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Posted: 10/31/2016 3:26:25 PM EDT

is it worth shooting?..lives on my back property

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:28:16 PM EDT

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All of my pictures of legal bucks seem to come between the hours of 11 pm and 4 am.

eta - age is 3-4 years, and yup, I'd shoot.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:29:10 PM EDT

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how do you like the stealth cam?

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:37:27 PM EDT

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Buck lives matter.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:38:08 PM EDT

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Small, pass.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:39:14 PM EDT

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3-4 shoot it, or give it another year or 2 to get some more meat on the bones.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:40:38 PM EDT

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Has all the markers of being a very mature buck. Maybe 4-5 years old.

But has a small rack. Unless it's a Blacktail Deer in which case it's a nice one.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:40:49 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/31/2016 3:42:09 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/31/2016 3:48:02 PM EDT

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only one i'd own..tried them all..though the bushnell one is ok

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:48:36 PM EDT

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Has all the markers of being a very mature buck. Maybe 4-5 years old.

But has a small rack. Unless it's a Blacktail Deer in which case it's a nice one.

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yes,black tail

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:49:56 PM EDT

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I'd say 3.5. Eat him.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:52:25 PM EDT

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After you shoot him, you can send a couple of the incisors in to have the growth rings counted like they do when aging a tree.

That's the only way to know for absolutely certain.

Posted: 10/31/2016 3:55:37 PM EDT

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Looks to be about 20. Maybe 25.

I'd lay down some blankets in the garage and let him live his days out spoiled rotten.

Either that or smoke that 3 year old and enjoy your deer steak.

Posted: 10/31/2016 4:23:19 PM EDT

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Buck lives matter.

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...age is 3-4 years, and yup, I'd shoot.

Buck lives matter.

Also what PikeSlayer says. It's small. Wait for something bigger.

Posted: 10/31/2016 4:32:13 PM EDT

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If his rack isn't well past his ears, i let him walk.

Posted: 10/31/2016 4:35:50 PM EDT

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Kind of front heavy. Needs to muscle up in the back. Give him another year.

Posted: 10/31/2016 4:36:19 PM EDT

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3 years old probably.

You gotta hunt what you have. Personally I would let it walk for another 1-2 years; but if hunting pressure around you is high and someone on a neighboring property will shoot him, then you'd better capitalize whilst you can.

Posted: 10/31/2016 5:19:17 PM EDT

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Lucky. Deer in my area are like small goats.

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:07:27 PM EDT

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All of my pictures of legal bucks seem to come between the hours of 11 pm and 4 am.

eta - age is 3-4 years, and yup, I'd shoot.

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The nose has filled in, so he's fully mature. Good shoot.

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:10:11 PM EDT

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Around here that's a good sized deer, not a trophy but no one I know would pass on it unless they were specifically looking for a trophy.

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:19:21 PM EDT

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Has all the markers of being a very mature buck. Maybe 4-5 years old.

But has a small rack. Unless it's a Blacktail Deer in which case it's a nice one.

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Yup, it's a mature blacktail, and a shooter.

Don't judge it by whitetail standards, that's a prime blacktail.

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:20:48 PM EDT

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That's a shooter. And not old enough that the meat would be crap.

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:21:50 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/31/2016 6:24:02 PM EDT

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If he is legal, to the freezer he would be going? I do not hunt of antlers and the younger ones are better eating!

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:52:10 PM EDT

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That's a shooter.

Posted: 10/31/2016 6:55:39 PM EDT

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Kind of front heavy. Needs to muscle up in the back. Give him another year.

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Do you even lift Bambi?

Posted: 11/1/2016 2:45:17 AM EDT

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is it worth shooting?..lives on my back property

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Why are you considering shooting it? Do you object to deer living on your property?

Posted: 11/1/2016 2:49:10 AM EDT

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is it worth shooting?..lives on my back property

Why are you considering shooting it? Do you object to deer living on your property?

Because he can.

Posted: 11/1/2016 2:53:16 AM EDT

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For WA, that is actually a nice Blacktail Deer, I would shoot him.

Posted: 11/1/2016 2:54:59 AM EDT

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That is a Whitetail chart, the Columbian Blacktail deer does not even approach the size of the Whitetail deer.

Why shoot him? Cause them there is damn good eating.

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