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Please I need your help asap
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11/26/14 04:52 AM
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Oki need y'all's help and asap, IM AT THE LEASE. This buck just showed up and I got a important question for you guys. I was thinking about letting him walk and he is the second biggest deer we have seen on cam on this lease and my dad thinks I'm crazy. The biggest deer on the lease I took last year, which was a low 130s 8point. FOR YOU GUYS WITH EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA please help lol. How old do you guys think this buck is and at what age do they usually pop. Like when do they usually make that mature buck jump in alter size if they are going to? He was a 10 last year but only a nine this year and I'm trying to decide what to do,smh This is 2013
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443803
11/26/14 04:56 AM
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2013 last year 2014 this year a couple of days ago
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443808
11/26/14 05:02 AM
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Drop Him!
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Seeing as he is a older mature buck and could be in decline due to only being a 9pt this year, I would harvest him in a heart beat!
Last edited by SaltyDawg88; 11/26/14 05:05 AM. Reason: additional info added.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443809
11/26/14 05:02 AM
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His hair is all fluffed up, so he looks really big bodied. Even with that, his head is very square, neck and front shoulder are huge and his legs look pretty short. I'd guess he's 5.5 in this photo, so that'd make him 6.5 now. I'd think he's at his prime and may start to decline next year. Shoot him.
Disclaimer - I'm not nearly as good as some of the guys on here at aging or scoring, so I'd put more weight in their opinions.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443811
11/26/14 05:03 AM
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Kill him he is 7.5 years old and this will most likely be his best year
Scared knees dead give away
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#5443813
11/26/14 05:04 AM
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that deer is mature.
go ahead and shoot him
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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11/26/14 05:04 AM
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His hair is all fluffed up, so he looks really big bodied. Even with that, his head is very square, neck and front shoulder are huge and his legs look pretty short. I'd guess he's 5.5 in this photo, so that'd make him 6.5 now. I'd think he's at his prime and may start to decline next year. Shoot him.
Disclaimer - I'm not nearly as good as some of the guys on here at aging or scoring, so I'd put more weight in their opinions. Sorry, computer only showed the first photo when I posted this. But, yeah, he's old and I'd drop him.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443819
11/26/14 05:06 AM
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There is rumors of 150-160s in this area and in the 2013 pics it was super cold and that has something to do with his appearance of being huge.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443832
11/26/14 05:15 AM
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There is rumors of 150-160s in this area and in the 2013 pics it was super cold and that has something to do with his appearance of being huge. If he does not float your boat then wait on the 150-160
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443836
11/26/14 05:18 AM
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443892
11/26/14 10:40 AM
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I'm not 100% sure that he didn't break that G4 off on that one side this year.... I think he is a nice buck and I'm fine with taking him I just don't wanna shoot him if he's at that point where he might gain 20 inches I'm one year. At what age do you guys normally see them pop????? And I was thinking he was 4.5 last year but I'm not the best at aging deer, just going off of comparison of what the guys on here say. If he's 7.5, I got a deer that must be 10 lol, I'll see if I can find pics of him, he has roles on his neck lol
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443912
11/26/14 11:44 AM
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You are way overthinking this deal. He is mature. You have said he is big for your area. If you like him, shoot him.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443931
11/26/14 12:20 PM
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Click...boom...take pictures.... .... ...post pictures on THF.. You can't kill a rumor..IME rumors ground shrink very badly. If you like him, kill him since he is post mature.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443955
11/26/14 12:51 PM
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Click...boom...take pictures.... .... ...post pictures on THF.. You can't kill a rumor..IME rumors ground shrink very badly. If you like him, kill him since he is post mature. This
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5443961
11/26/14 12:53 PM
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If it makes your heart rate go up and get excited when you think about shooting, bang!! If not, let him walk.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5444007
11/26/14 01:29 PM
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Fine deer to shoot. But if you're hesitating, that tells me you might be looking for something else.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5444041
11/26/14 01:44 PM
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He is not going to get better. His front end and roman nose says it all. Bang, flop!
Last edited by DH 1; 11/26/14 01:45 PM.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5444064
11/26/14 01:54 PM
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Is he nice, yes. Would I be proud of him, yes... Only reason I am hesitate to take him is because I know that if I'm going to get deer in the 140s and 150s I'm going to have to pass deer of this size. Can someone that has spent time managing please give me an age range on when they can make a jump in size if they are going too and also about what age they will start to decline???
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5444081
11/26/14 02:02 PM
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stxranchman
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Is he nice, yes. Would I be proud of him, yes... Only reason I am hesitate to take him is because I know that if I'm going to get deer in the 140s and 150s I'm going to have to pass deer of this size. Can someone that has spent time managing please give me an age range on when they can make a jump in size if they are going too and also about what age they will start to decline??? There is not set age range when they will jump. Not two deer herds are the same IME. Some deer make a huge jump from 4 to 5 and some from 3 to 4. Some jump one year only and others multiple years in a row. Weather dictates a lot, but if they do not have the genetics to make that jump you are looking for then it won't happen. IME most deer that make one big jump will only grow a few inches per year till they hit 7 or 8. This buck is 7 or older now IMO. Depending on habitat and weather some bucks will start to decline at 7 while others will at 8 or 9. If you had a good rainfall year this year then he is not going to much better. You can't add genetics with age no matter how long you wait.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5444104
11/26/14 02:13 PM
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Thanks stx this is the info I was looking for. Can you please tell me what characteristics make you think 7 years old?
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#5444112
11/26/14 02:20 PM
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Big neck, big sholders, big bone, saggy stance, lump jaw, I think I saw a cane laying next to him too
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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#5444136
11/26/14 02:35 PM
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Big neck, big sholders, big bone, saggy stance, lump jaw, I think I saw a cane laying next to him too All of this plus gray face and lot of white on all his lower legs to his hooves. Calloused knees show also show age. His body and wide head showed a 6 yr old age last year. Not all post mature bucks show age the same. That do not all get a sway back and lot of loose saggy skin.
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Re: Please I need your help asap
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11/26/14 03:08 PM
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Thanks again.... Where do y'all think he will hit the score boards??? Mid 120s???
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