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<blockquote data-quote="sweeney" data-source="post: 239023" data-attributes="member: 453">home field advantage- - - Updated - - -You can come score any of them, I never claimed they were 180&quot; and I have only shot 3 on 4 tags in 20 years two were 170 + and in 2000 I shot a little 100&quot; 2x4 the last day of the season for jerky. mass and mb fooled me in 05 a little, and 16 is a 3x4. In 16 also passed some main frame 4x4 that were 170-180 class early in the season and a 182&quot; that someone shot the next day. I didn't fill my 2010 tag and passed up some nice deer, spent 6 days playing hide and seek with a 190 palmed horned buck that was smarter than me and up against land I couldn't hunt. As far as bow deer I have only shot two in the badlands/public land one a mid 150s with an extra main beam and trash that was 169&quot; when it was 20 below, I honestly seen the extra main and that was it, definitely a mistake because he could have been really nice, the other was a small 2x3 velvet buck for meat. Like I said I don't care what people shoot but I target 175+&quot; deer when I go out on public land do I always shoot them no, do I usually see them yes not near as many in the last 5 years, but that is what I am going after a few inches of mass either way takes a guessed 180&quot; to a 170&quot; or a 190&quot;. Shoot what you want as long as you are happy about it but if you are targeting 140-160&quot; typical deer as mature bucks to me they are young.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sweeney, post: 239023, member: 453"] home field advantage [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] You can come score any of them, I never claimed they were 180" and I have only shot 3 on 4 tags in 20 years two were 170 + and in 2000 I shot a little 100" 2x4 the last day of the season for jerky. mass and mb fooled me in 05 a little, and 16 is a 3x4. In 16 also passed some main frame 4x4 that were 170-180 class early in the season and a 182" that someone shot the next day. I didn't fill my 2010 tag and passed up some nice deer, spent 6 days playing hide and seek with a 190 palmed horned buck that was smarter than me and up against land I couldn't hunt. As far as bow deer I have only shot two in the badlands/public land one a mid 150s with an extra main beam and trash that was 169" when it was 20 below, I honestly seen the extra main and that was it, definitely a mistake because he could have been really nice, the other was a small 2x3 velvet buck for meat. Like I said I don't care what people shoot but I target 175+" deer when I go out on public land do I always shoot them no, do I usually see them yes not near as many in the last 5 years, but that is what I am going after a few inches of mass either way takes a guessed 180" to a 170" or a 190". Shoot what you want as long as you are happy about it but if you are targeting 140-160" typical deer as mature bucks to me they are young. [/QUOTE]

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