#2154013 - 11/08/10 04:56 PM
what would ya'll do?
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Living2Hunt
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i have a peice of property that im hunting and its known for big bucks! there are 6 people hunting. me, my dad, my grandfather, and 3 other guys. one which im good friends with. me and him have agreed to let small bucks go and let them grow. we have both killed big ones. i filmed 6 different buck sat and 4 does. incuding a nice 7 point i got pics of. the problem is, that everyone else shoots and is going to shoot every buck they see! i cant get them to let anything walk! so these bucks that im getting pics of and letting walk are just going to be killed by other people. what would ya'll do? i want to kill big ones and do have some pics of some. but also, i hate letting these " border line" bucks walk and just have someone else shoot them! anyone have this problem and how do you handle it?
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#2154023 - 11/08/10 04:59 PM
Re: what would ya'll do?
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stik
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i would let them hunt and enjoy it.
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#2154031 - 11/08/10 05:01 PM
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Coach
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i would let them hunt and enjoy it.
x2 Yeah, just hunt you're way and let them hunt theirs...not much else you can do other than lead by example...
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#2154036 - 11/08/10 05:02 PM
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Living2Hunt
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no, not asking what to do about them. would you keep letting deer walk? or would you just going ahead shoot them? sorry i was unclear. i mean its my dad and grandfather, i want them to have a great time evertime!
Edited by HUNTFUN07 (11/08/10 05:03 PM)
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#2154052 - 11/08/10 05:08 PM
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@fulldraw
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I deal with the same problem every year in ky. I only bowhunt and let any buck under 140 walk. Some get killed by others, some don't. I can only kill one buck so I want it to be a good one. By doing this, I have not killed a buck since 2007. I have had chances since then, but operator error cost me. :0
I know it's very frustrating for you, but I would be upset with myself if I lowered my standards. Not all your bucks will get shot. After a few more years, letting the smaller ones pass won't hurt so much. Keep showing the bigger bucks from your cameras to the others and soon they will pass wanting a shot at those bucks.
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#2154055 - 11/08/10 05:09 PM
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lothar
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If it was my dad and granddad I would let them shoot whatever they wanted to. The time you spend with them in the woods means more than any buck you could kill.
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#2154059 - 11/08/10 05:11 PM
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SilverFox
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Loc: Kodak TN
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They may luck up and kill one in the rut but chances are, they are going to mess up and miss seeing the big one. Keep hunting the way you are and hopefully it'll pay off. If they shoot the first buck they see, it's usually going to be a little one.
Good luck... and try to educate them every chance. Out of all the good bucks I have killed, only one time was he the first one to show up. They don't get big by being stupid.
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#2154223 - 11/08/10 06:38 PM
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Stovepipe
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you're screwed
I had that problem, I just had to wait until them fellers were attracted to something else shiny
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#2154255 - 11/08/10 06:58 PM
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Tree Tramp
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Some good advice by others. Might try asking them if they would like a shot at a big buck? If they say yes, then you might ask them why they shoot the little ones then? They dont fall out of the sky at 5.5 w/ racks dreams are made of. Have to do the work. Part of that means passing those bucks up for yours and other hunter's dreams to become reality. Alot of those bucks you pass will get shot. I pass tractor trailor loads of young bucks every year, alot get shot, it sucks, but you have to walk the walk. 
Best of luck.
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#2154264 - 11/08/10 07:03 PM
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tndrbstr
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If it was my dad and granddad I would let them shoot whatever they wanted to. The time you spend with them in the woods means more than any buck you could kill.
Really,....just how many more years has grandpa got to let em walk...
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