5 smaller vs 1 bigger

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  1. BJE80

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    Over a 10 year period


    Would you rather:

    Shoot 5 120-130" bucks or shoot only 1 150-160" buck?
     
    BJE80, Sep 25, 2014
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  3. TwoBucks

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    5 120-130


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    cocowheats Weekend Warrior

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    Ill go with all six
     
    cocowheats, Sep 25, 2014
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  5. henson59

    henson59 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I would take the 5 120-130's

    While I have no problem eating tag soup 1 buck in ten years would be a pretty tough pill to swallow. Even if it was a 160" buck
     
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    160". 120-130s are pretty common around here.
     
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  7. tacklebox

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    What? Over 10 years? If I am shooting 120-130's there better be at least 8 of em with a couple 150+ mixed in..... ya know to fill out the 10. Freakin under acheivers round here....
     
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  8. BJE80

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    ugh..
     
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    5 smaller - All day.
     
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    I'll take the 5.
    Now if the one went from150-160 to 180-190
    I'd go with the later.
     
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    5 120"-130"
     
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    Swampthing Weekend Warrior

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    5 smaller.
     
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    tynimiller Legendary Woodsman

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    For my typical range of bucks here in northern IN I'd say if I HAD TO PICK it'd be the 5 120-130...unless the 160 is RD :D
     
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  14. tacklebox

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    ellaborate, I want to by sure of what the "ugh" implies lol
     
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    tynimiller Legendary Woodsman

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    I would bet the "ugh" was probably directed to how your overall area in your "neck of the woods" sours you to sub 140 inch bucks far too much compared to the rest of us :D Which is why I am on my way come Halloween! bahaha!
     
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  16. tacklebox

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    Perhaps I just miss the point of this particular hypothetical question. Allow me to answer more directly. I'd take the 5 lil ones, cause I like to kill deer. But the thought of 5 deer over a ten year period is where I get lost I guess. Doesn't seem realistic anywhere really, idc where you live. I kill 5 deer usually every year.
     
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    The 5 because horns are hard to eat and i love me some venison!!!! Meaning i would rather have meat than a big set of horns!
     
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  18. tynimiller

    tynimiller Legendary Woodsman

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    Oh I 100% agree....I'll eat tag soup but 5 years in the next 10....I'll be pissed at my preparation and planning if that happens.
     
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    yeah...do I get to full my freezer w/ does in the interim? Pandas gotta eat.
    If not I would take the 5 "little" 125" deer.
     
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    5 120s-130s
     
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    I am a meat eater but the answer still depends. If I can take does I'll pass on smaller bucks to get a chance at a bruiser. But if I could only kill bucks the 5 would be my choice.
     
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