Originally Posted by JPro


So what about oddball 1.5yr bucks? If you're looking at something with one nice 3pt side and one long, crooked spike sticking off into outer space, might he be prone to outgrowing the condition? Is year 1 mostly just a write-off year as far as looking at genetics? I'm not afraid to shoot an oddball 2.5yr buck that likely needs killing, but I've been passing the first-year bucks for a long time, even when they are ugly.


J. - I've read pros and cons on the subject and no where I've been able to hunt can I/we control what others shoot or
neighbors shoot. So I am a definite 'Don't Know'.

However in 2016 I saw this guy in Oct. our Antlerless Only season and I named him Freak !
In Dec of '16 He was pushing a Doe pretty hard, for his last time.

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He was an older buck, 4 1/2 (imo) about 150 # He was gray faced with a long nose.
On the left side of his neck was a gore wound, less than 1 1/2" deep. That was recent so did not affect his rack that year.

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There was no other sign of injury or deformation except that freak rack. I took him out. I haven't seen any other buck similar since 2016.

Jerry

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