Another example of size not being representative of age. I never saved teeth off this buck, but this was him in 2013. He was NOT representative of what I would've expected him to be.
This, unless you have a lot of history with the deer. I've finally started sending teeth in. Of the deer so far, some have confirmed my thoughts and others have somewhat surprised me (though still seemed reasonable). I will be interested when I eventually send the tooth from this year's deer...
This happened to us a few years ago. Finally had a 170ish buck figured out, then a couple of the neighbor's cattle got into our property and made it home where the buck was living. The cattle chased all the deer off every time we were there, and we never saw the buck again. Dad finally had...
It seems like every year I have grand plans of burning points and doing special hunts, but at this point I always come back to the feeling that if I do one of these hunts with my points (or take my Dad with his points) that I am taking opportunities away from taking my sons hunting with me. My...
$4k doesn't seem out of line to me. People are willing to pay $2k for a special elk tag alone without the cost of points. Heck..people are paying $1200 for antelope.
$1000 would be a gift to you for 5 points.