A Zone hunting final week

[taperxz]

Looks like the last week will be cool. I'm hunting all week. Passed up 3 different bucks this morning who were all active, chasing does.

[yoteassasin]

Yup I saw 2 buck chasing tang last night .. a couple bore gays of this goofy weather and the big boys are going to start getting stupid

[taperxz]

Yup I saw 2 buck chasing tang last night .. a couple bore gays of this goofy weather and the big boys are going to start getting stupid

Please explain.

[dangerzone002]

Please explain.

NSFW

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[DSMeyer]

I think it was a huge auto correct issue of " bore gays" really meaning "more days" but I could be wrong.

[stonefly-2]

I think it was a huge auto correct issue of " bore gays" really meaning "more days" but I could be wrong.

Well that's better then, no need for them to be getting THAT stupid.

[Joe'Bronco]

Our camp pulled 3 bucks out this weekend. 2 on Friday and one on Saturday. My little 2x2, cousins 3x3 and other cousins TALL 2x2. Kicked up a nice 4x4 and a wide 3x3. No shot on the 3x3 and we let the 4x4 walk so he can carry on the good genes till next year.


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[Shoot-it]

Our camp pulled 3 bucks out this weekend. 2 on Friday and one on Saturday. My little 2x2, cousins 3x3 and other cousins TALL 2x2. Kicked up a nice 4x4 and a wide 3x3. No shot on the 3x3 and we let the 4x4 walk so he can carry on the good genes till next year.


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Wait what you pasted on the 4x4 what happens if a lion gets him ..
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"a couple bore gays of this goofy weather and the big boys are going to start getting stupid"
I was thinking two wild boars were getting gay with each other....lol

[Joe'Bronco]

Wait what you pasted on the 4x4 what happens if a lion gets him ..

He's been around the last 3-4 years and lives in a small footprint down by the creek. The cats near us normally hit the does or fawns. Or come that close to the cabin.

Younger buck had a big body and will taste much better anyway. Can't eat the horns.




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[CSACANNONEER]

I was teaching a CCW class at home and about 1:30 pm on Saturday, a pair of does walked by about 60 yards off with a little 2x3 right behind them. The rut is definitely started around here.

[Joe'Bronco]

Sometimes its better to take a smaller buck that dosent have as good of genes and let the big guy stick around to better the heard.

The mentality of just "shoot the big one" is not a great way to ensure your going to get to get to keep taking nice bucks every year.



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[Shoot-it]

He's been around the last 3-4 years and lives in a small footprint down by the creek. The cats near us normally hit the does or fawns. Or come that close to the cabin.

Younger buck had a big body and will taste much better anyway. Can't eat the horns.




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They don't have horns ....
I have a few big bucks on game cam but can't locate them have a few areas that are super thick in vegetation .

[Joe'Bronco]

They don't have horns ....

I have a few big bucks on game cam but can't locate them have a few areas that are super thick in vegetation .

I'm fortunate to have access to well over 1200 acres of land. We try to maintain the heard the best we can.


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[CVShooter]

Cool! I'm heading over to the coast with the family this weekend and was thinking about taking the bow along & looking around at a nearby spot. Distracted deer are always a good thing when I'm hunting.

[desert dog]

Our camp pulled 3 bucks out this weekend. 2 on Friday and one on Saturday. My little 2x2, cousins 3x3 and other cousins TALL 2x2. Kicked up a nice 4x4 and a wide 3x3. No shot on the 3x3 and we let the 4x4 walk so he can carry on the good genes till next year.


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Actually a good strategy, and what a responsible game manager on private land would do.

A-zone; especially southern A-zone, has absolutely HORRIBLE genetics right now. The majority of bucks are now "Pacific Forks" and will never amount to anything more than a 2x2. Also seeing a lot of very old 2x3s with extremely narrow spreads in southern A-zone. Harvesting the big bodied 2x2s and letting the ones with potential live is a very good strategy; especially if your desired outcome is a good hunt with meat in the freezer.