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The 1st one was hit by someone hunting a neighboring property; but was not found. Hoping he's still alive but realistically I think I was more towards the edge of his range as I only got him on camera twice. I'm home range or very close to it for the big bodied 6.

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BSK said:
Just found out on another thread that some hunters don't like the term "hit list." So let's think of this thread as "Show me the bucks you have on cam that you would most like to see/kill."
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Hit list is just fine. People get offended because they want to be, not because anybody targets them.
 
BSK said:
Just found out on another thread that some hunters don't like the term "hit list." So let's think of this thread as "Show me the bucks you have on cam that you would most like to see/kill."
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Doesn't bother me at all, just don't ever have a list to really speak of. We are lucky to have a couple decent bucks around our little farm, and I usually attempt to target the most mature deer I know is around at that time. Sometimes we get surprises that we never get pics of, sometimes we get pics early on of deer that disappear and we never see. And sometimes with a bit of luck we manage to kill our target buck.

Last year I had a target buck that disappeared, last pics I had of him were October 31st. By mid November I gave up on him and took advantage of a decent 3.5 year old 9 point that tripped my trigger that particular morning. A couple days later a bigger bodied 8, likely a 4.5, happened along and was good enough. Had pics of both deer and while neither were my target deer, I settled. We didn't get pics of any better deer than those 3 last year, and the two I killed weren't around early on. The big 11, that I had targeted, I am afraid was taken on my line while we were gone to a state band competition in Smyrna. I found a climber right smack dab on my east property line at the end of last season. I just don't really see a need in forming a list for my small property.
 
backyardtndeer said:
Doesn't bother me at all, just don't ever have a list to really speak of. We are lucky to have a couple decent bucks around our little farm, and I usually attempt to target the most mature deer I know is around at that time. Sometimes we get surprises that we never get pics of, sometimes we get pics early on of deer that disappear and we never see. And sometimes with a bit of luck we manage to kill our target buck.

Last year I had a target buck that disappeared, last pics I had of him were October 31st. By mid November I gave up on him and took advantage of a decent 3.5 year old 9 point that tripped my trigger that particular morning. A couple days later a bigger bodied 8, likely a 4.5, happened along and was good enough. Had pics of both deer and while neither were my target deer, I settled. We didn't get pics of any better deer than those 3 last year, and the two I killed weren't around early on. The big 11, that I had targeted, I am afraid was taken on my line while we were gone to a state band competition in Smyrna. I found a climber right smack dab on my east property line at the end of last season. I just don't really see a need in forming a list for my small property.
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For me, my "hit list" is just those bucks I have on camera that I would shoot in a heartbeat. Those bucks I would pull the trigger on opening day, knowing it would end my season. I try to only take one good buck a year, considering I have a lot of family that want to shoot a buck as well, and we can only allow so many bucks to be killed each year.
 
BSK said:
For me, my "hit list" is just those bucks I have on camera that I would shoot in a heartbeat. Those bucks I would pull the trigger on opening day, knowing it would end my season. I try to only take one good buck a year, considering I have a lot of family that want to shoot a buck as well, and we can only allow so many bucks to be killed each year.
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Might be different if I managed a couple hundred acres or more, but realistically I have a very small area that my wife and I hunt and run cameras on.

At this point this year, the next best age class/body sized buck, after the 5.5 year old I killed, we have had was a 3.5+ buck with a messed up right side, big body and an ugly rack. Then another probably 3.5 8, was an 8 that has a busted g2. Nothing special. Have had several 2.5 and younger bucks pass my scrapeline camera. Pretty typical pattern for our small property. Of course this next week to 10 days there could/should be deer show up that we hadn't seen before, especially with my having taken out what was most certainly the dominant buck in this area. I may have a new target buck tomorrow, that I may or may not get pics of.
 
Here's one farm here in TN. Nothing huge but the biggest on the place in two years. Both are 4yr olds. I doubt I'll shoot either one because both were around all year last year and this year, so fingers crossed they survive to next. I'd really really like to get a giant clean 6pt. and if he makes it to next year he'll be that I hope.

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Here's another farm in TN. Decent 8's that might be old enough.

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Some nice deer I see here.

I rarely ever get a picture of anything this large. Albeit I only put cameras out in later summer through the end of season. And typically only in food plots or over scrapes in food plots. I don't use them for scouting. I use them for fun and inventory.

I also think it jinxes me to show people pictures of deer I want to kill hahahaha
 

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