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<blockquote data-quote="Lost Lake" data-source="post: 5539778" data-attributes="member: 12599"><p>I'll add this.</p><p></p><p>There is some private ground that no matter how old a buck gets, he just ain't gonna grow big antlers. That's just the way it is, and ties into the belief that you can't kill them where they aren't.</p><p></p><p>Our family farm in a certain county in West Tennesse is an example. I've resigned myself to the belief that I'll never kill a giant there. My opinion is that the genetics just aren't there. Some friends and I have taken quite a few 4 1/2 year old plus bucks from it in the last decade, and almost none will break the 120" mark. They just won't do it. I've killed far bigger bucks on public. But, I'm okay with that, as shooting for age first makes me happy.</p><p></p><p>For a myriad of reasons, some property just won't grow em or hold em, and doing the same things year after year, even if " improvements" are made, and expecting different results can be maddening. If that's the case, a fella has to look elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lost Lake, post: 5539778, member: 12599"] I’ll add this. There is some private ground that no matter how old a buck gets, he just ain’t gonna grow big antlers. That’s just the way it is, and ties into the belief that you can’t kill them where they aren’t. Our family farm in a certain county in West Tennesse is an example. I’ve resigned myself to the belief that I’ll never kill a giant there. My opinion is that the genetics just aren’t there. Some friends and I have taken quite a few 4 1/2 year old plus bucks from it in the last decade, and almost none will break the 120” mark. They just won’t do it. I’ve killed far bigger bucks on public. But, I’m okay with that, as shooting for age first makes me happy. For a myriad of reasons, some property just won’t grow em or hold em, and doing the same things year after year, even if “ improvements” are made, and expecting different results can be maddening. If that’s the case, a fella has to look elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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