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Be honest now...
#1023578
07/24/14 05:03 PM
07/24/14 05:03 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,643 Pisgah Al
Bigbamaboy
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,643
Pisgah Al
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How many of your good bucks came from chance or first encounter vs. you knew he was there and had a game plan in place?
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1023611
07/24/14 05:19 PM
07/24/14 05:19 PM
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Matt Brock
Unregistered
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Matt Brock
Unregistered
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I kill the majority of mine the first or second sit on a stand. After that I go somewhere else.
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1023651
07/24/14 05:45 PM
07/24/14 05:45 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,051 USA
marshmud991
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,051
USA
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I've been very fortunate to have been able to kill lots of nice buck, but I can honestly say that only three were bucks I knew were in the area. All 3 were on our farm and was able to watch them grow antlers from start to finish. Got a large 7 pt I've been seeing the last 3 yrs and he keeps getting away from me. Had him dead to rites 2yrs ago and he had me so shook,I screwed the shot up. The field is almost 90 acres of soybeans. It about 350yds at its widest point and almost 3/4 mile long. Never see him at the same place twice. It's been a good battle so far but one day the stars will line up and I hope it's the day I'm on that field.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1023655
07/24/14 05:51 PM
07/24/14 05:51 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,458 B'ham/Gardendale
Fireman12
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,458
B'ham/Gardendale
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Most of mine were first encounters. But I don't run cameras religiously. I also, like everyone else, put myself in position stand wise where I expect to kill a mature buck at.
I guess what I'm saying is, I don't hang my stands in places and tell myself " Your not going to see anything here."
Last edited by Fireman12; 07/24/14 05:53 PM.
There are no rainy days...
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Re: Be honest now...
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#1023766
07/25/14 01:57 AM
07/25/14 01:57 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,156 Alabaster
Bowhunter84
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,156
Alabaster
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I kill the majority of mine the first or second sit on a stand. This^ I don't always move after that if I know there's a goodun close by.
"Just remember a gobbler has to win every time, you only have to win once" BC
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1023797
07/25/14 02:36 AM
07/25/14 02:36 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 7,916
sj22
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 7,916
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Mostly first sits or just by chance, I've never killed a good one that I had trail cam pix of, don't know why, someone else always gets em.
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1023954
07/25/14 05:14 AM
07/25/14 05:14 AM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,677 Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,677
Montgomery
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I've never killed a nice buck that I had pics of. The best buck I've ever killed was a 10 point that I shot back in 1992 as a guest on a piece of property I had never seen or been back to since. My buddy just pointed to a hollow and said find a tree to climb. I did what he said and at 5pm, the buck stepped out of a thicket about 30 yards away from me.
About 3 years ago I killed a basket rack buck with my bow that my buddy had pics of.
Last year I missed a nice buck that I had on camera. He popped up on the camera about a week later about 150 yards from where I shot.
Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. B” Aldeer #121 8-3-2000 Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA Member of Team 10 Point 2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris 1938-2017 UGA Class of 1960 BS/MS Forestry LTJG, USNR
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1023996
07/25/14 05:58 AM
07/25/14 05:58 AM
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,931 In a Van, down by the River
quailman
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 12,931
In a Van, down by the River
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Biggest Buck I've killed so far, I saw him while Bowhunting in Blue Springs. Too far for a shot. Went back about a Month later on a Rifle hunt and killed him.
2nd best 8, just got lucky.
Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer.
My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#1024025
07/25/14 06:15 AM
07/25/14 06:15 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,190 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,190
alabama
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I've killed some on the first sighting and others that I hunted three years.......
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Be honest now...
[Re: BhamFred]
#1024032
07/25/14 06:19 AM
07/25/14 06:19 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,468 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,468
Boxes Cove
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I've killed some on the first sighting and others that I hunted three years....... Me and you both. I'd say I'm bout 50-50. Over the past 5- 7 years about 75% of the bucks we killed we had pics of. Some get killed with a game plan in place some get killed by chance, without a plan .
Last edited by 2Dogs; 07/25/14 11:30 AM.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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