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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5495413" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Agreed. I'm as guilty of it as anybody, but I'm not sorry. I shoot what tickles my fancy. </p><p></p><p>I get a little lost in the weeds with discussions like this sometimes. It's been my experience that rack size and age generally go hand in hand. I occasionally come across a gifted young buck, and as often a stunted older one, but by and large rack size in the places I hunt is fairly consistent across the board up until around maturity, which then turns into a wild card. Actually the difference between 4.5 and 5.5 on a lot them doesn't even change much. There's usually one every season or two that explode, if they survive. That happens a whole lot more often than a giant rack young buck. </p><p></p><p>I can only recall having one really special young buck in recent years, but he disappeared. I'm pretty sure he was a 2.5yr old. He dwarfed his peers, and his frame looked at home next to 4yr olds, albeit spindly. Aside from him, most bucks of a certain age have pretty similar size racks until maturity. </p><p></p><p> [ATTACH=full]158810[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5495413, member: 20583"] Agreed. I'm as guilty of it as anybody, but I'm not sorry. I shoot what tickles my fancy. I get a little lost in the weeds with discussions like this sometimes. It's been my experience that rack size and age generally go hand in hand. I occasionally come across a gifted young buck, and as often a stunted older one, but by and large rack size in the places I hunt is fairly consistent across the board up until around maturity, which then turns into a wild card. Actually the difference between 4.5 and 5.5 on a lot them doesn't even change much. There's usually one every season or two that explode, if they survive. That happens a whole lot more often than a giant rack young buck. I can only recall having one really special young buck in recent years, but he disappeared. I'm pretty sure he was a 2.5yr old. He dwarfed his peers, and his frame looked at home next to 4yr olds, albeit spindly. Aside from him, most bucks of a certain age have pretty similar size racks until maturity. [ATTACH type="full"]158810[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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