Which would you shoot?

[lokidog]

In the back yard.

[lokidog]

Actually, it's a no brainer for the amount of meat, but I wonder if I should take the skinny one out before he dies this winter anyways.  He does not look good.  The second one, on the other hand, has at least 50 pounds of meat on him from past experience.  My daughter wants to try to shoot a buck this year with the ML, he might be a backup if we can't find another one outside of the yard.

[Widgeondeke]

Definitely a no brainer..
Weird how one is so skinny and the other is fat

[lokidog]

The one is definitely a younger animal, but he is so skinny it looks like there is something wrong with him.   

[Smossy]

The one is definitely a younger animal, but he is so skinny it looks like there is something wrong with him.   

Isnt that food right infront of his face?
I guess just stick him and use those nice straight horns for a knife handle or toilet paper roll holder.

[Boss .300 winmag]

i dont think i would eat him he looks sick, or full of worms.

[h20hunter]

Night and day difference....poor little fella.......need to throw a few more apples over the fence for him.

[Fowlweather25]

  im thinking either tooth problems or parasites. Plenty of feed right now.

[MP123]

  im thinking either tooth problems or parasites. Plenty of feed right now.

Or chronic wasting disease...

I'd be picking the fat one!

[lokidog]

  im thinking either tooth problems or parasites. Plenty of feed right now.

Or chronic wasting disease...

I'd be picking the fat one!

There's no CWD in WA that I am aware of.

Could be worms, he seems to be able to eat the apples just fine, so I don't think he has tooth problems.

[Fowlweather25]

Put out some ivomec on the apples?

[MP123]

  im thinking either tooth problems or parasites. Plenty of feed right now.

Or chronic wasting disease...

I'd be picking the fat one!

There's no CWD in WA that I am aware of.

Could be worms, he seems to be able to eat the apples just fine, so I don't think he has tooth problems.

Yeah, no CWD in Washington...  Unless he's the first case 

[Mike450r]

It'll be fine,  shoot the fat one that keeps eating all the good grub and pushing little skinny dear around.  Next year he will be the fat buck.

[deltaops]

I would shoot the fat one, he keeps stealing the skinny ones food.   

[pianoman9701]

The fat one. But then again if this year's elk hunt is any indicator, I'd probably miss!