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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: sj22]
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4 hours ago
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johndeere5036
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george county ms
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If I believe the buck to be 5 year old plus, I am killing it no matter what the rack looks like. Me too, they ain’t all gonna be 130’s no matter how old they get, a 5 year old is a trophy to me Same here you kill a mature 5 plus year old deer in Alabama big rack or not he’s mature and smart. He’s seen probably more pressure than most deer in any other state and you can outsmart him to me that’s a big deal. You wanna learn about management go to Texas and hunt down there. The guys I hunt with are big on management and shoot nothing but mature deer on free range land.
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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: Pwyse]
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4 hours ago
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k bush
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Lower AL
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Option 1. I feel that he has potential to induce pedicle damage on younger bucks with better potential. Plus it’s another mouth to feed. Given the option to shoot a 5+ year old sporting 100” of antler and a 3 year old with 120” of antler I’m shooting the older deer.
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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: Standbanger]
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4 hours ago
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Mobile, AL
Pwyse
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I don’t think there are any five year old bucks much less does in my area. The cars and trucks kill most of the deers in my area, meat hunters get the remaining. I would have to change areas lol.
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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: johndeere5036]
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Mobile, AL
Pwyse
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Mobile, AL
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If I believe the buck to be 5 year old plus, I am killing it no matter what the rack looks like. Me too, they ain’t all gonna be 130’s no matter how old they get, a 5 year old is a trophy to me Same here you kill a mature 5 plus year old deer in Alabama big rack or not he’s mature and smart. He’s seen probably more pressure than most deer in any other state and you can outsmart him to me that’s a big deal. You wanna learn about management go to Texas and hunt down there. The guys I hunt with are big on management and shoot nothing but mature deer on free range land. It’s all about the area you hunt I guess. I could have killed 3 different 5+ year old bucks with inferior racks this year. And when I say inferior racks I’m not talking about deer that are 120”. I’m talking about deer that might get to 100”. Early season around here they aren’t real hard to outsmart. Now I guess I should also say that we haven’t seen 2 of those bucks since mid December. So they got pushed out or moved on to less pressured places I guess.
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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: Mbrock]
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Mobile, AL
Pwyse
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Mobile, AL
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Also, just because a mature buck has lower quality antlers one year doesn’t mean he always will. Having history on individual bucks is important. Stress, injury, drought, etc can cause considerable decrease in a bucks antlers one year, and they’ll often recover in far better condition. That’s a good point. Thanks for your input Matt. It’s always valued and appreciated.
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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: k bush]
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Mobile, AL
Pwyse
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Mobile, AL
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Option 1. I feel that he has potential to induce pedicle damage on younger bucks with better potential. Plus it’s another mouth to feed. Given the option to shoot a 5+ year old sporting 100” of antler and a 3 year old with 120” of antler I’m shooting the older deer. The pedicle damage to younger bucks is a view I haven’t heard. I agree I would shoot a 5 year old over a 3 year old in any case. A dead 3 year old always hurts my heart a little 😂
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Re: Mature bucks with inferior antlers
[Re: MoeBuck]
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3 hours ago
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Tallassee
G/H
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Tallassee
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G/H, no he’s not. We understand they drop some weight this time of year. Just try not to shoot a little turd buck 👍👍👍
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