Another twist on "mature" bucks
01-15-2008 | 08:42 AM
#62
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Another twist on "mature" bucks
The most notable biologists in the world must not be the same as the ones in Duke's. At any rate, deer get better at surviving every year, or they dont. I have not heard of a senile buck.[8D]
01-15-2008 | 08:43 AM
#64
Boone & Crockett
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RE: Another twist on "mature" bucks
ORIGINAL: dukemichaels
DAMMIT.. I was done with this thread.. and all ya'll had to pull me back in..
If it's sources you want.. go get them. Try google.. read a book.. whatever.. I already know the answer.. you're seeking it.. so go find it. Often I have went to cite someone from a book on this site only to have everyone NOT listen anyway's. If you want sources.. seek them yourselves. I no longer search for them.. so everyone can draw there own decision anyway.
And no.. I'm not the end all be all in this thread or any other.. I am simply stating the works of some of the great biologists who exist today. What I find funny is everyone's take on mature buck's and there relationship to there antler's. THAT'S FUNNY.. and Huntingson nailed it right on the head.
Yes.. a 4.5 will more than likely have a bigger rack and body than a 3.5 yr. old. You are correct.
But the question was "is a 3.5 yr. old mature".. the answer is YES.. IT IS.
Am I getting through.. are we understanding.. I'm only answering the proposed question based on noted biologist's.. that's it.
(Incidently.. this entire post is said with quiet humor.. not anger.. I am merely making fun of everyone who gets mad at others and takes themselves way to seriously)[8D]
DAMMIT.. I was done with this thread.. and all ya'll had to pull me back in..
If it's sources you want.. go get them. Try google.. read a book.. whatever.. I already know the answer.. you're seeking it.. so go find it. Often I have went to cite someone from a book on this site only to have everyone NOT listen anyway's. If you want sources.. seek them yourselves. I no longer search for them.. so everyone can draw there own decision anyway.
And no.. I'm not the end all be all in this thread or any other.. I am simply stating the works of some of the great biologists who exist today. What I find funny is everyone's take on mature buck's and there relationship to there antler's. THAT'S FUNNY.. and Huntingson nailed it right on the head.
Yes.. a 4.5 will more than likely have a bigger rack and body than a 3.5 yr. old. You are correct.
But the question was "is a 3.5 yr. old mature".. the answer is YES.. IT IS.
Am I getting through.. are we understanding.. I'm only answering the proposed question based on noted biologist's.. that's it.
(Incidently.. this entire post is said with quiet humor.. not anger.. I am merely making fun of everyone who gets mad at others and takes themselves way to seriously)[8D]
01-15-2008 | 08:47 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: Another twist on "mature" bucks
ORIGINAL: dukemichaels
I don't even know what this means...
The most notable biologists in the world must not be the same as the ones in Duke's
01-15-2008 | 08:47 AM
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RE: Another twist on "mature" bucks
If you killed a 3.5 yr old buck......would you say you've killed a "mature" buck?
Then when someone asked how old he is I'd say I don't know really don't care. It was a great hunt and I decided he was getting an arrow in him.