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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5493190" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>A few years ago, same morning, same area of Stewart Co., a friend and I both killed bucks we considered "shooters".</p><p></p><p>His was aged at 2 1/2, and gross scored 134.</p><p>Mine was aged at 5 1/2, and gross scored 125.</p><p></p><p>The 5 1/2 wasn't getting much bigger if it survived another year.</p><p></p><p>But a 2 1/2 scoring 134, well, if he had survived to 3 1/2,</p><p>what chance would a 150-class 3 1/2 have of surviving</p><p>into a 160-class 4 1/2 <em>ANY WHERE in TN</em> where there was deer hunting allowed?</p><p></p><p>No "reasonable" antler criteria can protect these top antlered young bucks.</p><p>The protection can only be age based, or else can be counter-productive.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I once measured a 2 1/2 in TN that gross scored 146.</p><p>140-class 2 1/2's are very rare in TN, but <u>relatively</u> common in some mid-western states.</p><p></p><p>Truth is, many of the larger antlered bucks many TN hunters kill in states such as Illinois are only 2 1/2 & 3 1/2 yrs old. This is much of why TN hunters have such higher success rates on 120 to 140-class buck in some other states, i.e. they're killing younger bucks there, which, on average, often have 15 to 20 inches more antler at 2 1/2 & 3 1/2 than do our TN bucks.</p><p></p><p>Also, many states have much shorter gun seasons than TN, meaning those other states may experience less antler high-grading. Even with bordering KY, we're comparing their 2-week gun season to TN's 6-week gun season.</p><p></p><p>Both shorter & longer gun seasons have different merits, and I am not advocating TN adopt KY's deer hunting regulations. Just pointing out that TN has a lot more going against producing top-end older bucks than many other states. And, even if TN exactly adopted the deer regs of say IL or KY, we would never regularly produce bucks as "top end" antlered as those states with their better soils and better food sources for deer (more widespread soybean & corn fields).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5493190, member: 1409"] A few years ago, same morning, same area of Stewart Co., a friend and I both killed bucks we considered "shooters". His was aged at 2 1/2, and gross scored 134. Mine was aged at 5 1/2, and gross scored 125. The 5 1/2 wasn't getting much bigger if it survived another year. But a 2 1/2 scoring 134, well, if he had survived to 3 1/2, what chance would a 150-class 3 1/2 have of surviving into a 160-class 4 1/2 [I]ANY WHERE in TN[/I] where there was deer hunting allowed? No "reasonable" antler criteria can protect these top antlered young bucks. The protection can only be age based, or else can be counter-productive. By the way, I once measured a 2 1/2 in TN that gross scored 146. 140-class 2 1/2's are very rare in TN, but [U]relatively[/U] common in some mid-western states. Truth is, many of the larger antlered bucks many TN hunters kill in states such as Illinois are only 2 1/2 & 3 1/2 yrs old. This is much of why TN hunters have such higher success rates on 120 to 140-class buck in some other states, i.e. they're killing younger bucks there, which, on average, often have 15 to 20 inches more antler at 2 1/2 & 3 1/2 than do our TN bucks. Also, many states have much shorter gun seasons than TN, meaning those other states may experience less antler high-grading. Even with bordering KY, we're comparing their 2-week gun season to TN's 6-week gun season. Both shorter & longer gun seasons have different merits, and I am not advocating TN adopt KY's deer hunting regulations. Just pointing out that TN has a lot more going against producing top-end older bucks than many other states. And, even if TN exactly adopted the deer regs of say IL or KY, we would never regularly produce bucks as "top end" antlered as those states with their better soils and better food sources for deer (more widespread soybean & corn fields). [/QUOTE]
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