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 Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/26/10 11:35 PM
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3.5 to 4.5 let the young ones take him.
If I'm not hunting something I must be dead.
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/26/10 11:50 PM
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kyle1974
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why would anyone wait until a deer is 5.5 to CULL?
the entire idea of a CULL buck is to remove them from the herd, not wait and see how big you can get your CULL bucks to be...
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/27/10 04:40 PM
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Teal28
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X2 if hes the same next year. I'd take him!  
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/27/10 05:45 PM
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he's either two and a half or three and a half, my honest guess would be two. it depends some on where this is too. he's obviously a heavier deer with decent antler characteristics. but if he's a south texas deer or a northern deer then that's natural. he's going to look big already in comparision to a hill country deer.
as far as shooting him. it depends on the property you are on. if you are on a very large ranch with extensive an trophy management program then he could potentially merit culling next year. on some properties he's already a trophy. on most places though i would say he deserves to grow another year or two. i would give him two more years.
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/29/10 04:47 AM
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/29/10 04:59 AM
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as far as shooting him. it depends on the property you are on. if you are on a very large ranch with extensive an trophy management program then he could potentially merit culling next year. on some properties he's already a trophy. on most places though i would say he deserves to grow another year or two. i would give him two more years.
Erich
we are seeing him on about 300acres, low fence, deep east texas.
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/29/10 05:01 AM
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rifleman
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nah, he's still dumb. He doesn't hang out around the feeders during the daytime (except for at daylight opening morning), but he frequents the front end of a hayfield.
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/29/10 05:15 AM
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KeithTT
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Next year opening mornin' be at that feeder have a kid at that feeder! If he's a no show then I'd be at the hayfield! Well atleast you have him patterned! Call me if a kid smack's him I wanna video it!
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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04/29/10 04:52 PM
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might sound bad, but the kiddos go other places to hunt early in season and we get around to taking them when they are out for Christmas break.
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Re: Age? What would you do?
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05/01/10 02:15 AM
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300 acres... doens't really matter to cull him. see what he turns into. Maybe he will surprise you.
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