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11-15-2017, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Medicine Hat
Posts: 550
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
private land that only i would be hunting, i would pass and let him grow and shoot something smaller.
crown land i would shoot.
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11-15-2017, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,848
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There's milk still dripping from his lips. Pass.
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11-15-2017, 10:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,392
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I will just turn the picture around and post it again.
P.S. Looks even smaller turned the right way
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11-16-2017, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 159
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Beautiful animal but he would walk.
HT
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11-16-2017, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Water valley ( hour outside of Calgary )
Posts: 325
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Let him walk if a guy wants a meat buck shoot a 2x3 or 4x4 or a 4x3 let the good ones pass on the genetics
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11-16-2017, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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I'd pass on him. Even turning the pick didn't make him grow.
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11-16-2017, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: WMU 303
Posts: 8,493
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Pass the gravy please...
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11-18-2017, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,619
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokinyotes
To me it’s more about the hunting experience than trying to fill the freezer. I would let that buck grow a couple more years
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Same for me,I would rather take a mature buck. If I don't shoot one I still enjoy the hunting experience.
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11-18-2017, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
Posts: 24,606
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Quote:
Originally Posted by catnthehat
If I have a tag for something I will shoot, big or small be it a moose,elk, deer, whatever .
Some guys say let it grow and those same guys will smack a small bull moose .
I have s friend who won't shoot a small moose but will slam a fork horn white tail no problem.
Antlers are of no interest to me personally except for making stuff out of like rattling antlers or belt buckles and knife handles
Cat
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Think about all the knife handles you could make out of a 200" whitey rack and enjoy the meat too
To the OP, you do what you want to do, if it feels right and your happy with the decision, great.
Good luck!
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11-18-2017, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Edmonton/Calmar
Posts: 653
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Originally Posted by 3blade
Good decision. You took the time to watch and think, and came to a conclusion that you are satisfied with. That's the important part.
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This is pretty much sums it up. For the sake of conversation, I would've took him. Being able to sleep at night is all that really matters.
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11-18-2017, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
Posts: 38,584
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 58thecat
Think about all the knife handles you could make out of a 200" whitey rack and enjoy the meat too
To the OP, you do what you want to do, if it feels right and your happy with the decision, great.
Good luck!
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The liklyhood of seeing a 170 class white tail up here is super ultra rare- a 200?
About as likely as seeing a 190 class mule deer up here
If I did shoot one up here I would do two things , give the antlers to my buddy that likes to hang those things on his wall . Seriously, big antlers hold absolutely no interest to me as far as trophies go .
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