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We're talking does, boys. What characteristic when your trophy hunting does really turns your crank?
For me, it's the one that stands still long enough for me to shoot it. What's your "it" factor when trophy hunting does?
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Thats like asking when do you change a flat tire......
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A big ol mule headed doe from the swamp was always popular around the skinnin rack. So big, you could have a six pack finished by the time all the meat was in the cooler.
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Doesn't matter to me unless she's got little ones in tote.
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Ones that stomp, blow and generally keep all of the other deer in the area wound tight.
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Ones that stomp, blow and generally keep all of the other deer in the area wound tight. This is always the first to meet her maker
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Thats like asking when do you change a flat tire...... This was a satirical thread to the boys who can't find happiness unless they pass up a 27 point buck to shoot a 28 point buck......
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I try to gauge my does by their willingness to stand in a spot that is easily reachable with the truck. If I can plant one mid-field with a potential for an easy roll-out, I'm happy. I deduct points for every foot of elevation they lose running downhill after the shot, and every log I have to cross pulling them out of a ravine.
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I try to gauge my does by their willingness to stand in a spot that is easily reachable with the truck. If I can plant one mid-field with a potential for an easy roll-out, I'm happy. I deduct points for every foot of elevation they lose running downhill after the shot, and every log I have to cross pulling them out of a ravine.
Sounds like a reasonable scoring system vice the Boone and Crockett. The Shaman Drag or Drop Index.
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I try to gauge my does by their willingness to stand in a spot that is easily reachable with the truck. If I can plant one mid-field with a potential for an easy roll-out, I'm happy. I deduct points for every foot of elevation they lose running downhill after the shot, and every log I have to cross pulling them out of a ravine.
Sounds like a reasonable scoring system vice the Boone and Crockett. The Shaman Drag or Drop Index. If bonus points are given for the lack of weight involved, then RWE has the all-time first place record for a typical.
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And I drove right up to it, too.
Netted some nice tenderloin nuggets and 2.5 1-gallon bags of jerky.
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Lying beside the road. (Little West Virginia humor there)
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Doesn't matter to me unless she's got little ones in tote.
Me too Scott !
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I like to shoot the older dry does.One of the best eating does I've killed,also the biggest,was an eight year old doe.Look for the big long heads,also the ones that look a little grey between the ears.
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As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
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Spots? Nope...bang!
Within range? Yep...BANG!
Standing still long enough to get a sight on her? Yep...BANG
I'd rather have a bad day hunting than a good day working!
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Camp is where you make it.
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I try to gauge my does by their willingness to stand in a spot that is easily reachable with the truck. If I can plant one mid-field with a potential for an easy roll-out, I'm happy. I deduct points for every foot of elevation they lose running downhill after the shot, and every log I have to cross pulling them out of a ravine.
Sounds like a reasonable scoring system vice the Boone and Crockett. The Shaman Drag or Drop Index. The last deer I shot was with my then 8yr old son. It was on the last Saturday of the season. We hunted for a wet 7 hours and he'd had enough and wanted to go home. I wasn't about to argue!! Problem was it was at 3pm, as we know the one of the top times to be in the woods. We were almost to the road, about 300 yards away from the gate and I saw a doe up on top of a hill that had been logged the year before. I thought it was a decoy to get people to shoot from the road, it stood so still. It took some convincing for me to see it was real. It shook the water off before I was 100% sure! I got out of the explorer, went to the back to put on my orange and get my gun out.... it stood still. I put it on...it stood still... I loaded two rounds in the gun...it stood still. I walked around to the front of the rig for a better shot and it finally turned totally broadside. I brought the gun up and BOOM! Down she went! She rolled down the hill to the damn logging road. I drove the exploder up 50 yards, gutter her out, and loaded her up! Not the way I really wanted to get one but... it doesn't get any easier than that.
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