Pretty sure this deer is at least 7-8. Had pics of him in velvet two summers back and he was at least 5 at the time. Lots of pics this season but never seen him in person. Pics this last week look like he lost an eye fighting. Assuming he survives, any experience of what this will do to a buck next season? Should I turn my friends lose on my spot to try to get him killed in the next few weeks?
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I'd definitely try to kill him, but not necessarily because of the injury. He's old enough and I don't see him blowing up next year. If he develops an infection and his body condition suffers it could affect antler growth next year but if he makes it to the spring in good body condition he should be fine.
We have a 7-8 year old buck on our place that's the same way. He lost an eye earlier this year and it looks pretty ugly. He's about a 130-ish 8 point and I don't see him turning in to anything special next year. We've been saving him for a guest to kill.
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I found this buck in KS and killed him 3 days later. His eye was gouged out in a fight the first pics I got of him and it looked like a baseball 3 days later when I killed him. Pretty gruesome. Not sure if he’d have made it or if infection woulda killed him but he was still looking for a fight the afternoon I killed him.
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