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Post by EJ on Jul 28, 2004 0:18:54 GMT -5
How does everyone feel about harvesting spikes? .... if a deer appears to be mature in body ...and still has a very poor rack (spike) is it a good Idea to take it out of the gene pool ? ... not young and yearling deer .... CLEARLY an older buck that seems to have no potential.
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Post by Shanedog on Jul 28, 2004 2:49:38 GMT -5
Smoke the sucker, lol.
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Post by cactuflage on Jul 28, 2004 8:58:58 GMT -5
I'm going to have to agree with Shane on this one... ;D Heres a spike my brother killed last year.  |
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Post by Piña on Aug 2, 2004 11:02:53 GMT -5
I would also agree. It's my opinion through reading and seeing first hand what can happen when spikes are left unchecked and when they are properly managed. I would tend to take them out of the herd at 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 years especially if I'm going to put some money into supplemental feeding (protein and planting). My friend also takes out all four points with no brow points and after 3 years of management he's producing some 150 to 160 class trophies in central Texas. He has one this year that already has approximately 16 points  . On the reverse side, on a large ranch in Rocksprings that I worked on, we as guides were not allowed to cull any bucks  . At one particular stand there was a large 4 point buck. He lived 3 more year before a hunter finally shot him. He was a six point, but his brow points were only about one inch long. He had 22 inch long main beams with 6 inch bases and a huge body. At 6 1/2 years old he was the dominant buck of the area. Two years later at the same stand another buck showed identical to him . I'm sure it was his offspring. Not the kind of genes that I would want passed down. |
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. At one particular stand there was a large 4 point buck. He lived 3 more year before a hunter finally shot him. He was a six point, but his brow points were only about one inch long. He had 22 inch long main beams with 6 inch bases and a huge body. At 6 1/2 years old he was the dominant buck of the area. Two years later at the same stand another buck showed identical to him