Questions for the hunters...

[Dallas Ft. Worth]

Would you rather take a 130-140 class 3-4 year old every year or go several years without harvesting a buck in hopes of getting a 170+ giant?

 

[jkratz5]

No brainer, 170+, but man it is hard to hold off on the 140s sometimes

 

[HighJumper]

I would choose the Captain Kirk model, reject the pre programed parameters of the test and try to figure how to take a 170 every year.

 

[Crimson Arrows]

170+.... but change the parameters to 140-150 and my tune will change

 

[jclaws]

I would just like to shoot an old gnarly buck.Dont really care what it scores.Just throw a couple droptines in and im in.

 

[Sligh1]

I'll go buck-less for every year until I got an old buck. The more and more folks that pass the 2-4 year olds- there will be more opportunities at those old 5+ year old monsters. It would make hunting better for everyone including the guys that will shoot young bucks. Bucks in IA have a great chance at making it if u pass em.. Probably better than almost any state.

 

[LoessHillsArcher]

170+.... but change the parameters to 140-150 and my tune will change

Kinda what I'm thinking. We got by age of the buck more than antler... but a 170 3.5 would be about impossible to pass...

 

[oldgene]

If you consistently pass on the 3-4 yr. olds you will have 170s every year in theory.

 

[jclaws]

If you consistently pass on the 3-4 yr. olds you will have 170s every year in theory.

I wish it worked like that. Except for not all bucks would make 170 even if you let them die of old age.

 

[flugge]

I usually just shoot the first deer that walks by..worked pretty well for me last year at least :way:

 

[ShedHunter1]

I have aten tags waiting for 170-180's doesn't bother me at all because I know theres deer like that living on our farms. I usually pick the highest scoring deer or the oldest to go after every year.
Its fun killing the old battle scarred bucks!

 

[Hardwood11]

Trophy

Depends on the state. A 140 inch 4 year old in Minnesota would be a trophy. but in Iowa, I would rather wait for a 170, more down there to choose from. Either way, I am happy with a 140, or an older buck in either state.

 

[moosehunter]

i would just like to shoot an old gnarly buck.dont really care what it scores.just throw a couple droptines in and im in.

ditto on that

 

[Bow Ben]

I've never killed a 140 so I doubt I would pass one and I hunt almost exclusively on public land.

 

[bearcatbaseball10]

If he doesn't make me shake, I'm not gonna shoot him...memories are trophies in my mind, BUT an extra 20" of antler is always nice! haha :drink2:

 

[bowman]

I would now prefer to wait for an older age class buck and eat a tag if necessary. Rewind 10 years and I would have given anything for a 140+". Once I acheived that mark my goal was more inches each year. From now on an older age class buck will be my target, regardless of the score! :way: (unless a 170" 4 year old walks again)

 

[bigbuckhunter88]

I ate my buck bow tags for my first 9 years before I shot my mature 130 last year. He was an old 8 point and wasn't going to ever become a 150+. In that time I passed many 130-140 inch young bucks waiting for a mature. I will continue to do the same. Although there is a giant six point that will be in the 115-120 inch range that I would smoke because he is at least 6 years old. It's all about age for me.

 

[dtk913]

I haven't shot a buck in several years, but I do find that I get a pretty good feeling when a 130-140" walks within bow range and continues to walk out of bow range. I am not sure that I need to have a 170", although seeing on of them gives me a good feeling too. I am more in the "you know it when you see it" group. A very unique 150" could be just as special as a 170" given the right circumstances.

Dan

 

[whitetailassasin]

I can shoot does for years to wait for a 170" + buck. Helps that I get basically unlimited population management tags.

 

[cedar creek]

I wish everyone would wait for a 170" buck. We would truly be the state of giant whitetail bucks!