ORIGINAL: rybohunter
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The absolute #1 reason bucks don't grow to be old huge PY monsters is because they are shot when they still have spots or racks no longer than the longest hair in the crack of my arse![/blockquote]
I disagree with that. There are so manny factors you can't possibly equate it to one thing
How can you disagree that age is not the #1 factor for getting large bucks? I don't care what kind of feed, and genetics you have, a buckWILL grow larger the older he gets until he passes his prime.
I disagree because, like I said there are so many other factors involved as to why a buck (or any other deer) doesn't get older.Yes many are killed by hunters, but don'tmore deer die every year from otherthings? there is starvation, road kills, predator kills, disease etc... Add all that up, then with the ones that do survive, not all have the genetic structure and even if they do they may not have the food togrow P&Y racks.
One only needs to look at this forum at all of the mature deer that have been killed and see that only a handfull of them are P&Y caliber bucks...why is that? They are mature deer that are being taken aren't they?
So to say the
absolute #1 reason why a buck doesn't grow to be a
P&Y buck is because of being killed at a younger age to me is not correct.
This is just another ploy to hide QAM behind QDM