Let's see your personal "hit list" bucks

[BSK]

Let's see pictures of the bucks you have on your personal "hit list."

Although these aren't the only bucks I would kill (I'll take anything 3 1/2+), these are the hit list bucks I would like to kill:

The 3 1/2s:

The 4 1/2s:

(best picture I have of him so far)

The 6 1/2:

 

[mallard239]

i'm ashamed to show mine.

 

[megalomaniac]

The buck in the center is on the hit list. He's 4.5 or possibly 5.5... The one on the left is off limits... he's only 2.5 or 3.5 and has a TON of potential if he can make it through the season.

On another farm, this is the only mature buck we've photographed... but we don't even have cameras on another 400 acres of this farm. There should be another 2 or 3 mature bucks on this farm that were 3.5 last year and not killed that I'm aware of:

We've got another buck that should be 4.5 and in the 140's, but haven't run cameras where's he's been hanging out due to cattle.

 

[Quailman]

Very nice bucks guys!! I've got some nice pics as well, so it should be an interesting year!

 

[Str8Shooter]

Nice bucks!

 

[Baxter83]

Nowhere near the caliber of some on here, but these guys are better than anything we've had/seen on this particular private property to date...

 

[W.Seay]

bsk, that 6.5 year old is a toad with awesome browtines!! that 1st 4.5 yr old buck looks great too! You should have atleast one of them down very soon, unless all the bowhunters mess things up for you when they are out doing all their scouting

 

[easy45]

Wish I had some to show, haven't gotten a pic of anything older than 2.5

 

[BSK]

Mega,

I get why you're protecting that buck on the left in the top picture. Wow what potential! The mature buck in the middle is awesome.

 

[BSK]

Nothing wrong with those bucks Baxter83. Nice bucks and if they meet your goals, good luck.

 

[Mr.Bro]

This one gets a pass this year

Got a feeling the nine with split g2 will hit the ground this week.But wont pass any of these.

 

[Shed Hunter]

These are the two Ive gotten on camera but where I'll mostly hunt this year.

4.5 year old 11/12 point. He has short brows but a little extra main beam length to make up for it.

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Haven't seen this one this year but he definately will be huge. Hopefully he will get the B&C mark.
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[megalomaniac]

Mega,

I get why you're protecting that buck on the left in the top picture. Wow what potential! The mature buck in the middle is awesome.

The buck on the left is incredibly similar to this 3.5 y/o buck from last year. But the buck last year had split g2's on both sides. We passed him up a few times, the neighbors were on board to pass him up as well, but when he finally stepped out in front of them in mid Dec, they changed their mind. I think he scored in the low 130's, but would have been at least a solid mid to upper 150's buck this year had he made it.

Hopefully this year's buck will make it, but I'm doubtful. I really do think he might touch 160" next year if he lives.

We're in a lull for older bucks on this farm due to the drought/ absent rut/ no fawn recruitment from 3 or 4 years ago. I knew it was coming back then. We should bounce back next year, though, as we've got a ton of 2.5 y/o's.

 

[megalomaniac]

Mr. Bro, you've got some incredible deer! Crazy how so many of them have such short brow tines, though.

 

[Trevor2]

All these are on my list. But the first pic is definatley gonna be in trouble if I can get a crack at him. Im thinking he is 4.5 yo.

 

[primos32]

Nice bucks! I just wish I had some hit list bucks on camera! lol

 

[BSK]

We're in a lull for older bucks on this farm due to the drought/ absent rut/ no fawn recruitment from 3 or 4 years ago. I knew it was coming back then. We should bounce back next year, though, as we've got a ton of 2.5 y/o's.

Interesting that you mention "missing" age-classes of bucks due to past poor fawn recruitment. I too have a "missing" age-class, the 2 1/2 year-olds this year. We were low on 1 1/2 year-olds last year and had very poor fawn recruitement in '09. Normally 2 1/2 year-old bucks make up 25-30% of unique bucks, but this year it is only around 15%.

 

[Wompuscat]

Bsk that 6.5s browtines: WOW!!!!

 

[BSK]

Bsk that 6.5s browtines: WOW!!!!

Yeah, impressive, aren't they!? Tall browtrines are very rare in my area, and those tines are one way we've been able to track that buck over the years, although they didn't really grow to such impressive length until he hit 5 1/2.

 

[Wompuscat]

Daggers!

 

[BSK]

Here he is last year:

Rut:

Post-rut:

 

[tnbowhunter3]

Here he is...been watchin him all thru summer/fall.waiting on a mistake

 

[BSK]

Wow! Great buck tnbowhunter3!

 

[TrailWatcher]

I have not seen this Buck this season but I have stayed away from this area so far during bow for a reason....

 

[JA1234]

Here he is last year:

Rut:

hey BSK was that photo taken with a reconyx..I have one that is blurring the side of my photos like that... just daytime



some very nice hit listers yall have...I wish I had a hit list...to much baseball caused me to be lazy in getting the cameras at the farm set up..so as of now I am just looking for that surprise buck to show up. LOL

 

[BSK]

hey BSK was that photo taken with a reconyx..I have one that is blurring the side of my photos like that... just daytime

Yup, th Reconyx has two lenses; one for daytime and one for night. I need to replace the daytime lens on that camera. I suspect it is heat warping.

 

[JA1234]

Thanks I need to check into this then...

 

[Mr.Bro]

Take 1 off my hit list.The tall 8 in the 3rd photo came by me at 6pm this evening at 15yards and quartering away.Easy kill but this buck has only about 2in brow tines but does have lots of mass,I have killed a couple of larger 8s so this on walked.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

great bucks

 

[BSK]

Congrats Mr. Bro!