drop tine bucks - how rare are they?

[Alpinebullwinkle]

In 40 years of hunting I don't recall seeing a deer with a drop tine. Perhaps I'm hunting the wrong gene pool? Seen many monster mulies and coues both though and taken a top 10 coues (121) with a bow.

[GotBowAz]

in 2009 during my elk hunt my brother and I saw a huge double drop tine Muley. What a buck of a life time! I drempt about going up after him the next year. That dream was shattered when a guy from Flaggstaff killed him during the rifle season. I believe he went 205 non-typical gross.

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That was the only drop tine I have ever seen.

 

GBA

[Koury Guide Service]

Here is a drop tine buck that we hunted this weekend. Not a great frame but a nice drop tine. This buck is still not safe 2.5 weeks left in the archery hunt..

[lovinthehunt]

Nice

 

[gbocardo]

Have not seen a drop tine but recently while helping my buddy on his archery hunt we came across a buck with two spikes on his left side and a fork on his right. Was a young buck but almost to rare to pass up. Wife and I have our hunt in same unit come October and knowing my wife she wont pass on it. Going to be an awesome non-typical with age.

[Seldom Drawn]

Not that Rare for Kaibab,been alot of great Droptine bucks from there over the years,

[Sneaker]

+1. Depends on where you hunt. Around Kingman it's not in the genes, on the Kaibab I see them, young and old, that have droppers of various sizes/configurations pretty frequently.

[Snapshot]

I have seen only one drop tine buck in my life. Mule deer in Unit 27. He wasn't real big, maybe 140".......and I had a whitetail tag at the time.

[bonecollector777]

Killed this guy last year. Not the biggest buck I have killed but definitely the coolest one. He ended up scoring 168 but only because of his 8 inch drop tine. Earlier that year while scouting I saw another buck in velvet with a drop tine but only saw him once. I am pretty sure it could be that same buck koury just posted a picture of. The drop was angled like that and I know they hunt that same area.

[LifeFeedsOnLife]

Haven't kept up with the thread lately but here is the buck I killed in November with a small drop tine

[bonecollector]

Wowzer great buck. ^^^

[Bowhunter480]

Drop time or not Lifefeedsonlife that's an awesome buck congrats!

[sjvcon]

Seen a couple in Kaibab. One in 23. Never close enough for a decent shot though.

[jeremiah lindsey]

seen a mulie with drop TINES! in 3b south and a wt. in 34a on the rosemont ranch with a droptine

[Rabid]

2015 buck from Montana.  35 wide with a 12.5 in drop.