![]() Some of you more experienced guys know what i'm talking about. In actual hunting conditions it ain't always easy to tell the difference between the 130 vs 150. But we all can agree to hunt for bucks that trip our literal trigger. Ego comes in all sizes and often should be reduced. My earlier comments about age were to point out that score shouldn't be the ONLY thing to consider when you are out there. ![]() What about you other guys that have the 150's? Sometimes there is NO DIFFERENCE between the guys getting 130's and the 150's. Learning how to balance that all, is more of a challenge than killing the mature buck if you ask me. So many factors play into this: location, time, effort, drive, patience, understanding family, and some one track mind mentality. I also can tell you the last couple years I've had to pass some bucks most years I wouldn't, to kill the target bucks I've been after. I personally have tried to hunt areas I know my odds are best at tagging a whitetail I'm looking for in areas that have and hold bucks of the classes we are talking about, instead of hunting areas where they are ghosts. A lot is lost on the way to becoming that caliber of hunter if your not careful, jobs, relationships, etc. ![]() It takes a extreme hunter to produce year in and year out. I think most guys put too much pressure on themselves with inches and what others think, and should instead find the joy inside of them that is hunting and continue to fuel that fire. Killing any mature buck is a huge success. As said hunting a mature buck is totally different ball game. ![]() Yes they tend to be bigger, but not always 130" or 150", in my home state. There isn't always a direct correlation to inches to age. We don't have an issue with 2.5 150s or even 2.5 130s. I will admit, I tend to target the biggest antlers, but that usually correlates with age as well. Most deer I see going either score, are 4.5+ and to me wrapping a tag on either of them would be a great season. Heavy pressured public land, holds very few 150s class deer in my home state. My goal every year is to kill a mature buck. I have to say big anters on a buck get my blood running, but I have to admit since really diving into age and targeting specific bucks, that age and history are closing that gap of just big antlers. When the American Indians killed a big old racked buck they had more tools, more knife handles, and more meat, than if they killed a dink buck or a doe So when I hear guys talk about age as being the most important thing I wonder why? If it were the most important thing killing an old buck that had dropped its antlers already would be the same as if he hadn't dropped yet!!!! I'm also blaming the American Indians for starting the trophy hunting craze. Why is this you may ask? One word " Antlers". I mean most of us don't get does mounted? Even if they are big and old. If age were the most important factor we would consider killing an old doe just as big of accomplishment as an old buck!!!īut we don't, a buck is considered a bigger accomplishment. They ask about score, number of points, body weight but almost never age. Very seldom if ever, does anyone ask me the age of any buck I have ever killed. Even if they won't admit it, or may not even know it themselves. I also believe this to be true for most hunters. Score trumps age as far as I am concerned. So a 5.5 year old buck that scores 150 compared to a 5.5 year old buck that scores 130 is mostly an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon. The difference in score on bucks that are the same age is merely luck of the draw.
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