how many points does a white tail grow in a year?

[high country ultra force]

i was wondering how big the three 8 points and the one 10 point and a couple of 4 pointer that i have seen on the farm i hunt will be next year.

[davidmil]

Chances are the 10 will still be a 10, a couple of the 8's will still be 8's, and the 4 pointers will be anywhere from a 4 point to a 10 point. There is really no given rule as to what they'll be. A lot depends on genetics, food and age structure as you see them this year. There is NO &quot;Points per year&quot; correlation. I think I read somewhere that the documented largest rack on a year and a half old whitetail buck was something like a 14 point with an 18 inch spread. That type of deer will more than likely just add lots of mass and maybe a couple more characters as he matures. That's not to say that the 4 pointer you saw can't become something impressive if he was young when you saw him as a crotch horn. I think the best thing to do is call in help to do the survey next fall. Myself and Mdbowhunter would be more than willing to help.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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[davidmil]

Never got him. Len hunted him one time while I was away for 2 weeks. He didn't see a thing. If the wind is right I'll try it this afternoon. They had a muzzleloader season here while I was gone. There are some people hunt next door that gun hunt where he comes from. I don't know if they did anything or not. No one has been near our place in a couple weeks.

Edited by - davidmil on 01/06/2003 12:04:14

[beprepn]

Deer and Deer Hunting had the results of a study in it which basically agrees with the other posters. B ut I can't find the darn thing.

Larry Koller's book, &quot;Shots at Whitetails&quot;, the bible of deer hunting for the WW II crowd, says that there is one way to get an idea of a deer's age from the antlers, the angle of the antlers with the ground gets lower with age. The antlers get more and more horizontal where the meet the skull as the deer gets older.

He also says the following: &quot;However, although there is no steady progression, as the buck progresses in age and at the same time remains a vigorous animal, racks of 10, 12 or even more points are grown more often.&quot;

beprepn