Originally Posted by
ThomasLRC
People killing small young bucks has always baffled me. If you never let small deer walk then how are they supposed to grow up? Here are 2 pics of the same deer. The first one was when he first showed up on my trial camera in December of 2011 and the second is when I shot him last month.
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Inside spread was 18.5" I know thats probably small for parts of the country but its pretty nice for the part of SC I live in. I will just never understand why people around here complain about never seeing a nice buck when they mow down anything with antlers.
WELCOME to the forum!! What a fantastic buck by anyone's standards. There are several reasons but they all lie in the hands of the shooter. If your trophy hunting they say let the small one walk. If your meat hunting any thing's fair game. again Welcome and stick around!