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<blockquote data-quote="cbhunter" data-source="post: 4542985" data-attributes="member: 14269"><p>It is the satisfaction of knowing you killed a mature buck which is a much much harder task. It is like winning a chess match compared to winning a game of checkers. I am somewhere in between. If I see a buck over 140, chances are, I'm gonna get excited and shoot before I ask myself the age of the deer. Now I have let multiple 120" deer go because I thought they would be much bigger the following year. A lot of it depends on the success I have had over the last few years. For instance.......the only bucks I have killed the last 2 years were 2 6points. For whatever reason, I got excited when they chased does beneath my stand. I'm talking 60-80 inch 6 points lol. I can recall years ago letting a NICE 6 point walk because he only had 6 points and I figured he would be nicer next year. Seen the same buck the next year and realized he was an OLD buck that still had the same exact rack, just slightly more mass. I let him walk this time because he was headed towards my cousin and I hoped he would kill him but he never saw him. I found him dead a year or two later. Not sure if he died of old age or disease got him but I'm telling you he was probably 6.5+ by the time I found his dead head. </p><p></p><p>I get both sides and I think it boils down to shoot what makes you happy and let others do the same without criticizing one another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbhunter, post: 4542985, member: 14269"] It is the satisfaction of knowing you killed a mature buck which is a much much harder task. It is like winning a chess match compared to winning a game of checkers. I am somewhere in between. If I see a buck over 140, chances are, I'm gonna get excited and shoot before I ask myself the age of the deer. Now I have let multiple 120" deer go because I thought they would be much bigger the following year. A lot of it depends on the success I have had over the last few years. For instance.......the only bucks I have killed the last 2 years were 2 6points. For whatever reason, I got excited when they chased does beneath my stand. I'm talking 60-80 inch 6 points lol. I can recall years ago letting a NICE 6 point walk because he only had 6 points and I figured he would be nicer next year. Seen the same buck the next year and realized he was an OLD buck that still had the same exact rack, just slightly more mass. I let him walk this time because he was headed towards my cousin and I hoped he would kill him but he never saw him. I found him dead a year or two later. Not sure if he died of old age or disease got him but I'm telling you he was probably 6.5+ by the time I found his dead head. I get both sides and I think it boils down to shoot what makes you happy and let others do the same without criticizing one another. [/QUOTE]
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