09:25 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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TN RDG RNR
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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.
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#1840677 - 03/16/10 09:28 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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gator-n-buck
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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.
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
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#1840893 - 03/16/10 10:11 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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DUCK37101
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160" or bigger.
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#1840908 - 03/16/10 10:21 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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gator-n-buck
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A trophy can't be measured in inches....... Its whats in your heart and what makes YOU HAPPY................ 
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#1840976 - 03/16/10 11:04 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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DUCK37101
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a 160" buck would make me VERY happy. It would also be "in my heart" in the form of an "attack" LOL.
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#1840995 - 03/16/10 11:13 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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RKenney
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My favorite "trophy" was my very first deer kill on October the
10th 1970. It was a 6 point buck and I killed him with a Bear
Grizzly recurve bow.
I am still in shock.....and on "cloud nine"! (ha)
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#1841765 - 03/17/10 12:10 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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BigWes50
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A trophy can't be measured in inches....... Its whats in your heart and what makes YOU HAPPY................ Why not ? If it makes a particular person HAPPY in their heart to measure their trophy in inches why would they be any different than the person that shoots a doe or smaller buck and is HAPPY in their heart to have been successful and for the opportunity on their trophy ??? In both instances each hunter is HAPPY and proud of their trophy even though maybe for different reasons. I consider every deer that I have killed to be trophies from my first deer at 10 with a 410 ( 6-point ), to my first deer at 15 with a bow( doe ), to the biggest bucks I have killed that score well over 150 " and all the others in between ! The above statement would be the same as saying that a deer can't be a trophy unless measured in inches which is definately NOT true. Each hunter has their own trophies no matter the gender or total inches of antler. JMO
X2! Trophy bashers are my favorite on this site!
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#1841826 - 03/17/10 12:28 PM
Re: What is a trophy?
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Yodel Dog
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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
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