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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/19/16 08:03 PM
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Bucks and Ducks
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if thats a good deer for the area you hunt then take him
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/19/16 11:25 PM
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Are the unwritten "rules" different for a first timer?
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/19/16 11:47 PM
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Tru2lifetaxidermy
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Who gives a rat's a$$ what others think, really who cares. If you like it, shoot it. If ya want it on your wall, put it there. Don't get too wrapped up in what others say, hunt for yourself. Just my knee jerk reaction to your questions....
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/20/16 12:49 AM
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Looks like a mature buck with a really nice rack. I'd shoot him if I saw him on opening morning.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/20/16 01:01 AM
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Does that buck make you happy? Then kill it!
You can run but you can't hide...
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/20/16 02:42 AM
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Who gives a rat's a$$ what others think, really who cares. If you like it, shoot it. If ya want it on your wall, put it there. Don't get too wrapped up in what others say, hunt for yourself. Just my knee jerk reaction to your questions.... I like this forum and the guys on it and respect most of their opinions. I'm not wrapped up in what everyone posts and it will not make me shoot or not shoot the buck in the photo. I'm curious about what others think...notice I clarified this in my post...if it was YOUR first year on a new lease...so I'm just trying to see what others would do. I'd already made up my mind as t what I'd do.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/20/16 03:09 PM
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So in essence you are asking if anyone would shoot a decent buck the first year they were on a lease?
I would have no qualms about that at all. I think most people are going to feel the same way, you pay your hard earned money and that entitles you to take whatever game you want off a lease no matter how long you have been there. If you think there is some "unwritten" heirarchy rule that states a newbie leasor can't shoot a decent buck their first year, then you really shouldn't be paying full price and it should be clearly stated in the paperwork.
As a former member of a 12 man lease, I would love to see anyone of them take a decent buck no matter when they got on it. They paid, they get to shoot to their fancy. I am off that lease now, on a lease with just myself, so I don't have to go through these mental games. But you better have believed if the 24 inch wide deer showed up when I was hunting I would have shot it no problem and not worried one iota about what my lease mates thought. Pay the price and that allows you admission to the buck games!
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Texas buckeye]
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08/21/16 11:28 AM
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Deerhunter61
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So in essence you are asking if anyone would shoot a decent buck the first year they were on a lease?
I would have no qualms about that at all. I think most people are going to feel the same way, you pay your hard earned money and that entitles you to take whatever game you want off a lease no matter how long you have been there. If you think there is some "unwritten" heirarchy rule that states a newbie leasor can't shoot a decent buck their first year, then you really shouldn't be paying full price and it should be clearly stated in the paperwork. No, no, no.....what I'm really asking is since you are new to the lease and really haven't been there long enough to know exactly what the lease has on it regarding bucks, the quality of bucks, and you saw the first one, which I consider a nice buck, even a shooter buck, he's mature with a pretty nice rack, would you shoot him on opening morning...or would you wait...and risk not getting what could be the nicest buck on the lease.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/21/16 03:32 PM
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Texas buckeye
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When u are on a lease with other people you risk that anyway....
Don't overthink it, if you like the buck, take him. If you would be comfortable letting him walk last day of season then let him walk first day too. Don't worry about what is on there, if you could shoot your second best buck on opening day, and you want to shoot him, why not?
Me personally, I probably would not. i am on the hunt for a buck bigger than my best (not that it will take Much) but I don't have much interest I shooting something smaller. However, if I saw an old ancient buck walk out I may take him just for the trophy of getting a mature buck. But that would be a game time decision.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/21/16 10:49 PM
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- if it's brown it's down.
- always say you should have let it grow another year.
Only rules needed.
To be determined
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/22/16 04:48 PM
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No, no, no.....what I'm really asking is since you are new to the lease and really haven't been there long enough to know exactly what the lease has on it regarding bucks, the quality of bucks, and you saw the first one, which I consider a nice buck, even a shooter buck, he's mature with a pretty nice rack, would you shoot him on opening morning...or would you wait...and risk not getting what could be the nicest buck on the lease.[/quote]
I get your question so I'll answer it as you asked it: If it were me on a new lease, I would wait until I saw a buck that was my biggest to date. The chances that you already have on camera the biggest buck in the area is slim, especially prior to rut when others will be passing thru.
I'd have more regret shooting my 2nd biggest buck and later seeing a giant than I would holding out and seeing what the new property has to offer even if it means getting no buck that first year. And if it gets late in the season and you realize he is the big boy then take him late if possible, and if not then maybe he'll be bigger next year. Good all around
The only things that might change that answer would be if i know I'll only be on the lease 1 season, or if it's a 2 buck county.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
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08/23/16 03:34 PM
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Ton of Variables like Dale touched on.. What's the rules, how many guns..is there a Management plan in place etc...etc... If you paid your money and you like him..Tip him over.. I would pass.. but those are some healthy Deer and great Colorization ^^^ sounds good to me
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/23/16 04:47 PM
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Shoot and go home with a smile on your face. Nice deer.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/23/16 05:45 PM
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Bang! Get the skinning knife.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/23/16 06:23 PM
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Share the pic with your fellow hunters and let them know you'd like to take it. Or just take him out if you like him.
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Re: If it's your first year on a new lease and...
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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08/24/16 11:18 AM
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do what makes you happy. People worry too much about the size of the horns these days.
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