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did you donate it to Outdoor Experience 4 All? I was supposed to be taking a young girl out this weekend in 23, but they had a death in the family and have to postpone. Maybe it's your tag?

I adore Cliff anyway, but yes I love the sticker pic!! Awesome ram Cliff! I am very happy for you buddy!

yea....I wish he would have passed too That buck had some knubs that looked like they might have become drop tines in the future.

On the other hand.....Scott Adams 124 inch buck seems to only be 5 years old based on tooth wear. But there was a burn in that area probably a year and a half before Scott killed him and the regrowth probably helped a ton with nutrition and it was a great antler year (meaning good rains and thus good vegetation growth) in general that year. I think Scott's buck would have gotten even larger as a 7-8 year old. It takes three things to make a great buck....Age, Nutrition, and Genetics. and we know Scott's buck was a beast the year before too!

here is some more info based on shed antlers from the same bucks over time. the first pic shows a set found by Dan and Monica King. You can see his best antlers are when he was 7+ years old. and some from Jim Reynolds collection: this set is missing some of the early antlers

I would say that generally truly large bucks (say >110 inches) are going to be 7 years old or larger. my buck from this year scores 106 and based on toothwear and sheds found and trail cam pics, I would say he was 5 years old. My 110 buck from mexico a few years ago was 7 years old based on tooth wear. Dale Gonzales gave me the lower jaw from that monster buck (story and pics here) he killed and I think it's at least 8 years old. When I worked on San Carlos we pulled teeth from a lot of Whitetail, but the lab gave inconsistent results so we didn't have a lot of faith in that data. But the mule deer were easier for them to age, and the biggest bucks were generally 8, 9 or 10 years old. I would say you can get good 100+ inch bucks at 4-5 years old, but true monsters tend to be older.

I sell a really good one made by members of this site! It's available here: http://www.coueswhitetail.com/bookstore/hunting_videos.htm

Congratulations on your buck!

GH is out there visiting family....not sure he will get a chance to hunt while he is there.

Looks a little chilly out there!!

thx Tony!! I appreciate any and all help spreading the word.

Wow! I am excited for you Jim!! Can't wait to hear your stories!

WoW!!!! Stunning ram! Congratulations!

+1 and here are a few pig pics of from me and my friends: this is the the oldest javelina I have ever shot. Her teeth were worn out with several just gone. I will post pics of the jaw of this pig compared to the one below that my friend shot on the same hunt. Old javelina vs young javelina...look at the tooth wear! my archery javelina from last year: mark denham's javelina from the same hunt:

got it and I sent her the info earlier today.

OH MY!!!! That's a spectacular buck!!

Nicely done!

Congratulations!

Outstanding bucks! Congratulations!

Beautiful ram!! Nicely done!

Awesome! Tell him thanks for sharing it!! I remember driving and seeing sheep not far from Anchorage. Would love to go back some day!

Wow!! You have a bunch a really unique trophies there!!

Many of you know Jeremy Browning (aka jeremyb) recently opened his own business after working for 12 years in the meat processing industry. His new, super clean shop is in Payson and he is open and ready for business just in time for the hunting seasons. Jeremy LOVES to cut meat and he will give you great customer service. He offers processing for all game, custom cuts, breakfast sausages, italian sausage and more. AND he is offering 10% off anyone who shows up at his shop wearing a CouesWhitetail.com hat, tshirt or who has a CouesWhitetail.com sticker on their vehicle. How cool is that!! In addition, he has teamed up with sponsor Wild Heritage Taxidermy to act as a drop off location for them. Some people find it hard to drive all the way up to Young where Wild Heritage Taxidermy is located, so they have worked out a deal with Jeremy that people can drop their trophies off at his meat processing shop and Wild Heritage will come pick up the trophies as needed. Another great service offered to CouesWhitetail.com members! Thank you Jeremy and Dale at Wild Heritage. Jeremy doesn't have a website yet, but his contact info is listed below. If you harvest something this year, take it to Jeremy....you will get some outstanding processing and you get to help out a fellow forum member. You can read more about Jeremy in his forum member profile.. Browning's Custom Meat Processing 404 South St. Phillips Payson, AZ 928-978-3512 602-708-1920 Official Sponsor of CouesWhitetail.com Thank you for your support Jeremy!!

Loved the story!! Thanks for taking the time to write that up and share it with us! Hey, don't forget to send the link to this thread to Doug (RedRabbit) so you get entered in the coues contest. if you need help doing that, let me know.

Congratulations!! Nice job on the deer!