tree_ghost
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To all the bucks I’ve loved before………
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I did try for a dog but couldn't get anybody to respond. Back then using dogs wasn't as trendy as now. There weren't many options. I'd have paid handsomely and been happy to do so.
bowtechgump
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They are not in order but I watched this guy and wanted my son to get him. But I probably should have sealed the deal. Nah, it was awesome to see him grow.
Awesome deer. And i agree its just as fun and rewarding to not shoot in many instances
bowtechgump
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You know, I wish, everybody really thought that way. I had this individual in front of me for over half an hour at 34 yards, during bow season. It was the year after this picture was taken and I had missed him the year prior. Sometimes winning is not the killing but the game.
Started seeing this deer in 2009. He was always a 7 point but just got wider every year. 2011 he was probably 17" wide. We seen him multiple times every year. 2012 he shows up and put a lot more points on and got much wider. I never seen him after the summer pics.
This other one I didn't have any history with him. Started seeing him in 2011 and got lots of pics of him. I even have pics from full velvet, shedding the velvet, and out of velvet in the same day. They're on my Photobucket and I need to find them some time. Never seen him in person and never seen him again after that year.
This other one I didn't have any history with him. Started seeing him in 2011 and got lots of pics of him. I even have pics from full velvet, shedding the velvet, and out of velvet in the same day. They're on my Photobucket and I need to find them some time. Never seen him in person and never seen him again after that year.
bowtechgump
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The greatest obstacles each of us face is the acknowledgement of others. The greatest thing about people that hunt this beautiful animals is we all hope that everyone knows.......you brought meat to your family. You all hear people say, you can't eat horns.....but you can benefit the future by their existence.
Pretty deer. Impressive neck
bowtechgump
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He was a beautiful part. I had a "hit list" which is a new idea.....we used to just always hoped that someone saw a deer. Sadly, it seems like nothing has changed but we seem to set a different bar...value.
bowtechgump
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The main thing to remember is that there is always a tomorrow!
I love venison as much as anybody and I wouldn't hunt if I weren't going to eat it. But man oh man do I have an affinity for giant antlers! We can have varying layers of appreciation for the animals. It can all be true.
Awesome deer rem270. Its rare for me to have more than 3 seasons experience with any deer
im the same, but the antlers meaning nothing to me. Its now about age. Im fascinated by old bucks. Thick shoulders, bull necked ol scarred warriors that have been able to survive both man, his peers, natural predators snd the harsh elements for many many moons. Genetics and nutrition are variables that are hard for most of us to have a big impact on. But to catch up with deer that has survived 5.5 or 6.5 years, is something special. Where i live now i see lots of very high end 3.5s and 4.5s that I zero temptation to shoot. Their slender necks and narrow shoulders tell me all i need to know….they are too vulnerable and lack the experience they need to survive. But let a super mature 220 pound stump muffin drift through like a ghost and im like a dog with rabies- regardless of his score.
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There are always exceptions to any rule, but fortunately old age and big antlers usually go hand in hand. Most bucks have their biggest racks in their last years of life. Very, very few live long enough to go backwards. Generally speaking if you kill a 5+yr old buck he is wearing the biggest rack of his life.
Perfect example a buck we named shortsy. He was killed by my son on opening day at 4.5. He grossed 127. Here he is at 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 standing in the exact same spot. His lack of antler gross and huge body size put him on the list.
Could he have exploded at 5.5? Maybe (and i would given him the chance but my son (14) has to pass a lot of deer with big antlers so this was the perfect deer for him to be able take.
Could he have exploded at 5.5? Maybe (and i would given him the chance but my son (14) has to pass a lot of deer with big antlers so this was the perfect deer for him to be able take.
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Here is a buck named Splitz, he walked by my can for the first time on nov 13th 2019 as what i thought was a very high end 4.5. I passed him on Thanksgiving morning 2019. He was chasing a doe. I took a picture (circled him) as he walled by at 40 yards. I would pass him once more in december of that same yr. He had 13 pts that yr. After that season, he and several other mature bucks stayed in a food plot on s corn pile i had put out to take inventory. All were still wearing both sides on valentines day 2020.
I saw in September of 2020 while bushhogging (way off) and could tell he exploded. He showed up on camera for me Halloween night and died a week later across the rd. In that week i had over 50 pictures of him , all at night.
I could tell he was a yr older than i had originally though. You will see the belly and neck. He also added at least 25 to 30 inches of antler.
Splitz in 2019 at 4.5
I saw in September of 2020 while bushhogging (way off) and could tell he exploded. He showed up on camera for me Halloween night and died a week later across the rd. In that week i had over 50 pictures of him , all at night.
I could tell he was a yr older than i had originally though. You will see the belly and neck. He also added at least 25 to 30 inches of antler.
Splitz in 2019 at 4.5
