ORIGINAL: rybohunter
let me put it to you this way, say your in your stand and a2 1/2 y.o.8 point with a 18 inch spread we'll say he scores 125walks by with this mature buck behind it 6 points, 18 wide real tall: which would you rather shoot? the 6, not because of the rack but because it is a mature deer right? but you cant. we are forced to shoot the immature buck instead. and in a sense we are forced to hunt for horns
No one is being “forced” to do anything. You still have the choice of letting the 2.5 year old walk and searching for a mature buck that does have the required points. We aren’t forced to “horn hunt” in PA with these restrictions and the state is not going to fill up with mature 4 pts. About 15 years ago I saw one of only 2 deer in my life that were huge with few points. It was a nice heavy 18” wide 4 pt. There were no excuses for his existence back then.
Funny you say that I got a 4 point on my farm now that is out over the ears and the G-2's I know are 10" I would love to look at this unique deer on my wall but cant shoot him!
Tim