If he's only 1.5, let him walk, give him a chance to grow. By 2.5 and 3.5 you should have a decent indication if he is gonna produce head gear that are up to your expectations.

Case in point, this last fall, I have one spot that I hunt that had a big bodied bruiser of a buck working an area. He had short short tines for a 5x5 and was later aged at 3.5 after he was harvested and I estimated him to be this age before he was harvested. This is on public land but the last thing I wanted him doing was breeding any more does in my hunting area. I rattle him in for my father in law and he took him, he was tickled to have the meat and he could care less about the rack so it worked out good for both of us.

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