Management or one more year

[JBJTX81]

How certain are you on the history. Be interesting to see more pics of him later in the year. Just looking at the pics I think he might be older than you think. Maybe he was 7 in 21 and is 9 now???

[stickemhard3]

Give him a pass. He earned it being a top deer for 2/3 years running.

[lovemylegacy]

Either way, its a win win on youre part.

[DUKFVR]

Let him go if you want a chance at him being better.

[drop dead fred]

How certain are you on the history. Be interesting to see more pics of him later in the year. Just looking at the pics I think he might be older than you think. Maybe he was 7 in 21 and is 9 now???

I’ve had countless encounters with him over the years.. lots of photos and footage of him. Pretty confident in age, but the max you could say was 6 in ‘21… however given the close up encounters I’m pretty confident in his age.

[Learjet]

Another yr

[drop dead fred]

He’s been put on the DNS list for ‘23

[Chance Love]

He looks older than 7 in those last couple pics.

[drop dead fred]

He looks older than 7 in those last couple pics.

‘21 can’t get him over 5.5, which is where I had him. ‘22 he had the age but down slightly with drought

[JBJTX81]

If it was a wet year, I'd wack him. If dry give him 1 more year. I can only speak from personal experience (greater than most lesser than many). I don't think he is 7. I think he's 9. And the latest I've personally ever seen a deer put on his best set of antlers was a rainy wet year when he was 9. And that was just 1 specific deer. I'm sure others have different stories but I usually see the best antlers in the 6-8 yr range. I cannot ever remember seeing a 10+ year old buck that had the best antlers he'd ever sported.

[drop dead fred]

If it was a wet year, I'd wack him. If dry give him 1 more year. I can only speak from personal experience (greater than most lesser than many). I don't think he is 7. I think he's 9. And the latest I've personally ever seen a deer put on his best set of antlers was a rainy wet year when he was 9. And that was just 1 specific deer. I'm sure others have different stories but I usually see the best antlers in the 6-8 yr range. I cannot ever remember seeing a 10+ year old buck that had the best antlers he'd ever sported.

I can assure you this deer isn’t that old