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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5398779" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Yep.</p><p>Yep, back in the 80's thru most the 90's, almost zero "above" average yearling bucks would even survive to 2 1/2!</p><p></p><p>As to the majority of 2 1/2-yr-old bucks killed back then, most were the ones which had tiny spikes as yearlings, thus, way below (today's) average for a 2 1/2-yr-old buck. Back then, any buck with much beyond a very visible spike was immediately fired upon.</p><p></p><p>I always thought the main reason lots of small spikes survived to 2 1/2 was because relatively few hunters had optical sights back, thus many small spikes were given a pass, the hunter's thinking there were a doe.</p><p></p><p>I do not miss the deer hunting of an 11-buck limit and "buck only".</p><p>It was all about quantity, but no quality.</p><p>Of course, I do miss the comradery of the county check-in stations.</p><p></p><p>Most of today's public land deer hunters have no idea how much better they have it now than did those of the 1980's. The public woods were much more crowded with hunters then, and you had much less chance of just a "nice" buck then vs. now. Even most private properties then sucked as compared to today's public lands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5398779, member: 1409"] Yep. Yep, back in the 80's thru most the 90's, almost zero "above" average yearling bucks would even survive to 2 1/2! As to the majority of 2 1/2-yr-old bucks killed back then, most were the ones which had tiny spikes as yearlings, thus, way below (today's) average for a 2 1/2-yr-old buck. Back then, any buck with much beyond a very visible spike was immediately fired upon. I always thought the main reason lots of small spikes survived to 2 1/2 was because relatively few hunters had optical sights back, thus many small spikes were given a pass, the hunter's thinking there were a doe. I do not miss the deer hunting of an 11-buck limit and "buck only". It was all about quantity, but no quality. Of course, I do miss the comradery of the county check-in stations. Most of today's public land deer hunters have no idea how much better they have it now than did those of the 1980's. The public woods were much more crowded with hunters then, and you had much less chance of just a "nice" buck then vs. now. Even most private properties then sucked as compared to today's public lands. [/QUOTE]
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