I'm not totally sure it's the same deer. It's totally 2 separate areas of the farm. He's doing some major traveling if so but looking at his current rack structure it looks like the same. Time will tell over the next few weeks I reckon.
Not sure about where you are, but there had been plenty of rainfall here up until now. Very green here, probably helps all wildlife.
Northern middle. Yep for sure. The deer on our farm normally are pretty skinny this time of year and get fattened up later in summer. I've been helping the cause with plots over the past year and a half and a lot of land management so maybe I can chalk some of it up to that for the fruits of all the labor.
And distinguishing bucks is another issue that's worse this time of year during early antler growth.
We just greened up after a period where the plots were starting to look a little worse for wear. But the adult does I'm seeing look exceptionally healthy. Healthier than in past summer.
I don't even attempt it at this time of year.
Always hard to tell private landowners (or those who lease property) to just "wait a while." Often, that's all it takes to get the age structure up. But those "waiting" years can be tough.
