Longhorn spike....take him out or let him grow?
#41
What I've seen in over 40 years of deer hunting in Wisconsin is that if the deer has good genetics he'll be more then a spike even the first year. My BIL used to be a technician for the DNR (now retired) and would register deer in northern Wisconsin during the gun deer season. He also knows how to age them. He registered one 1 year old deer that would have made the record book. This is the same area where the Jordan buck was taken many years ago. I've seen footprints that looked bigger then a bull up there but those big bucks are mostly nocturnal and impossible to get. Spikes don't get up to trophy class IMHO.
#42
What I've seen in over 40 years of deer hunting in Wisconsin is that if the deer has good genetics he'll be more then a spike even the first year. My BIL used to be a technician for the DNR (now retired) and would register deer in northern Wisconsin during the gun deer season. He also knows how to age them. He registered one 1 year old deer that would have made the record book. This is the same area where the Jordan buck was taken many years ago. I've seen footprints that looked bigger then a bull up there but those big bucks are mostly nocturnal and impossible to get. Spikes don't get up to trophy class IMHO.
Also deer are just like humans, some have growth spirts earlier than others etc. Also how did you know those huge tracks you posted about were made from bucks since you said the deer were nocturnal?
Your BIL needs to learn how age deer!! There is no way one of the bucks he aged made any record book let alone more than one. Pike
Last edited by J Pike; 09-05-2011 at 01:52 PM.