Shoot him, or wait another year

[fmuguira]

Put him in your scope, squeeze lightly, say bang and then "I could of had you" ! See you again next year hopefully ….

 

[Beluebow]

 

[Pinoniper]

Never a bad call to let great genes carry forward.

 

[Harry Knutz]

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I doubt if you are the only one watching this guy, The other folks watching him might be waiting for the season to start?

 

[VinceMule]

N. Ga.

humm.....waiting...most in that area are of a mind set, "if it is brown, it is down", not to mention how many are killed by cars.

 

[JimThom]

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Wait another 2 years.

 

[Lee7588]

Shoot it , or the horns might be on some else's barn , and the meat in their freezer , before next season.

If everyone has that mindset then there will be no larger racks out there

 

[Lee7588]

This is a south Georgia deer that got this size because he was able to grow and didn't get shot when people had the opportunity

 

[Calvin45]

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I'm more a meat hunter and think the antlers look fine BUT…look at that skinny little neck on this literal "young buck". Got some filling out to do yet (when after the most meat I always look at the neck….to me that says way more about how big the deer is than the antlers, antlers is just genetics, sometimes
You get young skinny bucks with decent antlers and big bodied mature bucks that aren't anything special in the antlers…but a buck with a real thick neck is a big bodies full grown specimens and will do a better job of filling the freezer.

 

[cornshank]

If everyone has that mindset then there will be no larger racks out there

To each his own , some enjoy eating wild game , some enjoy looking at at it , some come from large families that need the meat , some have a silver spoon , I shoot to eat the meat , that's what makes everyone different .
Though I value your opinion, it isn't mine.

 

[MOA or bust]

If you think there's at least a 50/50 chance he will make to next year where you live, then I would pass. None of my neighbors would pass on him this year where I hunt (And probably not me).

 

[SEGARE]

Folks, this a probably a mountain buck, and is a monster by that standard. Not to .mention, the Ga DNR has managed the deer population almost into oblivion in favor of the black bear.

 

[Lee7588]

To each his own , some enjoy eating wild game , some enjoy looking at at it , some come from large families that need the meat , some have a silver spoon , I shoot to eat the meat , that's what makes everyone different .
Though I value your opinion, it isn't mine.

You are right everyone is different but when one ask about shooting a buck and they are asking because of antler size they aren't just hunting for meat especially when the antlers can't be eaten. And does are common to find

 

[Calvin45]

Folks, this a probably a mountain buck, and is a monster by that standard. Not to .mention, the Ga DNR has managed the deer population almost into oblivion in favor of the black bear.

Ah. Didn't know that. Even as a mostly opportunistic meat hunter I'm a bit of spoiled brat in northern Saskatchewan. Never took a trophy type buck but have taken some absolutely thiiiiiiick bodied bruisers over the years haha. It's a survival advantage to be stout (and fat if nature lets them) for winter here