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<blockquote data-quote="david k." data-source="post: 5037337" data-attributes="member: 10555"><p>I agree with everything fairchaser says...I've been a member since about 2006-2007 or thereabouts. Membership had been as high as about 120 guys (too many in my opinion) and as low as about 60 this past year....75 to 80 members is very easily manageable and feels about right. </p><p></p><p>Even though they opened it up to ANY buck this past year, most of us still tried to hold out for more mature bucks this past year, and I hope and suspect that the management at Ames will go back to a more restrictive buck rule next year.</p><p></p><p>I was able to take 3 doe (could have killed a lot more...) and a 4+ year old buck this year...I shot the buck near the end of the year, he was a broken up 8 pointer that still scored 108" but even if he had not been broken up would've scored about 117-118" so he'd have likely never made the former club minimum of 125". He field dressed at almost 145 lbs post rut and had over 5" bases.</p><p></p><p>I actually saw, but couldn't get shots at 3 other "shooter" bucks that I had on trail camera, one I saw twice during archery and then a third time on opening day of ML but the "kill a doe before you kill a buck" rule saved him...I shot my first doe later that morning and never saw him again. </p><p></p><p>As an example of the friends you can make there, fairchaser and I had never met before Ames....he and I are going on a moose hunt in September together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="david k., post: 5037337, member: 10555"] I agree with everything fairchaser says...I've been a member since about 2006-2007 or thereabouts. Membership had been as high as about 120 guys (too many in my opinion) and as low as about 60 this past year....75 to 80 members is very easily manageable and feels about right. Even though they opened it up to ANY buck this past year, most of us still tried to hold out for more mature bucks this past year, and I hope and suspect that the management at Ames will go back to a more restrictive buck rule next year. I was able to take 3 doe (could have killed a lot more...) and a 4+ year old buck this year...I shot the buck near the end of the year, he was a broken up 8 pointer that still scored 108" but even if he had not been broken up would've scored about 117-118" so he'd have likely never made the former club minimum of 125". He field dressed at almost 145 lbs post rut and had over 5" bases. I actually saw, but couldn't get shots at 3 other "shooter" bucks that I had on trail camera, one I saw twice during archery and then a third time on opening day of ML but the "kill a doe before you kill a buck" rule saved him...I shot my first doe later that morning and never saw him again. As an example of the friends you can make there, fairchaser and I had never met before Ames....he and I are going on a moose hunt in September together. [/QUOTE]
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