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Old 07-07-2004 | 10:38 PM
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TXhighrack
 
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Default RE: Management deer?

The only time you want to take a management deer, is when the buck in question is mature and lacking the size of antlers that other deer his age have. The buck in this picture seems to be young, probably 2 1/2, so culling him out of the herd would probably not be a good move. If he was 5 1/2+ and looked like this, then I would say take him. But as of right now I would let him go for another 2 years atleast. I've seen alot of young bucks that had poor antlers, yet they turned into nice trophy bucks once they hit there prime.

But its your choice, and if you do decide to take him atleast your going to allow a kid to take him, thats a very good thing to do. But even if you dont want to hunt this buck, maybe you could still invite a kid out hunting and let him/her take a doe or two?? Good hunting all, and be safe.
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