#1994786 - 07/14/10 10:17 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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gator-n-buck
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Interesting............ I have seen the term MATURE BUCK several times when hunters are trying to be politically correct.... Lets face it, if you have two bucks in a field and both are shooters... If the younger one has a bigger rack, MOST hunters are shooting the younger buck... That's just the way it is....
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#1994905 - 07/15/10 04:03 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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How is MATURE BUCK politically correct? It is what it is. The problem with most peoples example is that it rarely, if ever, poses itself in reality. A "mature buck hunter" would have the best odds of having to make such a decision of which buck to shoot because the rest would more than likely plunk the first one that presented a kill. That's their chose and more power to them. I myself go after the mature ones but not always, given other factors that come into play.
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#1994924 - 07/15/10 05:47 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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I guess I'm an anomoly. I pass older bucks with small racks and younger bucks with larger racks waiting on a mature buck with a large rack. That combination is tricky.
Not to sidetrack this thread but I have to wonder sometimes that for all those passing up "younger" deer with racks having great potential.....just how many of them do you meet again when their racks have reached their potential? For me that percentage is very low and I catch myself wondering if it was worth it...even without setting my expectations too high on rack sizes for this area.
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#1994936 - 07/15/10 05:55 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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I have to ask the question, "How many times does someone look at a mounted deer and ask his age before asking what he scored?
How many hunt clubs give out free memberships for the "oldest buck"......?
I guess that I am on the fence about this. if I see a mature buck and can tell that he is very old and a legal kill where I am hunting, then most times I will take him out and be proud of it. But if two bucks walk out and one has a considerably larger rack than the other, i will not take the time to age them and then choose. I'll age the one that's on the ground when I shoot....!!
I really like the look of a mature buck. he does seem to look more "seasoned" with the "blocked" head and gray hair on his face and head.......The rack is usually heavier and has more character than a younger buck as well....a very attractive mount as well....
Edited by Bottom Hunter (07/15/10 05:56 AM)
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#1994952 - 07/15/10 06:07 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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I'm in the minority with you Football Hunter. I'll take "BIG BUCK" over small but "Mature Buck" any day. One day, as I mature in my deer hunting, I might be more of a "Mature Buck" hunter vs Antler size, but for now, give me the monster horns on an idiot 2 1/2" year old... that will make me fully content! 
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#1994983 - 07/15/10 06:44 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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gator-n-buck
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I guess I'm an anomoly. I pass older bucks with small racks and younger bucks with larger racks waiting on a mature buck with a large rack. That combination is tricky.
Not to sidetrack this thread but I have to wonder sometimes that for all those passing up "younger" deer with racks having great potential.....just how many of them do you meet again when their racks have reached their potential? For me that percentage is very low and I catch myself wondering if it was worth it...even without setting my expectations too high on rack sizes for this area.
Yeap... That was my thoughts exactly.......
Edited by gator-n-buck (07/15/10 06:44 AM)
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#1994986 - 07/15/10 06:47 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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I have to ask the question, "How many times does someone look at a mounted deer and ask his age before asking what he scored?
I started to type/add the same thing to my post but I didn't want to fire thing up too much....
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#1994991 - 07/15/10 06:56 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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gator-n-buck
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How is MATURE BUCK politically correct? It is what it is.
I some cases when hunters use the term "Mature Bucks".... They really mean "BIG RACKS". The problem with this is, not all mature bucks have big racks.... Not all bucks with big racks are mature... The two Bucks in the field example would end with the buck with the biggest rack being killed in most cases... It is, what it is.....
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#1995018 - 07/15/10 07:31 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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Football Hunter
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I have to ask the question, "How many times does someone look at a mounted deer and ask his age before asking what he scored?
How many hunt clubs give out free memberships for the "oldest buck"......?
I guess that I am on the fence about this. if I see a mature buck and can tell that he is very old and a legal kill where I am hunting, then most times I will take him out and be proud of it. But if two bucks walk out and one has a considerably larger rack than the other, i will not take the time to age them and then choose. I'll age the one that's on the ground when I shoot....!!
I really like the look of a mature buck. he does seem to look more "seasoned" with the "blocked" head and gray hair on his face and head.......The rack is usually heavier and has more character than a younger buck as well....a very attractive mount as well....
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#1995035 - 07/15/10 07:46 AM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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No one has said anything about the last ?,if limits dont matter.why have em?
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