Hunting Leases/Kids Hunting/Drury Syndrome

[TheGreek]

Many years ago, my uncle jimbo told me that deer make people stupid. I reckon he was right.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Got a call from a hunter today wanting to confirm the age of the buck he shot this year. The hunter has been on a large lease for 15 years and said he shot a 180” class whitetail. He said they aren’t supposed to shoot deer younger than 7, and the biologist told him it’s 4 based on tooth wear. He said if it’s younger than 6 there’s a good chance he is going to get kicked off the lease.

7 seems pretty steep threshold for whitetail but maybe that’s more common than I realize? Most folks I’ve talked to in those situations are aiming for 4 or 5+ year olds unless deemed “management buck.”

Talk about knocking the wind out of your sails. Geesh.

Anyway, made me think of this thread, don’t know if the guy has children or not but that’s a heck of an example to learn at a young age to see your dad get what would likely be a buck of a lifetime for 90?% of hunters only to lose hunting access because it wasn’t old enough.

 

[rogerthat]

Got a call from a hunter today wanting to confirm the age of the buck he shot this year. The hunter has been on a large lease for 15 years and said he shot a 180” class whitetail. He said they aren’t supposed to shoot deer younger than 7, and the biologist told him it’s 4 based on tooth wear. He said if it’s younger than 6 there’s a good chance he is going to get kicked off the lease.

7 seems pretty steep threshold for whitetail but maybe that’s more common than I realize? Most folks I’ve talked to in those situations are aiming for 4 or 5+ year olds unless deemed “management buck.”

Talk about knocking the wind out of your sails. Geesh.

Anyway, made me think of this thread, don’t know if the guy has children or not but that’s a heck of an example to learn at a young age to see your dad get what would likely be a buck of a lifetime for 90?% of hunters only to lose hunting access because it wasn’t old enough.

Yeah that’s brutal. Imo you can’t tell the difference between a 5 year old and a 7 year old on the hoof with anything but detailed history with the buck such as trail cam photos.

 

[D_Walt]

Got a call from a hunter today wanting to confirm the age of the buck he shot this year. The hunter has been on a large lease for 15 years and said he shot a 180” class whitetail. He said they aren’t supposed to shoot deer younger than 7, and the biologist told him it’s 4 based on tooth wear. He said if it’s younger than 6 there’s a good chance he is going to get kicked off the lease.

7 seems pretty steep threshold for whitetail but maybe that’s more common than I realize? Most folks I’ve talked to in those situations are aiming for 4 or 5+ year olds unless deemed “management buck.”

Talk about knocking the wind out of your sails. Geesh.

Anyway, made me think of this thread, don’t know if the guy has children or not but that’s a heck of an example to learn at a young age to see your dad get what would likely be a buck of a lifetime for 90?% of hunters only to lose hunting access because it wasn’t old enough.

That will get you kicked off of most highly managed “trophy” leases where I’m from, and they’ll be a line of people to take his spot. Not uncommon.