I am not real big on hunting antlered deer only, because me personnally I like doe meat better. I posted a reply on another web page about a topic and in my post I made the commit that if a buck was mature I would take him. That kicked off a big debate on what a mature buck is and what determines a mature buck, ect....I stated that I don't like to shoot button bucks or small anterled deer.One guy on the site called me an idiot more or less because my ideaof a mature buck was not the same as his.Now I know antlers are based on genetics, food source and all that, so you can't judge the age of a deer by it's antlers. I was always taught that you really can only determine the age of a deer by it's teeth.

SOOO with out getting into any heated debate, what is a mature buck and more importantly for me, HOW do you determine the age of a buck or doewhile sitting in your stand 30, 40 yds away?