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have you ever seen a large population of old spikes 4.5 + years of age. nope
its kinda funny every year if its a good rain year you dont see that many spikes but if the rain was low you see a crap load of them.
if you let them grow they will be big

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yea and TP&W make the spike rule so people think its ok to harvest them no matter how old they are.

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it is okay to harvest them no matter how old they r great eatin too

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Young spikes make some darn good eating. I've always heard a yearling spike will never be a monster buck! My question is when you shoot your monster buck do you just cut off it's head or donate the meat? If they where cows you would be eating an old bull and the spike would be veal.

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i will only eat 1 deer at most, so im not to big shooting a ton of deer. with the price of deer hunting you could eat ribeye everyday insted of hunting. you cant tell the diffence in a young spike or a old buck if there made into sauage. again i am not talking about evey hunter only the ones that think they are managing there deer herd buy shooting young spikes

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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It's better for you too!!! I wish I coul say the same, but my vension is almost gone and I haven't gotten any hogs this year yet!

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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between lease money, gas, food for men and the crew to eat while we hunt, blinds, feeders, corn, protein, jeep, foruwheeler, camo clothes, rifles handguns, ammo,and time. its alot more money to hunt than sit at the house and eat ribeyes. yet no way nere as fun

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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between lease money, gas, food for men and the crew to eat while we hunt, blinds, feeders, corn, protein, jeep, foruwheeler, camo clothes, rifles handguns, ammo,and time. its alot more money to hunt than sit at the house and eat ribeyes. yet no way nere as fun

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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between lease money, gas, food for men and the crew to eat while we hunt, blinds, feeders, corn, protein, jeep, foruwheeler, camo clothes, rifles handguns, ammo,and time. its alot more money to hunt than sit at the house and eat ribeyes. yet no way nere as fun

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Well since I hunt in my back yard, my only expense is corn, and stand up keep. I want to see anyone eat ribeyes every day for about 100 dollars a month. That is what I figure I pay for corn.

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you dont use no ammo or rifle. lol jk

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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between lease money, gas, food for men and the crew to eat while we hunt, blinds, feeders, corn, protein, jeep, foruwheeler, camo clothes, rifles handguns, ammo,and time. its alot more money to hunt than sit at the house and eat ribeyes. yet no way nere as fun

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Well since I hunt in my back yard, my only expense is corn, and stand up keep. I want to see anyone eat ribeyes every day for about 100 dollars a month. That is what I figure I pay for corn.

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you dont use no ammo or rifle. lol jk

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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between lease money, gas, food for men and the crew to eat while we hunt, blinds, feeders, corn, protein, jeep, foruwheeler, camo clothes, rifles handguns, ammo,and time. its alot more money to hunt than sit at the house and eat ribeyes. yet no way nere as fun

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Well since I hunt in my back yard, my only expense is corn, and stand up keep. I want to see anyone eat ribeyes every day for about 100 dollars a month. That is what I figure I pay for corn.

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you dont use no ammo or rifle. lol jk

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I use a stick. J/K. I have plenty rifles, but only one I use for hunting and I have had it for about 10 years now. I reload my own ammo, and have enough supplies for the rest of my life. My point is even if I didn't hunt I would still have guns and ammo. I use way more ammo just messing around than I do hunting. I have never had to shoot an animal more than once, so even if it was 2 bucks a round that is cheap.

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sounds like you have it mad buddy

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back to the subject.... Its really dumb to shoot spikes if your trying to manage and grow big bucks I work on a high fenced ranch where the guy tagged 12 spikes 2 years ago all were 1.5 year old and this year 8 of the bucks are 10 points and 3 are 8 points and 1 is a 6 point. He has a 1000acre pen so he knows his deer and has kept track of them ever since.

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i was gonna say that

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back to the subject.... Its really dumb to shoot spikes if your trying to manage and grow big bucks I work on a high fenced ranch where the guy tagged 12 spikes 2 years ago all were 1.5 year old and this year 8 of the bucks are 10 points and 3 are 8 points and 1 is a 6 point. He has a 1000acre pen so he knows his deer and has kept track of them ever since.

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yep this is what i was tring to explain.

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All we eat is venison and wild hog, it is way cheaper for me than buying meat.

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between lease money, gas, food for men and the crew to eat while we hunt, blinds, feeders, corn, protein, jeep, foruwheeler, camo clothes, rifles handguns, ammo,and time. its alot more money to hunt than sit at the house and eat ribeyes. yet no way nere as fun

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Well since I hunt in my back yard, my only expense is corn, and stand up keep. I want to see anyone eat ribeyes every day for about 100 dollars a month. That is what I figure I pay for corn.

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you dont use no ammo or rifle. lol jk

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I use a stick. J/K. I have plenty rifles, but only one I use for hunting and I have had it for about 10 years now. I reload my own ammo, and have enough supplies for the rest of my life. My point is even if I didn't hunt I would still have guns and ammo. I use way more ammo just messing around than I do hunting. I have never had to shoot an animal more than once, so even if it was 2 bucks a round that is cheap.

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sounds like you have it mad buddy

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