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Get a hold of, or pmPreacher Tony in the bow hunting section. He's posted quitea few times,an incredible series of pics that shows the growth progressionof a healthy buck with good genetics. It really is amazing to see this buck start from a spike, and make it to mature 10 year old monster.
I would say do a search, but I don't remember the thread topic.
That was an awesome story and thread Tony had! I don't know if it made it to 10 years old though but none the less it was good info. I'll go by what the avg bucks are in my area. 1st year buck with a avg 6 point rack usually will be in that 50" to 60" range. 2nd year buck your looking at about 80" to 90" range, maybe smaller. 3rd year they could hit 125"+. After that you can usually figure on them putting 15 to 20 inches a year on until they hit there peak. Really depends on the area and the nutrients they are eating.
Agreed that genics, location and available food sources are the major keys. A good 1 1/2 old in my area can easily be 130", 2 1/2 140's, 150"+ at 3 1/2.