New rules 4 1/2 year old bucks or 22" beams

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I am just going to bring my checkbook.

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This
I don't think I'd join a club of this nature especially with a youngen wanting to kill & not just take pics

I hunted a place like that for a few years recently and honestly I was afraid to shoot a buck due to the fact they were big for their age along the Big Black River in Ms. I just shot does. I had never had to "age" them before and based on my experience it takes year of experience to successfully age them. When you see that big 3 yo buck with little experience aging them cautions go out the window and boom, then it's too late. Staying with does for a few years is the best bet IMO. Take some pics and have the "experts" tell you if a shooter or not. Trust me, there will be plenty of mistakes made by others in the first year of taking only 4 1/2 yo bucks.

I messed up and shot a 3.5 year old 8 pt on Saturday. I let excitement and frustration get the better of me.
I have 3-4 shooters that I've been getting pictures of since August, and this deer wasn't one of them.
Should have known better, and I will feel bad about it until I get it back from the processor and cook some of the sausage he had become