What do rounded tine tips mean?
03-06-2008, 07:57 PM
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What do rounded tine tips mean?
I have a 144" that I shot many years ago with my 270. I guess him to be 3 1/2 yrs old. The tips of his tines are sharp and pointed.
I have a another buck that I shot this year with my bow that I just got back from the taxi. I guessed him to be 4 1/2. Now I'm reconsideringthat he might be olderafter a conversation I had with a fellow employee. He said rounded tips mean that the deer is passed prime. Prime is about 6 yrs right? I know nothing of this. Does anyone?
I have a another buck that I shot this year with my bow that I just got back from the taxi. I guessed him to be 4 1/2. Now I'm reconsideringthat he might be olderafter a conversation I had with a fellow employee. He said rounded tips mean that the deer is passed prime. Prime is about 6 yrs right? I know nothing of this. Does anyone?
03-06-2008, 08:01 PM
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RE: What do rounded tine tips mean?
Are you talkin acorn tips, where they mushroom back down torward the tine? Similar to a bullet after flight?
If so, those are neat looking deer, but I think i read in D&DH mag that it is just another abnormality, kinda like a droptine or kicker point. They seem to be more rare though, because I hardly ever see pics of deer with acorn tips.
If so, those are neat looking deer, but I think i read in D&DH mag that it is just another abnormality, kinda like a droptine or kicker point. They seem to be more rare though, because I hardly ever see pics of deer with acorn tips.
03-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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RE: What do rounded tine tips mean?
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Are you talkin acorn tips, where they mushroom back down torward the tine? Similar to a bullet after flight?
If so, those are neat looking deer, but I think i read in D&DH mag that it is just another abnormality, kinda like a droptine or kicker point. They seem to be more rare though, because I hardly ever see pics of deer with acorn tips.
Are you talkin acorn tips, where they mushroom back down torward the tine? Similar to a bullet after flight?
If so, those are neat looking deer, but I think i read in D&DH mag that it is just another abnormality, kinda like a droptine or kicker point. They seem to be more rare though, because I hardly ever see pics of deer with acorn tips.
03-06-2008, 08:09 PM
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RE: What do rounded tine tips mean?
hmmm, makes sense to be an older deer, but maybe just variety to the racks? IDK man.[&:] I have noticed that it makes the racks look more massive when they have the old rounded tips.
03-06-2008, 08:13 PM
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RE: What do rounded tine tips mean?
ORIGINAL: TEmbry
Are you talkin acorn tips, where they mushroom back down torward the tine? Similar to a bullet after flight?
If so, those are neat looking deer, but I think i read in D&DH mag that it is just another abnormality, kinda like a droptine or kicker point. They seem to be more rare though, because I hardly ever see pics of deer with acorn tips.
Are you talkin acorn tips, where they mushroom back down torward the tine? Similar to a bullet after flight?
If so, those are neat looking deer, but I think i read in D&DH mag that it is just another abnormality, kinda like a droptine or kicker point. They seem to be more rare though, because I hardly ever see pics of deer with acorn tips.
03-06-2008, 08:18 PM
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RE: What do rounded tine tips mean?
Also, the distance between the bases where the browtines start are a whole inch wider on the rounded tips buck. Would this suggest he is much older?
He also has an H1 mass of 5" whereas the other is only about 4 1/4. Well they did come out of different habitats so I guess that really don't mean much.
He also has an H1 mass of 5" whereas the other is only about 4 1/4. Well they did come out of different habitats so I guess that really don't mean much.
