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Do you think a buck is aware of the size of own rack?
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<blockquote data-quote="tree_ghost" data-source="post: 5026074" data-attributes="member: 14521"><p>I would say that in most instances, yes, the larger racked buck will be harder to kill given both animals being compared are equal in age. If we're speaking about two different age class bucks that are simply being compared based on rack size, for example a 2.5yo 130" buck vs. a 5.5yo 95" buck, then the older buck, the smaller racked one, will be harder to kill based on the fact that he has more than twice the experience staying alive through the hunting season when compared to the younger buck. By default this extra experience will cause the older buck to be more difficult to kill because he has lived through more hunter encounters and setups that educate him in his attempt at survival. However if high grading is not a factor in this hypothetical situation, and both bucks are the same age, only separated by antler size, then the larger racked buck would have more experience at staying alive because the hunters have placed a greater emphasis on killing this buck most of the time. Any property that is hunted, that has hunters who create a "hit list" or something similar, is going to place a higher emphasis on killing the animal with the better headgear every time based on my experience over the years. Because of increased pressure on this specific buck, the larger racked one, it would produce more experience with hunters setups and living through them and by default make this buck harder to kill. </p><p></p><p>If you had a huge place, few thousand acres, all to yourself and you could control the pressure on your bucks 100% then I would say that it would be individually based on a bucks personality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tree_ghost, post: 5026074, member: 14521"] I would say that in most instances, yes, the larger racked buck will be harder to kill given both animals being compared are equal in age. If we’re speaking about two different age class bucks that are simply being compared based on rack size, for example a 2.5yo 130” buck vs. a 5.5yo 95” buck, then the older buck, the smaller racked one, will be harder to kill based on the fact that he has more than twice the experience staying alive through the hunting season when compared to the younger buck. By default this extra experience will cause the older buck to be more difficult to kill because he has lived through more hunter encounters and setups that educate him in his attempt at survival. However if high grading is not a factor in this hypothetical situation, and both bucks are the same age, only separated by antler size, then the larger racked buck would have more experience at staying alive because the hunters have placed a greater emphasis on killing this buck most of the time. Any property that is hunted, that has hunters who create a “hit list” or something similar, is going to place a higher emphasis on killing the animal with the better headgear every time based on my experience over the years. Because of increased pressure on this specific buck, the larger racked one, it would produce more experience with hunters setups and living through them and by default make this buck harder to kill. If you had a huge place, few thousand acres, all to yourself and you could control the pressure on your bucks 100% then I would say that it would be individually based on a bucks personality. [/QUOTE]
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