My goal this year was to hunt many days through mid December in hopes of seeing a good buck. I pulled my SD card last trip and this deer is showing up daily. I am sure some of you have been in the same boat trying to decide to use a buck tag on opening weekend when you have several days of Hunting planned during season. If I don't shoot this deer someone else will. If I do shoot this deer I have one buck tag left for season. How old do you think this deer is and what do you think it would score? Perhaps that will help me with my decision. Thanks

4.5. Shoot him and i guess low 130's

Buck appears to be 3.5-4.5 in my opinion. I don't know what the decision is? You are overthinking. You have another buck tag. Shoot him if you will be happy with him. I hunt in a one buck county...I would have a decision to make...you don't. I will say that I think he would grow some more if you let him walk...provided no one else shoots him.

I wouldn't pass him up.

He would get a tag for sure where Iam at.

I would shoot him at the break of day on opening morning. I love big 8's.

Im thinking 4.5 and a dang nice 8. I would shoot him for sure.

The deer I pray walks out opening morning is an 8 a little smaller hornwise but we are guesing 5.5 years old. I dream about that deer at night!

matt

4.5 and 128 inches.

Shoot him!

Slick 8's at 4.5 need to go on the wall. If he was a 10, I might let him go another year.

Id definitely shoot him very nice buck

4.5...130ish...not a decision...

If he walks up on opening weekend and you get really excited and want to kill him, so be it. If you have to talk yourself into killing him, let him walk. Don't confuse what makes someone else happy with what makes you happy. To kill him just because he might not make it through the season logic can be used on any buck on any lease anywhere. My idea of a perfect season is to see the biggest deer I have ever seen on opening morning and hunt him all year seeing him every once in a while to let me know he is still around, but kill him on the last day of the season. I enjoy the hunt a lot more than the kill. A kill signifies the end of a hunt. Sure, the chance of the killing part has to be there to make the hunt worthwhile, but the kill is not the entire representation of the hunt.

I would Choot him!! Looks like a very nice deer! The rest of the weekend can be spent on hogs or varmits or whatever else you got showing up!

I'll go 4.5 and pushin' 140. My wife shot one very similar to this last year that was 130 1/8 with busted browtines and this one looks to have a tad bit more tine length. He definately wouldn't get a pass from me!

Nice buck. He is either 4.5 or 5.5 and will score 140 or so. Really good 8 point that will look great on the wall. Very good symmetry also.

X2 Stx

... OR the rut kicks in and no one ever sees him.

Bang

Shoot him if you want, don't if you don't haha
Your decision to make!

Dang is that a feeder or a big electric smoker.Nice buck.

If you see this buck and he makes you say "I want to shoot that deer",then shoot him ,I would.

Shoot that buck. Very nice

shoot first,,ask questions later

Feeder is a lamco 800lb timed protein feeder. Best feeder I have ever purchased. Thanks