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Cull for my son
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09/24/17 03:50 PM
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Rob M
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Thinking of letting my son shoot his first deer this year. Right now I have a couple of spikes that need to go, but this 6 point just started showing himself. I'm not a deer aging wiz, but I'm guessing this guy is 2.5 or 3 years old. Question is, would you cull it?
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: Rob M]
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09/24/17 04:57 PM
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Lack of brow tines would get him on the list for sure. Let your sone take him and build from there.
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/24/17 05:46 PM
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: Rob M]
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09/25/17 12:58 AM
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Thanks, glad to know I was being rational. The lack of brow tines is what got me thinking in the first place.
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: Rob M]
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09/25/17 01:03 AM
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How old's your son? 'Trying to get a consensus on when to really get serious about getting my grandson out there with a deer rifle. Thanks.
That's a great cull for him, by the way.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/25/17 04:30 AM
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/25/17 02:50 PM
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That deer is a prime example of what spikes turn into.
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/25/17 03:49 PM
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How old's your son? 'Trying to get a consensus on when to really get serious about getting my grandson out there with a deer rifle. Thanks.
That's a great cull for him, by the way. He just turned 7 on Saturday. I'm gonna let him shoot the crossbow. We will work on the rifle hunting for next season.
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: fouzman]
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09/25/17 06:02 PM
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That deer is a prime example of what spikes turn into. be hard to tell unless you saw him grow up
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/25/17 06:06 PM
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Sons first buck, go for it! But that is a 2 year old all day. If your growing trophies then pass, for the memory then take him!
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/25/17 06:11 PM
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That deer is a prime example of what spikes turn into. be hard to tell unless you saw him grow up Really? (sarcasm)
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/25/17 06:35 PM
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Sons first buck, go for it! But that is a 2 year old all day. If your growing trophies then pass, for the memory then take him! No trophies out here. This is literally 250 yards off my back porch.
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: Rob M]
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09/25/17 06:55 PM
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Let your kid shoot it and have fun. Isn't that why we all got into this sport?
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/27/17 07:46 AM
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Let him shoot it and then run back to house to wake momma up to come look. Make one happy kid. Mine (also 7) will be going on his first hunt this year. Best of luck to your little man.
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/27/17 10:13 AM
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This is not necessarily what spikes turn into....it has been proven without question spikes are not inferior deer....just young bucks. If you take out all spikes you are missing out on some great future bucks. I don't cull bucks until they are at least four years old..then you can tell what they are...however, I too would take out a young buck without brow tines. On my lease spikes are off limits.
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/27/17 12:15 PM
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This is not necessarily what spikes turn into.... But chances are he was a spike.
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/27/17 08:28 PM
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good looking cull as a first buck - good luck to you guys this season!
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: Rob M]
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09/28/17 09:28 AM
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Yes..all bucks are spikes at one time ...but if ya referring to this deer being a spike at i 1/2 year old the chances are low that he was a spike. He is two now ....my guess he was a four point at i i/2 year old. So ....no he was not a spike at one year old is my guess.
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: Rob M]
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09/28/17 11:27 AM
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Good one for your boy, good luck to y'all
Last edited by Stub; 09/28/17 11:29 AM.
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Re: Cull for my son
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09/28/17 12:22 PM
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Yes..all bucks are spikes at one time Huh? I've got a pasture full of yearling bucks with 8 points or more. When were they spikes?
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Re: Cull for my son
[Re: fouzman]
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09/28/17 02:19 PM
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Yes..all bucks are spikes at one time Huh? I've got a pasture full of yearling bucks with 8 points or more. When were they spikes? Agree with fouzman, many hard horned 1st year that are branched.
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