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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Matt_S]
#3584812
01/16/22 05:08 AM
01/16/22 05:08 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,781 Huntsville, Al
Bronco 74
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,781
Huntsville, Al
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Go to TX and hunt a high fence operation.
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Matt_S]
#3584888
01/16/22 08:48 AM
01/16/22 08:48 AM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 10,982 Earth
TDog93
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 10,982
Earth
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Pm Squeaky and see if he will hav any openings - sounds like what u looking for
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Matt_S]
#3585111
01/16/22 12:13 PM
01/16/22 12:13 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,285 Spanish Fort
Jstocks
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,285
Spanish Fort
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Better have real expectations and ask yourself what a trophy is first and foremost.
Realistically speaking, if you are looking for deer that regularly break the 130” mark, I’d stay out of Clarke County. At least the parts of it I have hunted over the years. If you are looking for just a place to hunt mature deer, and measuring inches don’t matter, then there are some clubs in South Alabama that you may find an opening in from time to time.
Again, for anyone to be able to point you in the right direction, you have to provide a little bit better description for what you are looking for, less you may be disappointed with what you get if you go to some of these clubs.
Where you live, and the amount of time you’ve given to drive, bigger racks will be more normal in areas of Mississippi that you can get to than they are down here. I’m not familiar with areas north of you.
If inches are your thing to look for, I’d look at historical data for areas of the state that have produced large deer, then narrow down my search that way.
Again, we really need to know more about what you consider a “trophy” to honestly answer your question.
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Matt_S]
#3614612
02/18/22 08:38 AM
02/18/22 08:38 AM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 7,539 lower shelby county
XVIII
14 point
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14 point
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trophy - mature, typically 4+yo whitetail that i've planted for, practiced QDM, trigger restraint when 3, have patterned, understand tendencies and have lots of pics of while developing
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Matt_S]
#3624077
03/03/22 04:22 PM
03/03/22 04:22 PM
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Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 4,644 Michigan
Sasquatch Lives
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 4,644
Michigan
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I have found everyone agrees not to shoot anything under 140" and or 4.5 yo. UNTIL they get a big 2.5 yo or 125" buck in front of them and then its "i thought he was bigger" or "well he's outside the ears". Hard to find a group of guys who really hold out for a stud without any bs. Most guys have trouble passing up a big 2.5 or 3.5 but those are your shooters next year at a true trophy club. Even had guys try to sneak out smaller bucks when they realized they were under the size or age limit.
Last edited by Sasquatch Lives; 03/03/22 04:23 PM.
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Sasquatch Lives]
#3624273
03/03/22 08:43 PM
03/03/22 08:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,077 Free State of Winston
FreeStateHunter
They Call Me Gator 🐊
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They Call Me Gator 🐊
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,077
Free State of Winston
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I have found everyone agrees not to shoot anything under 140" and or 4.5 yo. UNTIL they get a big 2.5 yo or 125" buck in front of them and then its "i thought he was bigger" or "well he's outside the ears". Hard to find a group of guys who really hold out for a stud without any bs. Most guys have trouble passing up a big 2.5 or 3.5 but those are your shooters next year at a true trophy club. Even had guys try to sneak out smaller bucks when they realized they were under the size or age limit. I did that when I was younger and got kicked out of the best club I’ve ever been in. I should have never been in a club as good as that one at that stage in my hunting life but I was and I messed it up. Hard lessons learned stick the best.
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: FreeStateHunter]
#3624746
03/04/22 02:47 PM
03/04/22 02:47 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 7,539 lower shelby county
XVIII
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 7,539
lower shelby county
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I have found everyone agrees not to shoot anything under 140" and or 4.5 yo. UNTIL they get a big 2.5 yo or 125" buck in front of them and then its "i thought he was bigger" or "well he's outside the ears". Hard to find a group of guys who really hold out for a stud without any bs. Most guys have trouble passing up a big 2.5 or 3.5 but those are your shooters next year at a true trophy club. Even had guys try to sneak out smaller bucks when they realized they were under the size or age limit. I did that when I was younger and got kicked out of the best club I’ve ever been in. I should have never been in a club as good as that one at that stage in my hunting life but I was and I messed it up. Hard lessons learned stick the best. i've found it much easier letting deer go on my own lease. if they get killed by adjacent land owners then sobeit. i always questioned the qdm of the other members when i was in clubs.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: XVIII]
#3624773
03/04/22 03:29 PM
03/04/22 03:29 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,928 Opelika
olemossy
8 point
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8 point
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Opelika
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I have found everyone agrees not to shoot anything under 140" and or 4.5 yo. UNTIL they get a big 2.5 yo or 125" buck in front of them and then its "i thought he was bigger" or "well he's outside the ears". Hard to find a group of guys who really hold out for a stud without any bs. Most guys have trouble passing up a big 2.5 or 3.5 but those are your shooters next year at a true trophy club. Even had guys try to sneak out smaller bucks when they realized they were under the size or age limit. I did that when I was younger and got kicked out of the best club I’ve ever been in. I should have never been in a club as good as that one at that stage in my hunting life but I was and I messed it up. Hard lessons learned stick the best. i've found it much easier letting deer go on my own lease. if they get killed by adjacent land owners then sobeit. i always questioned the qdm of the other members when i was in clubs. You question their integrity or game management practices or both?
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: Sasquatch Lives]
#3624880
03/04/22 06:59 PM
03/04/22 06:59 PM
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,498 george county ms
johndeere5036
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10 point
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george county ms
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I am in a QCM coop for about a 2 square mile area and always hear shots but nobody says they have shot anything. I saw a deer hanging in one neighbors garage as I drove by and asked him later if he had killed anything and he said no so I know he is a damn liar and I suspect some of the others are too. Hard to trust anyone knowadays unless they are a close friend. This happened to me. My neighbor told me his cousin which is the president of the club I joined next to my lease said he shot a big seven point I had been seeing on my property. I asked him if he killed anything and he said nope ain’t killed nothing. I’ve had several on camera on my place and find out the local neighbors shot them at night time under a light and you drive by and see the deer hanging up in the shed and ask them later about it and they pull that aw naw I ain’t had any luck
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Re: Looking for trophy club.
[Re: olemossy]
#3624882
03/04/22 07:00 PM
03/04/22 07:00 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 7,539 lower shelby county
XVIII
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 7,539
lower shelby county
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I have found everyone agrees not to shoot anything under 140" and or 4.5 yo. UNTIL they get a big 2.5 yo or 125" buck in front of them and then its "i thought he was bigger" or "well he's outside the ears". Hard to find a group of guys who really hold out for a stud without any bs. Most guys have trouble passing up a big 2.5 or 3.5 but those are your shooters next year at a true trophy club. Even had guys try to sneak out smaller bucks when they realized they were under the size or age limit. I did that when I was younger and got kicked out of the best club I’ve ever been in. I should have never been in a club as good as that one at that stage in my hunting life but I was and I messed it up. Hard lessons learned stick the best. i've found it much easier letting deer go on my own lease. if they get killed by adjacent land owners then sobeit. i always questioned the qdm of the other members when i was in clubs. You question their integrity or game management practices or both? yes
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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