Passing a 6.5 plus old deer

[redblood]

Looks like i will have to. This old warrior broke a side. Hope he can live long enough to regrow it.

 

[redblood]

Heres another

 

[HollarCrawler]

He would be hard to pass on, even with a broken side. He's a brute!

 

[megalomaniac]

Easy pass. Good for him! Sometimes its fun to have a 'mascot' deer live out their entire lives on your farm and die of natural causes, having passed him several times during his life along the way.. Deer hunting isn't always about deer killing.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Be nice to have enough ground to pass on deer like that.

 

[Lincoln Co Archer]

Easy pass. Good for him! Sometimes its fun to have a 'mascot' deer live out their entire lives on your farm and die of natural causes, having passed him several times during his life along the way.. Deer hunting isn't always about deer killing.

Very well said Mega!

 

[redblood]

Be nice to have enough ground to pass on deer like that.

This is on a big rough patch off cattle ground. Family land. Hard hunting. Amazing he has lived so long in there and surprisingly, i didnt know he existed till this yr. But this is a big rough tract

 

[redblood]

Be nice to have enough ground to pass on deer like that.

If he had both sides, he wouldnt be passed-thats for sure.

 

[megalomaniac]

Be nice to have enough ground to pass on deer like that.

You don't have to have a lot of ground to pass deer... my new farm is 79 acres.... bought it 3 years ago. Haven't killed a deer off it until this year, and weve taken two 4.5yos on it so far this year. It does suck when your 120in 3.5yo 10pt and 120in 3.5yo 9pt you've raised gets shot by the neighbors or just before their prime, but it still doesn't change the fact I'm not picking my tomatoes when they are green... im waiting till they are ripe!

 

[backyardtndeer]

You don't have to have a lot of ground to pass deer... my new farm is 79 acres.... bought it 3 years ago. Haven't killed a deer off it until this year, and weve taken two 4.5yos on it so far this year. It does suck when your 120in 3.5yo 10pt and 120in 3.5yo 9pt you've raised gets shot by the neighbors or just before their prime, but it still doesn't change the fact I'm not picking my tomatoes when they are green... im waiting till they are ripe!

I pass plenty of deer, but mature bucks regardless of antler status are very rare, more challenging, and in my mind are a trophy. I would rather kill a mature buck without one side than find him dead of natural causes or old age, but that's just me.

Some on these forums have multiple farms and large tracts. If I had more to manage where I thought I would have a chance at older bucks making it through, I might have a different perspective, that was my point.

 

[redblood]

You don't have to have a lot of ground to pass deer... my new farm is 79 acres.... bought it 3 years ago. Haven't killed a deer off it until this year, and weve taken two 4.5yos on it so far this year. It does suck when your 120in 3.5yo 10pt and 120in 3.5yo 9pt you've raised gets shot by the neighbors or just before their prime, but it still doesn't change the fact I'm not picking my tomatoes when they are green... im waiting till they are ripe!

I pass plenty of deer, but mature bucks regardless of antler status are very rare, more challenging, and in my mind are a trophy. I would rather kill a mature buck without one side than find him dead of natural causes or old age, but that's just me.

Some on these forums have multiple farms and large tracts. If I had more to manage where I thought I would have a chance at older bucks making it through, I might have a different perspective, that was my point.

Age is the most important thing to me. But im hoping he will have 2 sides next year and be a yr older.

 

[Gravey]

Big bodied rascal for sure.

 

[Snake]

You don't have to have a lot of ground to pass deer... my new farm is 79 acres.... bought it 3 years ago. Haven't killed a deer off it until this year, and weve taken two 4.5yos on it so far this year. It does suck when your 120in 3.5yo 10pt and 120in 3.5yo 9pt you've raised gets shot by the neighbors or just before their prime, but it still doesn't change the fact I'm not picking my tomatoes when they are green... im waiting till they are ripe!

You don't like fried green tomatoes ??? J/K ...

 

[DoubleRidge]

Hope he makes it another year and that you get a chance at him with a full rack....cool old buck.

 

[RUGER]

Wow what a deer !