I would say we have pictures of the majority of the bucks roaming around. If we don’t the general rule of thumb is 8pts and less are fair game at 4.5, 9pts and better get a pass until 5.5
This has worked really well over the years. While I haven’t been a member the whole time the co-op has been in place i have known people who have. I will say in 2009 if there were 50 different bucks on camera you would maybe have 5 bucks 10 points or more. There were so many big 6s it was crazy. After putting the hurt on the big 6,7, and even 8 points over the last 9 years if you get 50 bucks on camera now you’ll have 40 of them with 10 points and the rest are 8s with the random 6 here and there.
I promise it’s not as serious and as cut throat as some of you think. It’s great hunting, tons of fun, and pretty damn laid back. If someone “messes up” and kills a buck someone wanted to pass we let it roll. At the end of the day it’s just a deer.
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