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I would shoot, at my leases anyway

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He'd be in the sights.

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Depends on your lease, surrounding pressures, goals winter mortality risks etc.

He is likely not topped out yet (or at least what I see from the picture body wise) but man he is pretty so...

If he has a g4 on his right side (can't tell from pic) he will likely touch the high 130s possible 140.. I would guess 4.5 yr old. But all this is just a guess from a single picture so it could be off.

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I will also add we've got him on camera since early season and he's run down a bit from the rut. I'm glad he's breeding.


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I hunt public land in Ohio----I'm shooting.

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I'd have to light him up. But I've never hunted on places that I saw lots of grown deer. I have hunted in the Texas Hill Country where you see lots of deer but not very many with any age.


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Young deer...probably 3.5yrs old. Needs at least two more years to be a really good one. Let him spread those genes around. 10 pointers don't grow on trees. powdr

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BANG! What was the question?

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relatively young deer... that said, I'd shoot him in SC


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BANG! What was the question?

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That reminds me of my oldest son's 1st buck when he was 10. Two bucks came in and a smaller 6 point walked immediately to his shooting lane.

As I was saying, "Hold off, the bigger one is right behind him," his gun went BOOM. Dead 6 point- he wasn't waiting. smile

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I would shoot without second thought. I'm primarily a meat hunter, and hunt public land. So, something like that would be a real trophy to me.


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In CT he'd be down


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Id let him walk without a second thought as I think he is a 4yr old so he needs another year, but it depends on the size buck you are happy with....Good luck....Hb

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I'd shoot in a hart beat.


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In Tennessee? If you're not shooting then you have one heck of a place. He may well look like a 3.5 year old to some but I'd bet if you pulled his jaw-at least in the part of TN that I hunt, he'd most likely be 4.5yrs old.

I wouldn't shoot him where I hunt in MS and he's a 3.5 yr old class buck there. If he makes two more years he'll be special. A buck living an extra two years where I hunt (the first morning I ever hunted there two bucks were laying by my parking spot, heads gone and still steaming. Discouraging...) what you end up shooting has so much to do with where you hunt and how it's hunted around you.

I want to shoot deer with some age on them but if you're holding out for a 160" in an area that historically has never kicked one out be ready to not pull the trigger very often.

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Originally Posted by tzone
I would shoot without second thought. I'm primarily a meat hunter, and hunt public land. So, something like that would be a real trophy to me.



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