I was reading a hunting article about Non-Typical bucks and it talked about how there are not that many Non-Typical bucks shot and they were wondering why? I know the answer and it is because people shoot bucks to soon like year and a half olds or even two years old. I think if people wait until the bucks get 3 years or older there would be more non-typicals that would get shot. Last deer season I passed on a lot of year old bucks and even a two year old that scored around 120 typical. I was rewarded with a typical 10 point that scores 130 typical. My dad and I only shoot big bucks because we understand that if we pass on the small ones they will get big. On our property we have more non-typicals than we do typicals because we let them grow and get bigger. Let me know if you think you have more non-typicals or typicals where you hunt?

To tell you the truth, it depends on what place I'm hunting. Some of my hunting spots have primarily typicals and other have primarily non-typicals. I've killed one buck with a droptine and other with a double main beam. But like you said, I think it depends a lot on the age of the deer.

I think it's mostly genetics. Look at the top typicals. Mature deer with 200+ inches of massive typical points. 5X5s and 6X6s. On our property we had a 3X1 a couple of years ago. A few years before that we had a 5X2. Those were non-typicals but they started getting freaky in their first couple of years. Maturity will bring out some forked tines and some stickers, but if it's going to turn into a Beatty buck, you'll see thatin the first 2 or 3 years. The Hanson buck wouldn't turn into the Beatty buck if he was given 2 more years.