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TheLBLman
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You should let one of the kids shoot that young buck 
Or let him go so he can grow.
Can't tell a lot by that one pic, but what is he, 3 1/2?
Or let him go so he can grow.
Can't tell a lot by that one pic, but what is he, 3 1/2?
You should let one of the kids shoot that young buck
Or let him go so he can grow.
Can't tell a lot by that one pic, but what is he, 3 1/2?
If he steps out in daylight i bet he'll dead and a half lol
BSK
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I've got close-up video of him broadside. 4 1/2. He was actually around last year as 3 1/2 year-old 9-point.
backyardtndeer
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Nice buck. Good luck on him.
TheLBLman
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BSK
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Ha! I'll let everyone else fight over the little 11-pointer!Don't be a game hog, let your daughter or some other kid "harvest" that one
The above buck and these other two are my primary targets so far:
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TheLBLman
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Right now, I don't have a "target" buck. Just hoping for an intruder to show up that meets the standard
The 10 would get a pass with the two big mainframe 8's around!
The one 8 has an interesting extra point at his base. Cool buck!
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megalomaniac
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How do you not have a bazillion mature culls?
I'm being serious... 3/4 of my mature bucks are culls. And the top quartile of mature bucks won't break 135.
Never seen such high grading of young bucks as what's been going on past 3 years.
Here's a newcomer. I'll kill his ass if he shows up.
I'm being serious... 3/4 of my mature bucks are culls. And the top quartile of mature bucks won't break 135.
Never seen such high grading of young bucks as what's been going on past 3 years.
Here's a newcomer. I'll kill his ass if he shows up.
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That deer should be pulling a sled!
I've hunted TN now for 10yrs and not once have i seen a 135" deer in person or on camera. Got a couple on camera that might bust 125" but so far biggest I've killed was 123". A 30 minute drive north and deer are "normal" size. It's so bizarre how much variation exists in such close proximity.
megalomaniac
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Your place sounds more like the midwest than the south! Would be disheartening not getting to see some of the good bucks grow to their potential though.
ULTRAMAG25
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Nice buck
DoubleRidge
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Nice bucks! November is here!
Outdoor Enthusiast
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Yep. Same for me. I cannot count the number of 110" 8 pointers I have on camera this year. And across every age class. It's a bit depressing.
Don't get me wrong, I have killed a truck load of bucks that size over my hunting career. However, at this point I am targeting larger, older, and higher scoring bucks (when they exist).
I have somewhat resigned myself to targeting a couple "cull" mature bucks this year since there are no higher scoring bucks.
IMO, based on sightings and trail cam photos, this has been the case for the last decade on most farms I hunt in West TN, with plenty of hunting pressure around them, generally speaking. While hunting and reviewing trail cam pics, I see more mature bucks at or below the average gross score per cohort, compared to at or above the average. TheLBLMan has preached it for years and so have I. I first noticed it at Ames around 2010 when the hunting club was repeatedly high grading the standing crop of bucks on the landscape. (killing best 2.5s/3.5s) The top scoring wandering and inattentive 2.5s/3.5s are cherry picked out of the herd more times than not. Furthermore, their smaller bodies make their antlers appear even larger than they are, thus drawing more attention to them in the heat of the moment.
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BSK
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We definitely see a lot of that. The really great 3 1/2s get killed (primarily by me!) and only the super secretive ones live to maturity. Plus, we seem to see the most antler growth early, as in they really stop growing much after 3 1/2.
