How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
06-04-2008, 01:29 PM
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How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
Scott's thread was/is interesting (re: P&Y buck). Kudos to you guys who've taken them.
How long had you been hunting before you killed your first 3.5yr old buck? 4.5yr old or older? How old were you?
Just a theory......we'll see how this goes.
To also stay with Scott's theme....let's limit this to bowhunting, only.
How long had you been hunting before you killed your first 3.5yr old buck? 4.5yr old or older? How old were you?
Just a theory......we'll see how this goes.
To also stay with Scott's theme....let's limit this to bowhunting, only.
06-04-2008, 01:47 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
I had been hunting for....5 years before I killed my first antlered buck, a 2.5 y/o 8 point. But I just killed my first mature buck last year, a 4.5 y/o 8 point, and I've been HUNTING for 18 years, but BOW hunting for 5.
06-04-2008, 01:54 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
well this guy might be 3.5, but most likely a 2.5
i wonder what he would score at 5.5
, still very proud of him, no matter what the age
i was 14 when i killed him
i wonder what he would score at 5.5
, still very proud of him, no matter what the agei was 14 when i killed him
06-04-2008, 02:11 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
Same age as in Scotts post. Two weeks shy of 35. At the time I'd hunted for 25 years. For the first 24 years I shot the first buck I had an oppertunity to shoot. The first year I decided to hold out for a P&Y, I got one. He was at least 4 1/2.
06-04-2008, 02:19 PM
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RE: How old? How long? First "mature" buck?
I was 30 when I shot my first mature buck with my bow, the taxi aged him at 7 1/2 and I had been bowhunting 8 years at that time and here we are 5 years later and haven't gotten another one. I had a run af bad hunting land, till two years ago and they are very strict about the age that can be harvested,This Year Looks Good Though!!