RE: Check this out. My Pennsylvania Buck Age Chart.
What's a 5.5 year old buck, they can live that long???
Seriously, Might catch heck for this, but...I wouldn't be surprised if that 5.5 year old didn't have that great of genes! good genes would get that rack to 180, bad, 150. What's it score?
Food+Age=a great buck: add in a little superior genitics and you still end up with...a great buck. You should see some of the genetically inferior 8-points a friend of mine culls from his management herds-150P&Y, 200+ field-dressed bucks are "out the door".
Jeff...U.P. of Michigan.