He needs to die. Won't ever be a more than what he is. IF you want a big one for the wall let someone else , kids, buddy kill him. He needs to die.

Or would you have to hope the mother of that buck had small antlers yes sir,to determine which doe she is and effectively cull her to to stop the spread of the bad genes?

“Won’t ever be a more than what he is”

Am I missing something Jbyrd? As people called you out, you started to add “mass” and “kickers”

Isn’t mass and kickers more?

Thumbs up!

Dont share this with jbird but on does u can tell by the swirl in their hair on their forehead. The higher the swirl is the more points here offspring will have. The larger the swirl the more mass and kickers she will have. If she has antlers her offspring are sure enough going to be world record contenders if given tell maturity and born west of the big river

Umm Delaware I think if you can get past your jealousy and read my first coupling post I said my first guess was 2.5 but after seeing his last pic I guessed 3.5. Thanks for making my point. Spent 2 days about 20 years ago working a check station with a wildlife biologist. His ONLY job was aging deer. It’s an educated guess at best but about 4-5 things he looked at if a deer wasn’t obviously a yearling. One deer was 15 in wide 8 pt that feild dressed 89 lbs every sign physical EXCEPT ANTLERS pointed to 1.5year old But after examining teeth. Hooves glands he estimated its age at 3.5. I asked what caused it?? Obvious it had some kind of dwarf problem. First explanation was severe inbreeding.

Exactly! That’s still six point that passed on crappy genes. Scoring wise he sucks. Want meat shoot a doe. You guys just keep posting pics proving my point
Honestly. What do you think that deer will score?
He’s in velvet so not official. 20wide. 19 in main beams That’s 78 4 short points plus circumstances. Might be100. That’s being generous

ANY deer is like most people as they get older of course he will get bigger. DUH !!
Just like as you get older you become a bigger.. I better let you say that word. YOU are not worth getting a vacation over. But everyone knows the answer. Enjoy your weekend . I'm off to hand out smiles and laughter

Shoot what you want, it’s nobody’s business but yours..

These are all the facts…

It’s your tag, shoot what makes you happy.

Our bucks in S Arkansas typically reach their peak B&C score at age 4.5/5.5. They may well have the most points at 4.5. They may gain a little mass at 5.5 - but an inch or two of mass doesnt make much difference. After 5.5, they typically start going downhill losing a point here or there. For the most part, they dont add inches after age 5.5 in S AR - unfortunately