I passed up a 10 yard broadside shot at a spike tonight. He came in early like 4:30. He gave me so many chances to draw on him, but I couldn't do it. I don't hunt in a trophy area but like to think that passing him up now will let him get bigger for next year. I'd rather shoot a big doe. Then after about 20 mins he ate enough acorns and left. Then I got thinking--he had a decent size body, 14-16" spikes--probably 2.5 yrs old-is that all he'll ever be- a spike--is he just going to p [no swearing please] on his bad genetics in a few more weeks? Should I have taken him?[confused][confused]
Shoot a spike or not?
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leithal1
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cull that one for herd management
.my buddy lives in salem. were the 3pt rule is. that works well on land that is private and managed.were you can take out the culls or bucks not up to stand.
but when its mixed with public and private land it cannot be managed and if you want prof of this take a ride in the evening around oct.nov. when alot of bucks are in the field.
you have spikes with 16-18 in. horns or fork two,three years old that now is your dominate buck. and belive it or not the only one the bennifits from the 3points on 1 side is the people with the farms and private property.
this inables their smaller bucks on their property to be run off by the bigger ones and no one can harvest then perfect.
but when its mixed with public and private land it cannot be managed and if you want prof of this take a ride in the evening around oct.nov. when alot of bucks are in the field.
you have spikes with 16-18 in. horns or fork two,three years old that now is your dominate buck. and belive it or not the only one the bennifits from the 3points on 1 side is the people with the farms and private property.
this inables their smaller bucks on their property to be run off by the bigger ones and no one can harvest then perfect.
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