Put the old girl to good use last week.

by Brian A, Saturday, December 19, 2015, 00:00 (3202 days ago) @ Wildcat

I shot a 4.5 year old a few years back that was still a forkhorn and have seen several that age or older that were still spikes when doing deer checks for the DNR. It is not genetics, it is the lack of nutrients in the soil combined with severe winters. We can only support up to about 5 deer per square mile in these parts, and there being lots of public land, it gets hunted very heavily. It is rare for a buck here to survive past 1.5 years.