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#2081297 - 09/22/10 07:49 AM Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut?
huntress1082
Spike


Registered: 12/02/09
Posts: 55
Loc: tennessee

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Okay, so my husband and I got 459 photos on our Wildgame IR-4 in a week and a half. A lot of does and babies, probably 5-6 bucks that are yearlings or two years old and one monster buck 130 class or better. My husband and I ate going back and forth in whether to bow hunt him and take a chance on him smelling us and running us off, bow hunting the other deer in the area and again chance spookibg him, or just avoiding that area all together until the rut to ensure an honest chance at him. He is coming in about 30 mins before the end of legal shooting hours
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#2081317 - 09/22/10 08:00 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: huntress1082]
Football Hunter
18 Point


Registered: 10/22/07
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Loc: Wilson Co/Perry Co

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I would sat hunt him when you can,may completly change locations ,any time,for several reasons
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#2081328 - 09/22/10 08:05 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: Football Hunter]
Winchester
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Registered: 12/05/03
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Loc: TN

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You better kill him while you have him pinned down. I would much rather kill him with a bow myself as well!
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#2081331 - 09/22/10 08:08 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: Winchester]
Mossy Oak
8 Point


Registered: 01/03/05
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No question, hunt him with a bow and hunt him hard. By the time the rut rolls around, it is no telling where he is going to be.
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#2081336 - 09/22/10 08:10 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: Winchester]
TN Deer Slayer
10 Point


Registered: 01/27/08
Posts: 3252
Loc: Morgan County TN

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I have gotten several pictures of an awesome upper 150's or lower 160's ten point, my plan for him is to hunt a good distance from his bedding area which I found 2 years ago(This will make my 3rd year hunting this buck). Im going to hunt feeding areas and funnels that lead or are around his bedding area. Will I spook him? I Dont Know! But im going to give him everything I have.

John

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#2081346 - 09/22/10 08:15 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: TN Deer Slayer]
huntress1082
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Registered: 12/02/09
Posts: 55
Loc: tennessee

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That's what I am thinking! We are on a sizeable lease with 30 other people and I know the first one that sees him is going to take him. I want that to be us. He is awesome and would be the biggest either of us have harvested, not to mention he would make a huge mess of sausage and stew meat :-) ill post pics as soon as possible.
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#2081356 - 09/22/10 08:21 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: huntress1082]
TN Deer Slayer
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Registered: 01/27/08
Posts: 3252
Loc: Morgan County TN

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Hunt him hard and give him what you have. Just make sure to hunt the wind the best you can. The reason I say all of this is because with 30 others hunting on the land and you wanting to harvest him just give it what you have or dont its solely up to you guys.

John

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#2081358 - 09/22/10 08:22 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: huntress1082]
W.Seay
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Registered: 01/17/06
Posts: 7149
Loc: Collierville,TN.

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HUNT HIM NOW! once rangeshifting begins, you might not even see him again during season!
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#2081434 - 09/22/10 09:00 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: W.Seay]
ferg
Spider
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Registered: 07/29/04
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.......and when the rut kicks in - he's going to be over at my place chasing all my does \:\) - so hunt him now, long and hard \:\)
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#2081478 - 09/22/10 09:22 AM Re: Huge 130 class buck..hunt in bow or wait on rut? [Re: ferg]
LA man
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Registered: 05/31/03
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Loc: spencer, tn/houma, la.

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kill him asap
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