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What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby xpauliber » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:41 pm

We talk about hunting mature whitetail bucks.

Let's just say one year you shoot a 150" buck that aged an incredible 8.5 years old. Then let's say the next year you shoot a whopper 3.5 year old buck that scored over 200". Which buck is more of a trophy to you?

Just because this particular 3.5 year old scored over 200" doesn't make him any smarter than a 3.5 year old that scored 120" does it?


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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Spysar » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:43 pm

The 200"er. Some say the Milo Hanson buck is 3 1/2.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby xpauliber » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:47 pm

Spysar wrote:The 200"er. Some say the Milo Hanson buck is 3 1/2.


I read that in an article and that's what got me thinking. What in your opinion is more rare: an 8.5 year old whitetail or a 200" whitetail?
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby RaisedByWolves » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:53 pm

I would say the 200"er as well, unless i could pick a 180" 5.5 yo!
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Tadmdad » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:05 pm

IMO, I'll take age before beauty.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby RUTIN » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:11 pm

Personally the best trophy is the deer i have to most history with, a 140" buck that ive got hundreds of pictures of and years of history vs. a 140" rut buck I know nothing about. To me the buck ive palyed cat and mouse with is the trophy!
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Beason » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:55 pm

xpauliber wrote:What in your opinion is more rare: an 8.5 year old whitetail or a 200" whitetail?


the 200"er
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby DropTyne » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:32 pm

200"er for sure because it is such a rare animal. If you take the same question and make it a little more realistic like say a 145" 3.5 year old or a 120" 8.5 year old I am pretty certain a lot of guys would opt for the older buck with less bone.

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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Bucky » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:39 pm

RUTIN wrote:Personally the best trophy is the deer i have to most history with, a 140" buck that ive got hundreds of pictures of and years of history vs. a 140" rut buck I know nothing about. To me the buck ive palyed cat and mouse with is the trophy!


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But, I will take the 200"er as well :D
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Czabs » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:32 pm

def the 200 incher. However if you were comparing a 8 1/2 yr old 130 class to a 150 3 1/2 I might be different. It all comes down to how I hunted that deer and what it looks like it my eyes. It all depends really.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Dewey » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:49 pm

They are both very rare trophies but I would have to pick the 200" since there have been so few actually killed.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby GRUD » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:31 pm

Both are trophies in my book. Also, it would depend on when and how they were killed. I get the most satisfaction out of an earned early season hunt, by off season scouting etc., than a gun season opener on a deer I've never seen before that was just traveling through.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby UPbowhunter » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:13 am

gota go with a 200 incher. But both are awesome animals.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby Zap » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:57 am

For me it would depend on how, where and with what equipment I killed the animal.
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Re: What's more of a trophy to you?

Unread postby muddy » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:47 am

Inches count. The young one. The biologists that have aged Larry Zach's 245 in non typ and Kyle Simmons 285 non typ say BOTH deer were 3.5.

I'll take a young freak any day of the week.
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