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The one bigger 8 may come close but being an 8 they have to be pretty darn wide and have very few deductions to make P&Y. I have a buddy who got a 8pt P&Y in PA two years ago that just barely made it and was a huge 8pt with less then 2pt deductions. Either way they are great deer for Dauphin county PA

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I always go by the policy if I have shot one that is bigger than the one standing in front of my bow then it walks. That is unless it is very unique. That is just my policy for management on our lease. We have a lot of guys around here doing that and our deer seem to be getting bigger and bigger. I posted a pic of a 10 pointer on here and that pic was taken in an area were there are several bowhunters and thank god they are very picky. If we need meat we just wack a couple of does. Just my two cents. But to answer your question the big one is close but witout the velvet he probably will not make it. If he is a trophy to you than whack him.

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Nice PA bucks, but wouldn't make P&Y this year at least. They lack the overall tine length. I shot a 9 point very similar last year in archery. He looked huge coming through the woods, and even still when I retrived him, but after drying he measured at about 115.

Maybe give him 1 more year...as tough as it might be to do.

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Either way they are all three very nice, but if this is on land that you have yearly access to (and a management program) then it couldn't hurt to give him one more year.

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The smaller 8 point definately will not come close to P&Y. He's at least a year younger than the other buck too.

With the bigger 8 point, it depends on how much more tine length he adds to the G3's and how much more main beam length he adds too. It should be close but I think he'll fall a few inches short of netting 125. Nice PA buck. Hope you get to measure him yourself this fall. ;)

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Thanks for your comments guys. There aren't very many does around here 3 mature does with 3 fawns. It is my family land but we have 6 acres the guy beside us have 26 so they roam a good bit outside our area. I am going to take a shot at one of them if it is given(if I get a new bow in time for the season). Without a lot of luck these 3 won't make it back next year there is a guy and his son that walk out there back door a 100 ft into a made up blind and hunt rifle. However there are 8 houses in a 100yard radius some as close as 20 ft. the bad thing is we have no proof b/c we are not at home on the first day the 3 houses next to him are family of his so they won't turn him in. its scary that one stray bullet and it could possibly go through our living room window.

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