first buck of season

[oldsparkey]

chuck I have heard of the 8 points. :lol: yea we call the hunt your talking about is the camp meat hunt. :roll: :mrgreen: on the first day you go get anything for the camp.

Same around here , the 1st deer killed is camp meat and everyone is looking for that one since they want some venison for supper.

 

[Wannabe]

Do ya tag the camp meat deer??? :shock: :roll:
Bob

 

[oldsparkey]

Do ya tag the camp meat deer??? :shock: :roll:
Bob

Just depends on how the rules were written for that hunting season.
Back in the dark ages when I was hunting there was a over abundance of does and it was just understood the 1st deer would be a doe and it was the camp meat.

 

[catfish]

Wanabee what makes you think we wouldn't tag them of course we did with OO buck. :roll: :lol: :mrgreen: . yea most times I did but cant say that about some of my comrads. :wink: :lol: yea after about 8 or 9 months you are ready for a fresh piece of venison. I couldn't wait the other day after we got those to fry up some. at our camp it didn,t matter what it was what ever stepped out 1st ? buck or doe either one was good to eat.

 

[Kayak Jack]

Venison is wayyyyyyyyyy better than lamb/mutton (only "difference" between lamb and mutton is, can a man break the foreleg bone with his bare hands. Which led me to believe that somewhere around every slaughterhouse lurked a fella with arms about 30" around.). And, venison matches pork, in my opinion, and is better than beef. Though, I do treasure the feel and flavor of good beef.

Ron, a few posts back, you mentioned that a young buck had to be 13" or more. Is that antlers, shoulders, or what? I couldn't follow or figure. Got my curiosity up. And then, how would a fella gauge any body measurement just before he shot? Some game laws just aren't real sensible.

 

[tx river rat]

Jack
That measurement is inside the horns at the widest point. the ears flared out are supposed to be 12 inches
Ron

 

[catfish]

Ky Jack I was going to tell you the other day that TRR ask the buck to stand there a minuet so he could measure there horns with a tape measure but I guess he explained? :roll: :lol: :mrgreen: yea I guess sometimes its hard to look and see if they are legal. guess this is why some one on a paid hunt if they don't kill the right one it cost a lot more that they though. :shock: :lol:

 

[Kayak Jack]

A guy would need calibrated eyeballs. Michigan had a requirement that a spike had to be 4". That seems a bit easier to judge than inside span. But, in the excitement, anything is difficult to judge.