Posted on 11/25/2016 11:35:58 AM PST by marktwain
Deer hunting in Northern Wisconsin seldom requires shot of more than a hundred yards. That is because most of the hunting is in dense forests or in woodlots where visibility is restricted. The occasional long shot is available, but they are unusual. This eight point "basket buck" was taken yesterday, on opening day 19 November, 2016.
A lot different then the wet brush and swamps I was hunting today, visibility in feet instead of yards.
That’s a little 4 point.
We count ‘em different out here.
Yep
Must be different in Wisconsin...
Here in MI it’s illegal to shoot one in water.
Nice!
Long shot??? We used to put salt in our reloads to preserve the meat till we could get there.
I always found it hard to eat antlers no matter what size they are.
275 yard shot AND it floated to the waiting hunter? I call BS on the yardage and the float. I’ve heard so many hunting and fishing stories.
Well I might as well jump in on this one. First off that buck is a 1 1/2 year old buck, I’d run him off my place if he shot one that young. 275 yards is by no means a long shot, just a little past average here in West Texas.
Age sounds about right.
Good eating deer.
Some people hunt because they like to eat deer other hunt because they like horns.
Some people shoot the first one they see, others wait for a mature one whether it be a buck or a doe. I fall into the latter category when the difference between a 1 1/2 year old buck and a 5 1/2 year old buck can get close to 50 percent. On my place we have a very strict policy on the age of a deer taken be it buck or doe. We probably have the healthiest deer population of any ranch in the Permian Basin. To understand where I’m coming from you need to understand what I do. We sell hunts and our clients chose us because we maintain a ration of 1-1 when it comes to bucks and does and the chances of taking a book buck are pretty good. Since we don’t feed and we’re low fence our bucks qualify as free range. We maintain the pastures, water sources and are very picky in what we cull from the ranch when it comes to buck’s.
High fence deer farming is a whole lot different then public land hunting.
You are selling big antlers many people still hunt to fill the freezer and the fun of hunting, antlers are only secondary.
Both have their place for me eating venison and the fun of hunting is more important then worrying about hanging another set of antlers on the wall.
Good mounts can add a nice charm to any house.
Baby deer. I’m way past shooting any buck that small. If it isn’t as big or bigger than the mounts I have already I let the little bucks walk. Have passed on several this season much larger than that.
In Montana where I’m at that is a 4 point ... and a little one at that.
Got two days left here for a buck. After that my B tag, doe only, for Dec.
Not sure if your are bragging or complaining.
Not bragging or complaining. I shot small bucks years ago but now I let them walk. There is a lot of satisfaction in letting something live when you used to take it without a second thought. I think of it as maturing as a hunter.
Plus I’ve got an entire elk in my freezer from this year and some of last years elk as well.
I’ve got nothing against hunters that do take small bucks. I realize most hunters don’t have the opportunities that I do living remotely on a mountainside in Montana. But my hunting buddies here would have let that buck walk and give him another few years.
Make of that what you will.
Oh ... and 275 yards isn’t far for hunting in these parts. Not by a long shot.
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