Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting How many members have killed good bucks on a general tag?

I wouldn't say that I've killed a good one but, have killed a 135" 9 point, a 126" 8 point and a few others nearly that good.

Nicest deer for me to date & taken on public land. w 1 preference point.

I’ve not ever killed a giant but I have killed what I feel are some pretty good representative bucks of three species. The muleys were draw tags but Sitka Blacktails and whitetails were all just general season. I haven’t even bought a deer tag in Oklahoma for over 25 years, lifetime license holders don’t need a tag.

Nice bucks

all the bucks in my avatar were general tags opening day public land montana bucks

There are some really fantastic bucks in these pictures, congratulations to you all. No picture but I took a nice Muley Buck out of the Lost River Range in Idaho many, years ago. He was not heavy horned but with 6 points on one side and 5 on the other and a 31 inch outside to outside spread he looks pretty impressive. Have seen a couple that would match him in Wyoming during elk hunts. I don't hunt deer (other than close to home) anymore as a primary species, just elk.

This was one good season at home back in 2004. Bucks shot by 4 hunters, my 2 sons and brother and me. We have shot many more nice bucks since then, but this season stands out. We usually concentrate on elk at our bush camp, but whitetails are a nice bonus.

Where you hunt determines what is a "good buck". This 8 point is my personal best and was likely the alpha buck for his territory. If the rut wasn't in I probably wouldn't have even seen him.

Taken in eastern CA near the Nevada border back when they issued general hunt tags. I killed much bigger bucks back in late 1950's and early 1960's in NV, but we didn't take photos back then. Big bucks weren't all that unusual.

All our tags here are general with a lot of public land to hunt from. Granted lots of the state's bigger deer are coming from the more southern private property these days; like out of Roundoak's area, but there are some good ones on public land if a guy is willing to put the work in to get to where they have a chance to grow a little. That was the case with a big one that had 18 score-able points that I got some years back. With nothing too much else to do driving across the state to my deer hunting area, I entered a few big buck contests along the way that year. I didn't weigh in my buck until the second weekend and come to find out that I'd missed 1st place by 4 ounces for the northern third of the state's largest contest. I did feel a little bad about beating out another guy with a beautiful 12 pointer that had everything, but it was score-able 1" or more points and my basic 10 had a bunch of stickers, but not near the mass of that 12 point.

My boys first

Then he got on a roll

Been awhile but it was on a Utah General tag.