drop tine buck.

My buddy at work has had multiple pics of a nice 8pt with about what appeared to be a perfect 8-10in drop tine on his left side. Looks like what would be someone's dream buck. I told him that he needed to say a prayer every night that he didnt break that club off because it was so big. Well he updated me with a pic this morning that the drop tine was now gone. I guess thats how it goes. He's prob a low 130's and is a shooter by most people standards. Do you let him walk this year with hopes he will have that drop again next year? I told him to smoke him.

Hell no. Choot em!!! We had two on our lease last year, they were never seen except on camera

Dead within seconds of first sighting.

Shoot on site

If he's just a low 130s" 5x5 and/or less than 4.5 YO , he gets a pass this year from me.

OOOPs my bad, BPS said it was an 8pt, I still won't shoot at 130" and/or less than 4yo.

Yup.

I would let him walk.

Without putting out to much info, as he knows not about this post. He had never hunted until last year. Joker killed 5 deer last year. All with a bow. He had another good one on camera last year. He shot it and couldnt find it. So at this point he hasnt killed a really nice one. Having killed bigger deer with a rifle, I still havent killed a signature deer with a bow and I would gladly smoke him.

what if he killed the deer, and took a pre-season pic to the taxidermist for replication of the drop?

I'm sure a tax could do something like that. I wouldnt ever do it on anything I killed. I like to keep them as legit as possible when I killed them.

Letting him walk doesnt mean that it will grow back next year. Of course it could grow back on both sides and sure enough be a freak.

130" 8 point...I'm shooting

I've killed a 130" 8 ptr, believe me, i would shoot another one. They have to be big to score that high with only 8 pts.

No Sht. I agree. A 4yo 8 is also a 5-6yo 8 imo. However the drop is intriguing and deserves a pass for me personally.