Originally Posted by AU338MAG
Originally Posted by mman
Originally Posted by mike35549
That sounds about right. When you start putting actuall numbers to this it makes you realize why you see so few 4+ year old deer compared to 1-2 year olds. The answer to what happen to all those young deer I let go last year is they are dead. That is one reason it is very hard for a club to go from a 6 or 8 point or better club to a only kill 4 or 5 year old bucks. The pool of bucks you are able to kill shrinks dramatically, and most people can't deal with only killing a buck every 2-3 years. But if you have a piece of property big enough to hold 90 bucks but have only 10 or so mature deer out of those 90 it don't give you very many opportunities to kill a buck.


That's exactly right!!! Especially when you are paying 2000+ for a club, it's difficult not to shoot something.

Actually, its very easy not to shoot a deer.


That's the mentality that is the main reason for the lack of fully mature bucks