Down here a mature buck is 5 1/2+ years old, but most of the trophy bucks that we take are 6 1/2- 7 1/2.
buckslayer1:
If a 13 year old bagged a buck out of one of my stands I would have been happy as hell. But I'am not from TEXAS so I'am glad I don't hunt there.
Its not that the 13 year old killed a buck that makes him mad, its the fact that he killed a young buck that had good potential. There are plenty of bucks running around and if that kid would have waited alittle longer then he probably would have been able to take a more mature animal. Theres no point in killing an immature deer when there are plenty of mature ones around.