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Discussion in 'Whitetail Deer Hunting' started by TwoBucks, Jul 19, 2014.

  1. TwoBucks

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    A lot of guys are throwing out nice pics of bucks, but how much will they grow from here on? 5-10 inches? I'm just curious and talking 3 + y/o bucks


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    not much more from what I have seen, then again everything is a couple weeks behind this year
     
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    Seems like growth is a bit behind for us here in MN. They should be close to full size by now... Maybe another few inches.


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    It really just depends on the deer. Some may have already maxed out possibly.

    From what I have seen over the years is that 5-10 is probably about right if I had to guess.

    Those deer that still have the rounded blub look to there antlers still have growing to do.

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    Thats pretty much what I was thinking all along
     
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    POWERHAWK_11 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    10-15" here on some but probably closer to 7-10" more.
     
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    I've still got decent bulbs on a lot of my deer. Even the ones that seek more mature. I'm hoping for at least 5 inches more
     
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    One big guy that we got up here looks like he had some bulbs on his G2s and G3s and main beams but his brows looked finished, does that mean the rest in done shortly too?
     
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    The brows are almost always the first to finish.
     
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    So does it usually finish in order? Brows, G1s, G2s and so on? for typicals obviously
     
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    From what I have witnessed yes MidwestMachine but like stated it varies from deer to deer. We've had deer hold antlers all the way through the last day of April while others shed in January....growth is the same...some seem to grow and be done by late July while others seem to use all of July and some of August. It's the beauty of the game.
     
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    The buck MM is referring to could really use another 10". We put him around 140 right now, nice for sure, but a little more would really give him the wow factor.
     
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