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age & score help please
#6552819
11/21/16 04:46 PM
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Bross0
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Light Foot
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Light Foot
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Can I get age and score input on this guy? Only seen him once on camera but want a better idea incase he steps back out. We hunt near Jarrell Tx and its a good deer for the area but we are trying to get a good management program going and don't want to shoot young deer, or even 4.5 year olds to let them fill the gene pool. What do y'all think? Thank you in advance!
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Re: age & score help please
[Re: Bross0]
#6552827
11/21/16 04:51 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
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Navasot
Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Solid 4yr old low 130s depending on width... my kinda deer
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552839
11/21/16 05:04 PM
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SapperTitan
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Taking Requests
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552845
11/21/16 05:06 PM
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Navasot
Hollywood
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Hollywood
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I wouldn't hesitate shooting a 4yr old 8 because of gene particulars... only if you need more buck:doe would be the only management wised call on not shooting imo... BUT he will be bigger next year if he dont die from rut or someone else... and hes running hard
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552857
11/21/16 05:13 PM
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Bross0
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Light Foot
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We have very little pressure from neighboring properties luckily so if he gets one more year he should be even better. You can't see it in those pictures but in that top picture I believe he has a small 9th point on his left beam which is the only reason I hesitate at all. Because he could be real good next year if he grows another to match. Guess we will see what happens if he gets in the crosshairs!
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552867
11/21/16 05:18 PM
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Navasot
Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Id say at his age hes 95% gona be a 9or under next year rather the other way. Its not impossible but iv hardly seen them add main points (not stickers,kickers,drops etc) but solid MB points
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552869
11/21/16 05:18 PM
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TexasKC
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That's a danged nice buck. It would be hard to give him a pass but I would let him walk this year.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552870
11/21/16 05:18 PM
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Navasot
Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Would be cool to see him next year though
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Re: age & score help please
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#6552963
11/21/16 06:22 PM
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rattler03
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I think he might be a 5 year old deer. I agree 130 to 135 depending on his spread. Very nice buck! Are you east or west of IH-35?
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Re: age & score help please
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#6553009
11/21/16 06:43 PM
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Bross0
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Light Foot
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West side off 487 outside Jarrell, first year on the place for our group and we are trying to get it top notch!
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Re: age & score help please
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#6553097
11/21/16 07:49 PM
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Leonardo
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Mature deer for sure. I don't think he will sniff 130 though. Low 120's imo.
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Re: age & score help please
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#6555333
11/23/16 04:46 AM
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rattler03
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West side off 487 outside Jarrell, first year on the place for our group and we are trying to get it top notch! Nice, I assume the deer density is pretty good if its hill country type terrain. If you've got this guy walking around out there. I'd say you've got a good start on getting your place "top notch." Good luck on the rest of the season and moving forward beyond that.
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Re: age & score help please
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#6556171
11/23/16 09:39 PM
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Upland007
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I AGREE WITH THE ABOVE!!!
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Re: age & score help please
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#6556315
11/23/16 10:57 PM
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Chafro
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I see a 5.5 deer in 130s.
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Re: age & score help please
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#6556920
11/24/16 12:42 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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THF Celebrity
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5-6 Mature hill country buck. Mid 130s.
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Re: age & score help please
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#6562405
11/28/16 07:37 PM
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Bross0
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Light Foot
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Well the rubber met the road and I did not think twice about pulling the trigger on this old boy. He cam out once for about 5 seconds and allowed me to get the jitters out then I watched him chase does for another 15 minutes before he disappeared for a while. He came back out at 45yards and my hand-me-down Remington .270 I got from my grandpa dropped him in his tracks. We scored him with a hard tape measure(it was all we had)and he went 120 1/2 but he would do a little better with a better measuring tape but he is the biggest I've ever taken even with that 120 1/2 score and have high hopes for our lease for years to come!
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