Shoot him, or wait another year
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Rhett Crider
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Entirely up to you. Looks to be 3 1/2 year old. If you think he'll make another year, then I'd wait for sure.
john k
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good looking buck! Tough decision. I agree with Rhett Crider on his age. Can only imagine what he would look like next year. Says a lot that you are even thinking of allowing him to mature another year and spread his seed. Hopefully your hunting companions feel the same way.
Rick Richard
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Wait another year if you can unless YOU are "long in the tooth" then you might consider different. Lol.
cornshank
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Shoot it , or the horns might be on some else's barn , and the meat in their freezer , before next season.
FrogFire7
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If you are like us, just as likely might be smeared in the road
59FLH
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Bang!
Well, this is the #1 on the list, I'm thinking the first one is son/brother/nephew.. my wife has yet to kill something "mountable" so I'd really like her to claim either of them, provided that she puts in the woods time. There are a few other bucks worth looking at but one of my pass bucks last year and hopeful this year ended up on the side of the road middle of the season last year. Road deaths are the primary factor around my hunting property, as seen in below picture.
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Only hunting companions that I have are my wife, B-I-L (doesn't really hunt.. couple does a year), and hopefully my 6yo if he can be still and quiet (Lord, help my patience with him during deer season..) we have a bit over 300 acres of semi-isolated free range QDM (for the past 5 years, starting to see some realized improvements in herd standing)
Educate me, what is QDM?
cornshank
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Quality deer mushrooms
Quickly developing mass
Questionable deer meandering
Quite delicious mush
Quince dang marmalade
Quacking darn mallards
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I'd say let him go another year. Even if he gets it from the neighbors or nature, he still may be able to do his thing for future generations. Whenever I've had to ask myself this question in the heat of the moment because a deer I hadn't seen before shows up, if I end up pulling the trigger, I usually get mad at myself for not letting him go another year once I walk up on him down on the ground. I've done it more than once, and I tell myself I'll never pull the trigger if I have to ask in the future. Still, though, it's a tough decision to make each season. Good on you for doing the research now to be prepared for fall...I wish things were more cut and dry at the onset for sure!
