Broken Tines?

[PABuck_HNTR]

I was down at a friends deer camp yesterday archery hunting. During a early afternoon break one of the others hunters brought out the 8 point rack from the deer he shot last weekend. It wasn't a huge deer by any means which is rare in the mountains anyway. But it had a broken g 2. After talking to him about it for a while, I started thinking about the deer I had previously killed in Pa and a majority of them usually had atleast one broken tine somewhere. Is this common throughout the state? And what about other states out there. Can you guys comment also? Just curious.

[PABuck_HNTR]

I guess all the deer you guys shoot are perfect!

[Rebel Hog]

Here's one that Ruger Redhawk just posted in the Deer hunting section!


Here's the one with the broken main beam.

[tj_cubin]

my buck this year and last both had a broken tine, last year it robbed me of a point

[cardeer]

If they are not sissys they often breake them fight over deer chicks

[PABuck_HNTR]

So broken tines are more common than not?

[rybohunter]

I think I am lucky, very few of my bucks are busted up. But I have seen my dad take a lot that were.

[livbucks]

Just indicates the amount of fighting he has been involved in. Is a good indication that there is a buck around that is very similar to yours in age and rack size. A smaller racked buck will generally not toy with a big racked buck. People are like that too.