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Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/08/21 02:43 PM
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b weezy
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 02:52 PM
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scalebuster
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I’d kill him opening day if I saw him. That’s an old deer.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 02:55 PM
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Hudbone
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That deer ain't four. Bulking up now for the rut, he will look even older in two months. A very nice brute.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 02:58 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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That deer has already spread his genes for atleast 5.5 year min…. I’d be tempted to say + 2 to that. If it was me I think he ends up finishing out and showing 7. Unfortunately until oct it’s a roll of the dice on age. With that said, he ain’t 4
Letting him roll another year means he might breeds 0-3 does
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/08/21 03:10 PM
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Stevarino
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That deer has already spread his genes for atleast 5.5 year min…. I’d be tempted to say + 2 to that. If it was me I think he ends up finishing out and showing 7. Unfortunately until oct it’s a roll of the dice on age. With that said, he ain’t 4
Letting him roll another year means he might breeds 0-3 does Agree
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 03:16 PM
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kmon11
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Difficult to tell age this time of the year but agree with the others he is well beyond 4, I am thinking 6 just from that. With the rains of this year is a great one for antler growth and who knows what the next year or two will bring.
Agree with Bobo on the breading of 0-3 does that could be 0 to 6 fawns.
See wht he looks like mid October before making the decision of take or not if even given the chance, the old ones have a way of being real visible now and not so much come season.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 03:56 PM
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Texas buckeye
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And letting him walk another year means he may drop on the antlers next year if its a drought year too.
If you like him, shoot him. His genes are out there. But remember, 50% of the genes come from the doe side….
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 03:58 PM
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Stompy
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Agree with Bobo, older buck, take him out if you get the chance. Over the years I've let way to many older nice bucks walk and never see them again.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 04:19 PM
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He would not make it another season if I saw him. I believe he is well beyond 4 personally.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/08/21 04:33 PM
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You have 2 guys on the lease that know a thing or two about deer again and 2 that need to work on aging.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/08/21 08:09 PM
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Stevarino
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You have 2 guys on the lease that know a thing or two about deer again and 2 that need to work on aging. ![roflmao roflmao](/forum/images/graemlins/default/roflmao.gif) that’s a good way of putting it
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/08/21 08:29 PM
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stxranchman
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That deer has already spread his genes for atleast 5.5 year min…. I’d be tempted to say + 2 to that. If it was me I think he ends up finishing out and showing 7. Unfortunately until oct it’s a roll of the dice on age. With that said, he ain’t 4
Letting him roll another year means he might breeds 0-3 does This ^^^^^^^^. He was four at one point in his life and it ain't this year. He is going to be at least 6 now and I am guessing by the body size and characteristics he his going to be post mature....7+. He will look his age in late Sept. He has been involved in the breeding his whole life...not the extent early on as it was the last few years but even then they do not cover that many does. Then factor in your fawn survival rate, then those that make it to 1 yrs old and it gets even worse. If you have a lot of mature bucks then he may not even been on your place by the rut, there could be a dominant buck that would push him off of your lease.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 08:32 PM
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That deer at least 5.5; I’d take him out. Agree with stxranchman..
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/08/21 10:25 PM
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Hudbone
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Oh my! Did STX just agree with Bobo?
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/09/21 12:10 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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5.5 minimum and I'd say probably 6.5.
Boom......whop!
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/09/21 01:06 PM
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Williamson county ... who ever sees that deer first will likely take the shot. I'm going 5.5+
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/09/21 01:11 PM
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He's mature, I see no reason to let that deer walk.
He could throw a fawn that looks just like him, he could breed nothing at all, or his offspring could be a no brow 6 or a goofy 7 point etc. Native free range deer are Hinz 57 mutts, the gene pool that created him is in the rest of your deer, it was before he was born and it will still be there after he is gone.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: redchevy]
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08/09/21 04:09 PM
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He's mature, I see no reason to let that deer walk.
He could throw a fawn that looks just like him, he could breed nothing at all, or his offspring could be a no brow 6 or a goofy 7 point etc. Native free range deer are Hinz 57 mutts, the gene pool that created him is in the rest of your deer, it was before he was born and it will still be there after he is gone. I agree with redchevy and just about everyone else. Great deer, old enough and worrying about decisions based on who breeds who and when is an unrealistic task.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/09/21 09:04 PM
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bobcat1
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/09/21 09:59 PM
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HornSlayer
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And letting him walk another year means he may drop on the antlers next year if its a drought year too.
If you like him, shoot him. His genes are out there. But remember, 50% of the genes come from the doe side…. Actually more than 60% based on what I've read.
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason!
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: b weezy]
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08/10/21 02:52 AM
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TXHunter0619
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Seems like a broken record at this point, but as with all animals, deer move. If he's around now, you may as well have a go given the level of maturity he appears to be at.
If you're that concerned about spreading his genes, suppose you could always get him later in the season IF you happen to keep him around that long once the guns start going off with any type of regularity.
tough times don't last, tough people do
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/12/21 08:02 PM
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Spreading his genes around is a misnomer in my books as a reason to not shoot a buck. Reading some studies on that and was surprised when the number of a dominant buck being very prolific if he breeds 7 does. Say he breeds 10 a year, that is still not a very high number, especially when you factor in all the reasons that could take him out in a year. The only thing I would wait on is to see what he looks like in the fall. I think then he will look much older and mature than he does now. Good luck on whatever you all decide.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/13/21 12:13 AM
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txtrophy85
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People love to let shooter bucks walk....sort of an endearing theme
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
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08/13/21 12:16 AM
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People love to let shooter bucks walk....sort of an endearing theme I never do it and never will
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Re: Letting him walk🤷🏻♂️
[Re: Biscuit]
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08/13/21 12:31 AM
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stxranchman
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People love to let shooter bucks walk....sort of an endearing theme I never do it and never will How many buck tags do you have? ![grin grin](/forum/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif)
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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