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<blockquote data-quote="tellico4x4" data-source="post: 5507878" data-attributes="member: 2474"><p>For me this year I hope the best is yet to come. Our big bucks are finally on their feet during daylight.</p><p>Yesterday morning I had to pass on what would have been my personal best whitetail in 52 years of hunting them. Came by at 8:30, 15 yards in thinned pines, trailing hard. Doe must have come thru before daylight as I never saw her. He actually got directly down wind at 30 yards, threw his head up, reversed direction & put his nose back on ground & spent another two minutes searching within 100 yards.</p><p>Couldn't shoot him as I'm waiting on cementum results on a 10pt I shot a couple weeks ago, hopefully get it back Monday. Our management rule is that a buck has to meet 2 out of 4 criteria items which are 19-1/2" beam length, 4-1/2" bases, 16" inside spread or 175# live weight. If buck misses these marks then it's a two for one and your done for year.</p><p>I missed the weight by 2.7# & base by 1/4". Knew buck was narrow & tall with plenty of beam but misjudged the others. We have option of getting teeth tested for age & if it's 4-1/2+, then all is good. 95% sure he'll make it as I've had lots pics past two years. </p><p>All that said, I hope to be back buck hunting next week. Still have grandsons looking for buck too so we'll be after them until the bitter end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tellico4x4, post: 5507878, member: 2474"] For me this year I hope the best is yet to come. Our big bucks are finally on their feet during daylight. Yesterday morning I had to pass on what would have been my personal best whitetail in 52 years of hunting them. Came by at 8:30, 15 yards in thinned pines, trailing hard. Doe must have come thru before daylight as I never saw her. He actually got directly down wind at 30 yards, threw his head up, reversed direction & put his nose back on ground & spent another two minutes searching within 100 yards. Couldn't shoot him as I'm waiting on cementum results on a 10pt I shot a couple weeks ago, hopefully get it back Monday. Our management rule is that a buck has to meet 2 out of 4 criteria items which are 19-1/2" beam length, 4-1/2" bases, 16" inside spread or 175# live weight. If buck misses these marks then it's a two for one and your done for year. I missed the weight by 2.7# & base by 1/4". Knew buck was narrow & tall with plenty of beam but misjudged the others. We have option of getting teeth tested for age & if it's 4-1/2+, then all is good. 95% sure he'll make it as I've had lots pics past two years. All that said, I hope to be back buck hunting next week. Still have grandsons looking for buck too so we'll be after them until the bitter end. [/QUOTE]
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