Nothing wrong with that, just know that the majority of bucks aged in summertime pics are aged AT LEAST a year younger than they really are. That is why it is so hard to say for sure during the summer when they are thinner, have thinner coats, have lower testosterone, and have a doe's neck so to speak.'borohunter":9g2sxsux said:
My thoughts exactly, but not everyone sees it our way Mike. Some hunters are so excited about the velvet, that just the opposite is happening; they are lowering their hard horn standards for a shot at a velvet buck during this very narrow 3 day window of opportunity. It's their tag and they can burn it however they want, just know, it will happen later this month.Mike Belt":4pn0t0d9 said:
He is north of 4.5, likely 5.5, and possibly 6.5. I've killed one buck that I knew was 6.5 (trail cam pics, TR&W method and cementum annuli method all agreed for a change), and this deer looks a lot like he did in July/August.TN hunter":b24zns5b said:
Agree.Andy S.":3kiaxs3y said:
2-Buck Limit is Helping You? :tu:TN hunter":3kiaxs3y said:
TheLBLman":25uf0geu said:
Truer words have never been spoken. I've been afforded the opportunity at Ames (18k acres) to get a unique buck on trail camera one night during late November/early December, and he get killed a mile away the very next day. If you think about it, a mile, even to the slowest walking person in the world, is not much ground to cover over a 24 hour period.TN hunter":30q7l0yu said:
He has eerily similar antler configuration, and both bucks have a sort of palmated left G2 where it connects to the main beam, basically fattens out at the bottom somewhat. I suspect the last two pics you posted are of the same buck, one last year post season, and of course this year pre-season.TN hunter":16d3r34v said:
