so hard to wait

[Buff1958]

I am dead set I am going to wait until gun season to shoot my deer this year.
My problem is that I have a nice 10 point that has shown up on the little 60 acres I hunt.
It is so tempting to go after him with my bow but if I kill him with my bow, he will be gone and then I can’t shoot him with my Flintlock

 

[Stykbow]

If I was still a bow hunter I’d hunt him now. Might be gone by the time gun season rolls around.

 

[Gtrubicon]

That’s a helluva buck! I’d get the bow with a grim reaper tip if it were me.

 

[wiscoaster]

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It is so tempting to go after him with my bow but if I kill him with my bow, he will be gone and then I can’t shoot him with my Flintlock

Oh, for crying out loud. Are you a hunter or not? Take your buck with whatever you can take him with. Quit your dithering.

 

[Johnny Too-Tall]

I am dead set I am going to wait until gun season to shoot my deer this year.
My problem is that I have a nice 10 point that has shown up on the little 60 acres I hunt.
It is so tempting to go after him with my bow but if I kill him with my bow, he will be gone and then I can’t shoot him with my Flintlock

Im as big a bowhunter as they come. Get on him now before the neighbor does.

 

[stubshaft]

I agree, bowhunt him NOW!

 

[2 shots]

do it the way you want. its up to you. a flintlock would be nice especially if that beast is your first with one. good luck whatever you do.

 

[Rawhide67]

Cautiously and carefully, get in with the bow. But you don't want him pushed out. I hunt near my house where there aren't many deer. Come muzzleloader season, there's tons of hunters putting all kinds of pressure on the deer. Movement on camera becomes almost non existent.and mainly after dark. I get what I can during bow season and still generally have tag soup at the end.

 

[andy52]

I've got my eye on this one for my flinter.

 

[wiscoaster]

I've got my eye on this one for my flinter.View attachment 354601

I think he's got his eye on you.

 

[smokeum54]

I'd rather take em with a bow any day, more challenging/satisfying. Like others stated, he might not last that long.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Too bad you can't get him with that nice velvet rack. I have one I got on opening day, Aug. 1, in 1983 on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.

 

[andy52]

I think he's got his eye on you.

Could be.

 

[RiverRat]

Too bad you can't get him with that nice velvet rack. I have one I got on opening day, Aug. 1, in 1983 on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.

What happens to the velvet if you harvest a buck in velvet? Does it dry up and fall off?
I always wondered.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Back when I got mine it was still legal to buy formaldehyde at a drug store. I wrapped the antlers in rags and then poured the formaldehyde over it all. I put the whole works in 2 or 3 garbage bags and left them in a spare refrigerator for a few weeks. I didn't do the whole skull I just did the antlers. I post a photo but they're at my son's place. The velvet still looks like new. There are probably other ways to do it.

 

[reddogge]

You know what happens when you try to "save" deer. They wind up at the butchers with your neighbor's pimply kid's tag on them.

 

[Terry Lightle]

KILL him at first chance

 

[Horizontal Hunter]

If I was still a bow hunter I’d hunt him now. Might be gone by the time gun season rolls around.

This. Exactly this.

A bucks patterns will shift often in response to competition, available mast, and the doe population. It is always best to strike when the opportunity presents itself.

Bob

 

[andy52]

What happens to the velvet if you harvest a buck in velvet? Does it dry up and fall off?
I always wondered.

Yes, it falls off. I killed a moose in Newfoundland that was in velvet, and it fell off in about a week or so. After it dried out, I aged it with brown leather dye, and it turned out looking almost as if it had aged naturally.

 

[longcruise]

When you hunt 60 acres it's likely that the first rutting urge will have him gone.