Are you selective on what Bucks you take
When I first started to hunt the property we shot just about everythig buck wise. I have taken some really odd looking bucks off the property during the first 5 years, but since then we have gotten more selective. We have put a point limit on our bucks to six point or better. The reason for this was to allow some of the smaller bucks a chance to grow some, and since we done this I have noticed a big difference in seeing 6 point bucks and up. We can't control what happens outside of our property line, but we still have seen an increase of size of bucks. Last year opening morning I had 7 spikes a couple of 3 points and 5 four points walk by my stand. About noon time I shot a nice 6 pointer.
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Permalink Reply by C Lee Warriner on -
I mostly try to harvest any mature buck regardless of points, We have a number of mature 5 pointers here as qwwell as mature forkhorns. We do have an occational very nice 8 to 12 pointer here, but mostluy cull bucks. Unless it is late in the season and I want one for the freezer I will pass on young bucks regardless of points.
I prefer and normally can get 1 or 2 does for the freezer
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Permalink Reply by Ken "BubbaBrown" Ledbetter on -
We shoot 6 points or better on our lease. I would prefer that we shoot 8 points or better, but other members of the club figure that the clubs around us won't do the same. We usually harvest at least one or two 8s or 9s each year that weigh 165# or so, which is a good deer for our area. There's no agricultural fields in our area, just pines and some good hardwood bottoms.
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Todd Dearden on -
I hunt on some open feilds at a farm here in Andalsia AL. and the deer here are very nice size bucks , But agree with the six or better points but i also dont shoot a buck if the deer has a small basket with more than six points i like the deer that has an open rack with six points or more.
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Permalink Reply by Shannon L. Wood on -
My rule for about 8 years now on all my land is you have to take two does to every buck you harvest.The bucks have to be 4 to 4.5 years old and older before they can be shot regardless.We do have one rule that if a buck is 3 years old and he is not at least a 6 point at that age he has to be harvested.These bucks are cull deer.A buck that is outside the ears at 3 years of age has to be left alone for at least 2 more years.We have taken some 130 and 150 inch deer in the past few years and it is all about the genetics and nutrition that they get year round.You do not have to feed year round to get bucks like this just make sure what you plant is there for them to eat year round.I plant a lot of clovers,chicory,beans,and peas in the summer and my chicory stands are up all year long if taken proper care of.If a guess comes hunting on our place and he dose not know how to age a deer on the hoof we will sit with them.If a buck is harvested that is not suppose to be it cost big and may cost you the chance of never coming back.I have a 19 year old brother that can read deer and he don't even hunt that much.If my 7 year old says daddy we can't shoot him then anyone can age deer with a little practice.If you do not know how to age deer constantly look at photos of deer and make your guess then take the photos to someone that can age them and see how close you were.
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Permalink Reply by Canean K. Chatagnier on -
Its a rule on the lease where I hunt. We have to shoot an 8 point or better with a min.15" spread. You are allowed one "cull" buck a year and it better not be a simple main frame younger buck or else you will be fined. It has to have a deformity (mangled rack, cow horn spike, one tine, something like that) and we hammer the does pretty hard. We are DMAP land and get several doe tags so we try to fill them out, it helps the genetics out too to weed out some does.
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