Hoping he makes it thru

We passed him this year, looks 3.5 to me with lots of potential.

Hard deer to pass up right there but kudos to you for doing so. I can't say I never let them walk that big but those don't come along often for me.
Agree with age


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A lot of potential there. Those are the ones, given another year or two, will go from good to great

That's exactly the kind of young buck you have to pass if you want to shoot 135 plus mature deer.

It's hard, and many will be killed by neighbors, but you can only chop off so many 115in racks and nail on the barn wall before you run out of room.

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Great looking buck and if you're after the big boys that's the kind you have to pass on. I've passed on several like that over the years but unfortunately haven't re-connected with them down the road. An observance I've made is even in a club whose goal it is to advance buck age structure by having a minimum size restriction many times the members shoot those reaching minimum size (plus or minus a few inches) including those that have great potential for becoming really nice bucks. They seem to be shooting themselves in the foot by taking out those bucks that within another year or two would really have been something.

That guy has lots of potential. Would love to see him in 2 years!

Agree with all comments above. We've let some nice 3½ year olds walk and killed some the following years and some disappeared....but the fact remains....to increase the odds of killing a "great" deer we gotta let some "good" deer walk.....hope the buck pictured makes it....great potential.

Great buck with great potential. I hope to see pics of him next year dead or alive. The question is if he looks the same at 4.5, do you give him another year to blossom?

Tons of potential [emoji106]

He s a dandy for sure. Hope he makes it through for you.

Almost all of 3.5's I have let go I have never seen again but the two I have let go and was able to get the next year are my two favorite and largest deer that i have mounted.