Nanny whackers: A doe to be truly proud of.
11-25-2007, 03:09 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Northwest suburbs, Illinois
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RE: Nanny whackers: A doe to be truly proud of.
Thank you everyone.
drhntr178..
I've never heard of that before and I'm a deer nerd! But I will look into it. I wouldn't really think it would be true though.. it really wouldn't make much sense for a deer to "shrink" in size as it reaches maturity or 4 years of age. I know bucks certainly don't and every deer is different.
And although I did think about getting her aged I decided not to. I might regret it in the future but at the moment I do not. I am happy to have taken her and really am humbled. I even felt kind of bad after seeing her go down. Her family group lost a mother of more than half a decade! That's a long time in the deer woods.
I bet a few older males miss her too..
drhntr178..
I've never heard of that before and I'm a deer nerd! But I will look into it. I wouldn't really think it would be true though.. it really wouldn't make much sense for a deer to "shrink" in size as it reaches maturity or 4 years of age. I know bucks certainly don't and every deer is different.
And although I did think about getting her aged I decided not to. I might regret it in the future but at the moment I do not. I am happy to have taken her and really am humbled. I even felt kind of bad after seeing her go down. Her family group lost a mother of more than half a decade! That's a long time in the deer woods.
I bet a few older males miss her too..
11-25-2007, 03:17 PM
#12
Spike
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RE: Nanny whackers: A doe to be truly proud of.
That is a nice doe. At our outfitter in E central IL, it is very common to harvest does that size. We have already had some taken at 190+ lbs. It is amazing how big they can get compared to other parts of the country. Not uncommon either to have does 7+ years old. Congrats on a nice harvest!!
11-25-2007, 03:45 PM
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RE: Nanny whackers: A doe to be truly proud of.
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Thank you everyone.
drhntr178..
I've never heard of that before and I'm a deer nerd! But I will look into it. I wouldn't really think it would be true though.. it really wouldn't make much sense for a deer to "shrink" in size as it reaches maturity or 4 years of age. I know bucks certainly don't and every deer is different.
And although I did think about getting her aged I decided not to. I might regret it in the future but at the moment I do not. I am happy to have taken her and really am humbled. I even felt kind of bad after seeing her go down. Her family group lost a mother of more than half a decade! That's a long time in the deer woods.
I bet a few older males miss her too..
Thank you everyone.
drhntr178..
I've never heard of that before and I'm a deer nerd! But I will look into it. I wouldn't really think it would be true though.. it really wouldn't make much sense for a deer to "shrink" in size as it reaches maturity or 4 years of age. I know bucks certainly don't and every deer is different.
And although I did think about getting her aged I decided not to. I might regret it in the future but at the moment I do not. I am happy to have taken her and really am humbled. I even felt kind of bad after seeing her go down. Her family group lost a mother of more than half a decade! That's a long time in the deer woods.
I bet a few older males miss her too..
