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My guidelines as of the last few years has been work for for the big ones. Anything making 125 net I will take in a blink. It's not like Pope and Young deer are around every tree here in Minnesota where our gun season is in the peak of the rut.
Problem is I can't tell if he would make book or not. He has to be close but his G3 on the right looks funky. What's your take?

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that scores over 125. I am sure that I would take him if I were you

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I would take him.

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His G3 does look a little tweeked, but a damn fine looking animal regardless. I look for a good buck every year, and I wouldn't hesitate a bit taking him. Even with the tweeked G3; it gives him some character, and if you manage to take, you can maybe figure out why it's a little messed up. I shot a nice 8 point last year with the rifle that his whole left side looked weird, and it turned out when I got the European mount done that his whole head was actually crooked looks weird as hell, but it makes a nice conversation piece.;) Good luck on him, and who cares about the score if you like what you see!

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He is not done growing yet either....he will be at least 125

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I would tend to agree with the others. He is pushing 125 for sure. I would take him.

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He isa wall hanger! 125 easy..

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i would ;)

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No question!He would make you and any other hunter afine trophy and I am confident that he will gross well over the 125 mark. But I am not sure he would net 125? with the short G3. But for myself? That would be a shooter never the less[&:]

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Yes

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That is one beautiful animal, i for one would not think twice about harvesting him.

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Not a lot of mass on him. He'll be better in a year or two. That said, I don't give a rats... I'm shooting him.[8D]

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Thhhhwhack! :D

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hes 125 with plenty room to spare

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I have a self imposed standard as well--enjoy the season, and take only the legal bucks that I am happy to take.I don't get caught up on his 'score', but on how I hunted him and I concentrate on having a quality hunt rather than on worrying about someone else's concept of whether or not he is a 'shooter' . Obviously, I have just as much desire as the next to take anice buck, but that definition is not dictated to me by the 'trophy police' out there who seem to feel the need to impose their standards on everyone else.Every hunter has the need to stay legal, and hunt ethically, but they're not under any obligation to those that have created this artificial atmosphere of a mythical , and unhealthy for the sport, and for the deer herd, goal of raising the bar so to speak, to attempt to establish an unnatural balance in the buck/doe ratio, and in the attempt to manipulate the genetics, and age structure of the deer herd. The natural process has never been so picky, and is not controled by greed or ego, so why do we think we're doing a service by attempting to 'cull' our way into a 'superior' deer herd.Those genes you so-called just culled have long since been passed through multiple deer, buck and doe alike , and will continue regardless of our 'tactics'.Why don't we just get back to enjoying the thrill of the hunt, and concentrate on a quality experience rather than attempting to create an atmosphere of competition? Hunt wild, hunt hard, and hunt clean--but live and let live the hunter who has the guts to bypass this 'trophy craze' and is appreciative of all that is involved in the wild, and is content to let it remain pure, natural, and unmanipulated through artificial 'mangement' attempts!--oh yeah, I guess that means I would recommend that, if your happy about the hunt and the process of taking him, go for it!

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Great picture but bad angle to judge him. I think he is bigger then 125 net and should at least gross out at 135 - 140. Other then the funky G3... he has good tine height. Mass is decent. Going by his left ear... he is wider then his ears.

Looking at his body, he is 3 or 4 years old. Definitely not some scrawny 2.5 year old with good antlers. I would take him in a heart beat. He is a good buck.

He would look good with the rest of the bucks in your Signature!! Goodluck hunting him!!

Tim

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i deffinately would don't see many like that in south ga