I had been hunting for....5 years before I killed my first antlered buck, a 2.5 y/o 8 point. But I just killed my first mature buck last year, a 4.5 y/o 8 point, and I've been HUNTING for 18 years, but BOW hunting for 5.
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1995 Ford Ranger XL
Douglas Radial Tires
Super Blue headlights
Fiberglass front bumper
2400 pounds
well this guy might be 3.5, but most likely a 2.5
i wonder what he would score at 5.5, still very proud of him, no matter what the age
i was 14 when i killed him
Same age as in Scotts post. Two weeks shy of 35. At the time I'd hunted for 25 years. For the first 24 years I shot the first buck I had an oppertunity to shoot. The first year I decided to hold out for a P&Y, I got one. He was at least 4 1/2.
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So there I was, Nov 12th 1996, flying down the highway, smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee, windows down for scent control.
I was 30 when I shot my first mature buck with my bow, the taxi aged him at 7 1/2 and I had been bowhunting 8 years at that time and here we are 5 years later and haven't gotten another one. I had a run af bad hunting land, till two years ago and they are very strict about the age that can be harvested,This Year Looks Good Though!!
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and "P.E.T.A. Sucks"
How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
, still very proud of him, no matter what the age
