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Originally posted by butler145 View PostI passed a young 10 point this year thinking he would get bigger and better next year. well now just found out we are off the lease next year. and haven't got a buck this year. wish I wouldn't of passed him to let him grow
There is still time to get after him. I shoot 0 to 1 bucks a year but if I was ever told I would be off the lease next year I would make sure I tagged out on my buck tags. I know that may seem ****ty but I pass a lot of bucks for next year and 3 years down the road but in our 3 buck county I would be going home with all three buck tags filled. March 1st would be eviction notice if I was the land owner.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Black Ice; 12-27-2016, 10:49 PM.
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We do have a lot of nice young 8 pointers with brow tines that are 2.5 and 3.5. In a management aspect, wouldn't it be better to take a 3.5 4 pointer with no brow tines than taking a 1.5 spike? Trying to get our lease members to agree to this. The problem is that the LM feels that a spike is the bigger problem.
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Originally posted by butler145 View PostI passed a young 10 point this year thinking he would get bigger and better next year. well now just found out we are off the lease next year. and haven't got a buck this year. wish I wouldn't of passed him to let him grow
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Originally posted by Black Ice View PostThere is still time to get after him. I shoot 0 to 1 bucks a year but if I was ever told I would be off the lease next year I would make sure I tagged out on my buck tags. I know that may seem ****ty but I pass a lot of bucks for next year and 3 years down the road but in our 3 buck county I would be going home with all three buck tags filled. March 1st would be eviction notice if I was the land owner.
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My no brow 2yo experiments haven't worked out for the positive. Statistically they're inferior to their classmates on our place. We manage off the bottom of every age class including <2.5" yearling spikes. 1 & 2 yo age classes get managed the least. 4 yo's get hit the hardest.
If you're always working from the bottom up you're improving your chances of growing a big one. Our big deer show their potential at very early ages. We had multiple 120+" 2 yo's last year that are 165-175" at 3.
Mexico has had good luck passing their slick brow young bucks.
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I had a buck that was missing his left brow as a 2, 3 and 4 year old. By lease rules, I could have "culled" him as a 3 year old. As a 4 year old, he was missing the brow but still a nice 140-ish deer and, as a 5 year old, he sprouted his other brow and was a 150-ish deer. I could have taken a "freebie" 140 at 4 years old, but it would have been a shame to "cull" him in this case.
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