#1994267 - 07/14/10 03:44 PM
Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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Football Hunter
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Do you want a mature buck,or a big buck?Kind of like saying"your girlfriend is prettier than mine,but mine is smarter."
While I realize that mature and "big" usually go hand in hand,they are not equal to me.A 21/2 year old 140 is much more impressive to me than a 100" 5 year old,I guess IM in the minority.
From what I have gathered,habitat is what seperates us from Ky on the "big buck" thing,every one seems to agree on that,well not everyone.So Im gonna keep working on that at my place.
One last thing,if limits dont matter,why do we have em?
Yes,I am ready for deer/football season.
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#1994270 - 07/14/10 03:48 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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TN RDG RNR
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Pretty but will settle for smart.
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#1994327 - 07/14/10 05:09 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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ChippewaPartners
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I always enjoyed the inverse of what I love to hunt, "heavy and wide".........
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#1994421 - 07/14/10 06:49 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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Wes Parrish
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Loc: Knoxville-Dover-Union City, TN
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I understand you're trying to make a point, but the example used is technically less likely (to the point of misconstruing the idea) than what more commonly presents in the wild.
While I realize that mature and "big" usually go hand in hand,they are not equal to me. A 2 1/2 year old 140 is much more impressive to me than a 100" 5 year old, I guess IM in the minority.
Who can think otherwise that a 140-class set of antlers isn't more impressive than 100-class set of antlers?
But how many people reading TNdeer.com have actually ever seen a 2 1/2-yr-old buck with a 140-class rack?
Personally, I'm focused on hunting mature bucks, but I'm not ashamed of liking those with larger antlers better. Most of us like larger antlers period. That's much of why I most enjoy passing up the larger-antlered young bucks ---- gives us so much more to look forward the next year when they have a chance to become much-larger-antlered older bucks.
I've killed many mature bucks with 110 to 120-class antlers, while in the same year passing up younger bucks with 130-class antlers ---- this is the more common scenario. Personally, can't say I've ever seen a 2 1/2 in Tennessee that would gross 140, and uncommon for one to break 115 (in most of TN).
Here's my question, provided you hunt the same areas year after year, would you rather shoot a 115-class 2 1/2 or a 105-class mature buck?
That's the more common situation here in TN.
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#1994478 - 07/14/10 07:30 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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tickweed
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Wes, good post.Just wondering, what is your best scoring Tn. buck? I'm like Football hunter, I'd want the big antlers. I will agree, I'm sure not many 2 1/2 year old's ever make 140 in Tn. As for the question, a 115 of any size or age doesn't interest me, unless its a management buck. Not to sound above anyone, but the difference on many of these post is the issue of a big racked deer, or a mature deer. Sometimes these both go hand in hand, but many times not. I'm not that good at telling a deer's age when I see him, but I can judge his rack fairly well.
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#1994550 - 07/14/10 08:15 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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Football Hunter
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Wes,of course you are right,would be very rare to see a 21/2 at 140.115 or 105?Neither really,hope I could pass em both,have in the past,last year in fact,but you never know.
In reality,it was too hot to fish by 9:00 this morning,had to leave to work any way,and I am getting bored by the heat and slow fishing.Kind of promted this thread,but all this "mature buck" talk is just as old to me as some other topics are getting to others.
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#1994579 - 07/14/10 08:39 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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redblood
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I do understand your comparison. And I will take the larger antlers in most cases. The only exception was if they were close and one the young deer was 3.5 and still had room to grow. Their is no circumstance that I would knowingly kill a 2.5 year old buck.
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#1994679 - 07/14/10 09:17 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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Boone 58
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I want a massive rack...which usually means matrue back.
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#1994750 - 07/14/10 09:56 PM
Re: Mature bucks ,and smart girl friends
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Tomahawk
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It's all about the deer herd in the area. I hunt primarily mature bucks and have the fortune of having best of both worlds near Tickweed in Medon. Like him I too have a world class deer under my belt. (for those that would like to see that deer -- go to tn deer registry -- #3 typical muzzleloader). I've also taken 2 1/2 year old 120-130 class. It is all about the moment and timing of the season. In east TN I have the fortune of several mature bucks but not the racks to go with them. Took 7 1/2 year old last year but rack was on serious decline. Had photo this buck for past 3 years and even at peak he might have hit 120.
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