Chuta!

[Ski]

I was worried about this season as I hadn't seen the fall shift yet but last couple days it's like a switch was flipped and bucks are showing up. Got one I'm interested in that I've been watching grow up for several years and this year he looks good.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Very nice deer. Hope you get a shot at him.

 

[swampbadger]

No doubter! hope you get a pic holding him!

 

[BSK]

That's a good mature buck Ski!

 

[Ski]

That's a good mature buck Ski!

Just the way i like them

No idea if he'll show up in daylight for me but we'll see. I've never seen him on the hoof even though he's been a regular since he was a 2yr old 8pt. Amazing how they can be so present yet completely unseen.

 

[TN Larry]

Great buck. TN or OH?

 

[Ski]

Great buck. TN or OH?

Ohio. Not seeing much in TN yet this season.

 

[TN Larry]

Ohio. Not seeing much in TN yet this season.

Great buck either way. DId the deer that you let walk last year that broke a beam show up yet this year?

 

[Ski]

Great buck either way. DId the deer that you let walk last year that broke a beam show up yet this year?

Not yet, unfortunately. I get a couple every year that reach 5.5yrs old but almost never see a 6.5yr+. In hindsight I probably should have shot him because I knew the chance of him living another year would be almost zero.

Ironically I say that and this year I actually have a 6yr old showing up. I think that's still too young for decline but his rack sure shrank from previous years. Now he looks like a 2yr old rack on a mature body. In video his movements are super slow and stiff, and he walks like an old cowboy who spent too much time in the saddle lol.

I think i enjoy watching the life cycle of these bucks maybe more than hunting them.

 

[tree_ghost]

It's getting exciting! Good luck on that stud Ski! I agree that the switch has flipped. There were 4 new bucks in the last 48 hours at my place one of which is fully mature.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

That's a great buck!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Heck yeah! Great buck!