#2028263 - 08/12/10 08:21 PM
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rtp
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What is the feeling on spikes over here in Tenn? Also, are there any antler restrictions in place?
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#2028286 - 08/12/10 08:36 PM
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tndrbstr
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I don't care what anyone kills as long as its legal and thier happy with it...
If they are over three inches they are considered an antlered deer and will count towards you buck tag...less than three inches they are considered antlerless...
some WMA's have antler restrictions in place...but no restrictions are not in place as a state wide regulation...
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#2028302 - 08/12/10 08:47 PM
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The spike debate rages over here in Texas. Any hardened antler makes a deer a buck. So if he has hardened 1/2" points he goes on the buck tag. How many bucks can a person take in a year in Tenn?
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#2028311 - 08/12/10 08:51 PM
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birddog
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you dont realize how big a can worms you just opened 
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#2028317 - 08/12/10 08:52 PM
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tndrbstr
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3 bucks state wide...there are ways to kill bonus bucks (selected areas or hunts) that don't count towards the statewide limit...
I would like to see any deer with a nut sack count towards the buck bag limit...probably be alot not checked out or left to rot tho....thats the only down side...
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#2028322 - 08/12/10 08:55 PM
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gator-n-buck
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I was watching one of those hunting shows late last night and a guy in Texas pointed at a big rack on the wall... He went on to explain that the deer was killed at 4 yrs old but was a spike when that deer sported its first antlers... I guess he was pointing out to the viewers that spike can grow up to be nice bucks.... I like the regs. in TN.... 3 inch rule... My eyes aren't what they used to be...
Edited by gator-n-buck (08/12/10 08:57 PM)
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#2028351 - 08/12/10 09:11 PM
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Yeah, some of the latest studies done in Texas have shown in a low fence free range environment that the spikes catch up to the forked brothers by the age of 4. The avg buck in south Texas will score 131 at age 4. To me that's a pretty nice deer in most people's book so I dont believe in shooting them. I have told anyone that hunts on my place if they shoot a spike that is 2.5 years old or older I will give them $100 bill. It hasnt happened yet. Now in a high fence situation it's a whole different story.
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#2028387 - 08/12/10 09:28 PM
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Yeah, some of the latest studies done in Texas have shown in a low fence free range environment that the spikes catch up to the forked brothers by the age of 4. The avg buck in south Texas will score 131 at age 4. To me that's a pretty nice deer in most people's book so I dont believe in shooting them. I have told anyone that hunts on my place if they shoot a spike that is 2.5 years old or older I will give them $100 bill. It hasnt happened yet. Now in a high fence situation it's a whole different story.
I was wondering is it a little tuff to find good public land in TX... I have heard a lot of guys in TN that wish TN had the same bucks/antlers that other states have... The one thing they don't consider is TN has a lot of good public land you can hunt... Never hunted in TX, so can you give a little input...
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#2028468 - 08/12/10 10:39 PM
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Yeah, some of the latest studies done in Texas have shown in a low fence free range environment that the spikes catch up to the forked brothers by the age of 4. The avg buck in south Texas will score 131 at age 4. To me that's a pretty nice deer in most people's book so I dont believe in shooting them. I have told anyone that hunts on my place if they shoot a spike that is 2.5 years old or older I will give them $100 bill. It hasnt happened yet. Now in a high fence situation it's a whole different story. I was wondering is it a little tuff to find good public land in TX... I have heard a lot of guys in TN that wish TN had the same bucks/antlers that other states have... The one thing they don't consider is TN has a lot of good public land you can hunt... Never hunted in TX, so can you give a little input...
There is no such thing as good public land hunting in Texas. 96% of the land in Texas is owned privately. Occasionally someone will take a good deer one of the public lands but not very often. Basically anyone hunting there shoots everything and anything that is legal. There are some draw hunts on different WMAs that can be promising if you get drawn but the odds of that happening are long. Hope that helps.
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