You Just Seen a 160...

[gatorbait42]

I'm shooting the 145". Life is to busy to wait on something that may or may never happen. Besides what is shooting that 160" or bigger gonna do for you?

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[Edcyclopedia]

Now I see why people don't shoot big bucks. Almost everyone was content with the smaller buck.......If you want to be a big buck killer, your taking yourself out of the game shooting the smaller one....

You GOTTA take the chance and wait for the big one, or your NEVER gonna be a big buck serial killer....

AGREE 100%
if you put me on land that has that capacity and a reasonable chance (even 10% or 20% is reasonable to me to eat a tag..)!

[john1984]

I'll take what I can get.

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[headgear]

160 public land deer are pretty rare, what if I was hallucinating? Still I would be happy to take a 140 and to be honest I'm happy to take a 120 on the land I hunt. When I feel like I am ready to chase only the largest of the bucks I will do so, until then I won't worry about it too much.

[MOBIGBUCKS]

I wouldn't call a 145 inch buck average...I'd probably shoot the 145 if I had another state to hunt. In a one buck state, I might pass the 145 if I had a decent possibility of taking that 165 inch buck. It all boils down to variables and what you are willing to accept as a happy outcome.

[ozzz]

At this point in the game Id likely shoot the 145. Hopefully someday I have more of that size plus or minus on the wall that I can really hole out for the 160 caliber deer.

[TallTines]

If I know I can kill the 160 I would pass the on the 140

[BassBoysLLP]

History says I pass the 145 and not harvest the 165

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[headgear]

History says I pass the 145 and not harvest the 165

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Good one BB

[Bucky]

Just like fishn.... go BIG or go home!

[ozzz]

If I know I can kill the 160 I would pass the on the 140

Well no kidding.

[BassBoysLLP]

If I know I can kill the 160 I would pass the on the 140

Well no kidding.

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[yungbuck]

I'd be very happy with either considering my green horns

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[UntouchableNess]

I can make lots of claims.

Like that if it's early in the season, I could pass on the smaller hoping to get on the bigger.

This is getting somewhat easier as the seasons go by, but there are still moments of weakness.

[Bigb]

A couple variables here. If I have two buck tags (Illinois, Wisconsin, etc) and I don't have one filled this year, you bet I shoot and don't think twice. Unless you killed 10 or more 140" bucks, I doubt any sane person would pass a 140". IF I had already shot a 130" to 145" that year and another 140" pops out I probably would pass since I've already been graced by the hunting gods. Hold out that second tag for the 160"