Re: Shoot or not to Shoot Spikes
There are pros and cons to both sides but I highly recamend reading the docs aticles in NAW mag. That last buck is a good one no dought a bout it, but how do you know for sure he wasn't a spike at one point in his life. I think it is very risky at best to just start cullng with out Knowing for sure it is the right thing to do. Dr. Kroll mentioned two other studies besides the one I speek of and said with out a dought he believes in this latest one.And ya the other hunters in my area have benifited from my efferts just as you said. One case was a 7pt I passed a few yaers ago. He grew to be 2.5 10pt the next and then I relucted to shoot him as a 3.5 10pt as he limped past me, witch I thought I would do him a faver and put him out of his missory. In 2005 he never came with in bow range of me but he did come into gun range for the guy next to me. I don't know the score as of now but at least 165 as a 4.5 year old.