General season buck goals

schoolhousegrizz · Nov 19, 2022

Okay, so on a general season tag (I know not all gen season tags are the same) how big does the buck have to be for you to shoot?

Tikka · Nov 19, 2022

A “mature”buck regardless of score…. 4yrs old or older…

Uttaxi1 · Nov 19, 2022

+1 mature buck 4+ won't get a pass.

shootem · Nov 19, 2022

Tikka said:
A “mature”buck regardless of score…. 4yrs old or older…

Same!

twopointdn · Nov 19, 2022

I have a hard time passing up 130”-150” deer on general hunts. I did pass a few bucks this year on the lower end of that but the first buck and only buck I seen close to 150” it was game on. I still have not filled my tag this year. I doubt I will ever be able to hold my finger off the trigger. I have fun and that is what matters to me. My garage is filled with 130”-150” bucks with only a few better than that. I do like anything old or odd so they always get the trigger pull. I voted for above 140” hard for me to pass. Pictures of some of my 130”-150” bucks over the years. A lot of fun memories. I am definitely not a trophy hunter, more of a memory and opportunity hunter. Have fun.

twopointdn · Nov 19, 2022

Few more.

Butts · Nov 19, 2022

If everyone including youth strived for killing an older age class buck. Things would drastically improve. For deer number s and quality…. FUH the score.
Kill big floppy eared bucks. Ya know at that point genes have been passed good or bad ..

Butts · Nov 19, 2022

Kill elk for the freezer, deer for the wall.

twopointdn · Nov 19, 2022

One more that fits the odd category and probably fits on the 130”-150” score block.

GLEDEASY · Nov 19, 2022

For me it's been hard to pass 140+ bucks. They are good general season bucks IMO. I want to be better in holding out for older age class. However, in a state like UT when you're only seeing the tag evey 4+ years it's hard to gain the experience on how to do so.

schoolhousegrizz · Nov 19, 2022

twopointdn said:
Few more.

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Heck yeah, good for you!

ridgetops · Nov 20, 2022

I think you should have had an option for any mature buck 4+ or older. That's where I'm at right now in my deer hunting adventures.

BLooDTRaCKeR · Nov 20, 2022

I chose 200+ because trying to kill a mature anything in Utah is similar to how I feel my odds are killing a 200+ buck on a limited entry unit.

I would like to see the state run a “4 pt or better” rule on some gen season units to give folks a swinging chance at a mature buck instead of walking into 2 pt city, trying to shoot a “mature” 2 pt because there’s nothing left that is bigger.

Pretty messed up management tactics when you only see 2 pts breeding does at peak of rut.

Soj51hopeful · Nov 20, 2022

I love seeing big old bucks as much as everyone else, but as cwd gets detected more and more how many other agencies will follow what Colorado is doing?

JPickett · Nov 20, 2022

200” buck as a general season standard !!!LOL!!! That’s a good one !!

Deepcolor · Nov 20, 2022

Butts said:
If everyone including youth strived for killing an older age class buck. Things would drastically improve. For deer number s and quality…. FUH the score.
Kill big floppy eared bucks. Ya know at that point genes have been passed good or bad ..

Young bucks don’t have the same genetics as older bucks?

BLooDTRaCKeR · Nov 20, 2022

Deepcolor said:
Young bucks don’t have the same genetics as older bucks?

No, when they grow older, their super genetics kick in….just like a male human being for example:

They grow thick, dark, envious beards.

They begin to fit the superior shape the name brand form-fitting clothing was designed for.

Their jaw line becomes chiseled to match the fit and dark beard.

Lastly, because the male genetics evolve with age? the head shrinks ever so slightly to allow those ears to be tucked in a flatty while pushing the now superior male ego lower, thus inflating the form-fit attire needed for the kill.

Hope this explanation of human genetics explains the genetic parallel between man and male creature.???

schoolhousegrizz · Nov 20, 2022

JPickett said:
200” buck as a general season standard !!!LOL!!! That’s a good one !!

Agree, but 3 people have marked it.

mtnrunner260 · Nov 20, 2022

I operate on a sliding scale.
The more time I have to hunt and if the freezer is full, I will be more selective.
This year my northern UT any weapon tag went unfilled.

scopenstalk · Nov 20, 2022

schoolhousegrizz said:
Agree, but 3 people have marked it.

Some people like to hunt ghosts I guess.

lif · Nov 20, 2022

Not all general hunts are created equally. Depends on the hunt. I was in a lower end general season hunt this year. We had 5 days and 3 tags. My family eats 200+ lbs game meat a year. I decided going into the hunt I would shoot the first 3 year old I saw and concentrate on my 16 year old son finding a big mature buck. I’ve been to other general hunts where I’ve held out for a 170+ class deer. Just depends on when, where, and why. If that makes sense.

JakeSwensen · Nov 20, 2022

The past 2 years I've held out for 190+ for most of the hunt(Wyoming General Season) and I've been skunked. The last few days of the hunt I would have taken what I thought of as an older age class buck. I've passed a lot of young deer, I can't bring myself to shoot a 170" up and coming buck. I hope in my lifetime, I can kill at least one really big nontypical buck.