re: Harvest or give them more time?

I wouldn’t hesitate to drop em under the right circumstances. It’s a personal choice. Are you new to hunting then and this would be your best deer ever then sure go for it. Is it a youth hunt and a kid or teen about to get his first buck? Then yes. Are you old and don’t have many hunts left? then sure go for it. Are you somewhere (like central texas) that the population is robust and these fella won’t be missed? Then do it if you want to. If it’s a legal kill and it’s a legal weapon then who cares what others think. You and your crew make some ground rules and go get it. Having said that, personally I’ll only harvest a second buck in a season if it’s bigger and better then my first. Last week I took a nice 10 point with an 18 inch spread. I’ll keep hunting this year but unless something happens walks by bigger then I’ll take does till the season ends. Hope this helps.

A lot depends on the size of your tract and even more importantly your neighbors. I personally have 180 acres and going after mature is more important to me than rack. I try to go for 4+ year olds but know I've taken some 3 year olds. It's hard to tell most of the time for me between 3 and 4 but I've never been disappointed although I think I should've let some walk and got to excited. It all depends on what's a trophy for you

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just vote we quit saying “harvest” when we talkin bout shootin deer.

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Plus how often do you even see a 6 yr old deer?

Question is are you raising deer or hunting them