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Oh, let him hit 2.5 before you kill him
I’d have a hard time not shooting a legal antelope or even a deer or elk that had a freak set of antlers. Since I was a kid I’ve always been more interested in animals that had that different look.Depends on body bulk when I do my hunting. I pick out the bucks and does that appear to have the most meat on them. Yer prolly right though.
I’m the exact same way. Uniqueness is a better trophy than inches of score...I’d have a hard time not shooting a legal antelope or even a deer or elk that had a freak set of antlers. Since I was a kid I’ve always been more interested in animals that had that different look.
I’m the exact same way. Uniqueness is a better trophy than inches of score...
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Oh, let him hit 2.5 before you kill him
I am going to respectfully disagree because while he does have unique horns that are intriguing, he looks on the emaciated side. Me being a meat hunter would let him live another year in hopes he would provide me more meat to take home. Trophy hunters I am betting would let this one go in hopes of getting him next hear with even longer horns.You could go ahead and shoot that antelope as he 2.5 and maybe 3.5 years old.
ClearCreek
I would say you ain't going to get much more meat from him next year. Not enough to pass up a buck like that.I am going to respectfully disagree because while he does have unique horns that are intriguing, he looks on the emancipated side. Me being a meat hunter would let him live another year in hopes he would provide me more meat to take home. Trophy hunters I am betting would let this one go in hopes of getting him next hear with even longer horns.
I am going to respectfully disagree because while he does have unique horns that are intriguing, he looks on the emancipated side. Me being a meat hunter would let him live another year in hopes he would provide me more meat to take home. Trophy hunters I am betting would let this one go in hopes of getting him next hear with even longer horns.
I would say you ain't going to get much more meat from him next year. Not enough to pass up a buck like that.
And, I wouldn't be surprised if that buck is over 4 years old.
Then I would pass him up. I would have to pull the teeth and take it to a biologist, but either he is severely emancipated or sick or not as old as you think. You can tell for sure by counting the middle incisors present on each side and the amount of wear to them plus if or not the molars are present or in process of coming in. I would guess him to be younger than what you think.
may as well roll chicken bones to come up with an age if you're going to do that.