Nice first camera check

[BSK]

Always good to get something nice on your first camera card-pull of the new season. Wait a few seconds into this video.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Oh wow, very nice!

 

[cbhunter]

Stud of a buck. Does he have a limp or walking over a rise?

 

[BSK]

Stud of a buck. Does he have a limp or walking over a rise?

He's jumping down off the big dirt piles around the edge of the plot (where the trees were pushed by the bulldozer that cleared the plot).

 

[Antler Daddy]

Looks nice to me!

 

[Mag]

He's looking nice

 

[backyardtndeer]

Couldn't see your attachment, had to copy the link and open it in another tab, but yeah that's a great buck. Here is a direct link to your clip for others having trouble viewing it
https://cdn.tndeer.com/video/278/278740-b800d72e125f4edcff384043a427124c.mp4?hash=_bWJ0VykS-

 

[BSK]

Couldn't see your attachment, had to copy the link and open it in another tab, but yeah that's a great buck. Here is a direct link to your clip for others having trouble viewing it
https://cdn.tndeer.com/video/278/278740-b800d72e125f4edcff384043a427124c.mp4?hash=_bWJ0VykS-

Something has been changed in the way the TNdeer software works. Used to play right off the bat. Now I have to click the "View Media Item" on the black screen when you first click on the video.

 

[Andy S.]

Nice buck. Recognize him from prior years?

 

[mossyoakmantn]

That's a great buck! Goid luck! Man I live those first camera pulls.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Something has been changed in the way the TNdeer software works. Used to play right off the bat. Now I have to click the "View Media Item" on the black screen when you first click on the video.

Doesn't even give me that option on my phone, just a black screen and says image not found. @Blackbeard is aware, said if the person posting the video or image would insert them, that would fix the issue.

 

[ImThere]

Nice buck. Auto played like normal for me on my phone.

 

[buckbstr_1]

Very nice!!!

 

[Andy S.]

Nice buck. Auto played like normal for me on my phone.

Same here. The link works perfect on my iPhone. Click it and watch it, no extra steps needed.

 

[Shed Hunter]

Awesome deer all around. Size, character, everything!

 

[BSK]

Picked up 16 different bucks in just 6 days of camera census. That bodes well for my summer population numbers.

Looking through all of my late-summer baited censuses over the years, the number of unique bucks I have at one week is usually around 50% of what I'm going to end up with total. At two weeks, it's around 75%. At three weeks, it's 95%.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Cool video! Great buck! I gotta get cameras out!

 

[marty d]

Wow that is an amazing buck….

 

[BSK]

A better look at him

 

[Ski]

He serves testament to the work you put into the property! Superb deer.

 

[redblood]

Indeed. Very nice buck

 

[killingtime 41]

Man oh man that's a heck of a buck. That's what I call an exciting card pull. If one in your crew gets him. Post some pics so we can see him with his neck blown up. And the velvet gone.

 

[BSK]

He serves testament to the work you put into the property! Superb deer.

What I'm most excited about is how much our local summer population has changed. In years past, we held a lot of the doe population in summer, but most bucks were just yearlings - male fawns from the previous year still hanging with their mothers. But since we dramatically altered the habitat, we are holding an ever-increasing number of bucks in summer, of all ages. Last year, we picked up 20 summer residents, some up to maturity. This year, after just 6 days of cameras running, we're at 16 bucks. I have no doubt we will easily surpass 20 summer bucks.

Another thing I never thought we would see is a large bachelor group. In the past, it's always been - at most - 3 bucks running together in summer. However, the big buck in the picture is part of a 7-buck bachelor group that is out feeding in food plots almost every day.

 

[megalomaniac]

Huge split in left ear, should be easy to recognize from last year unless its new (doesnt look new)

 

[BSK]

Huge split in left ear, should be easy to recognize from last year unless its new (doesnt look new)

I've gone through last year's pictures and can't find anyone that looks like him a year younger.

 

[Antler Daddy]

I've gone through last year's pictures and can't find anyone that looks like him a year younger.

Don't worry…he will relocate to Cathole by late October.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Beautiful buck!

 

[BSK]

Don't worry…he will relocate to Cathole by late October.

That would be my luck!

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Awesome deer! It's funny how properties are so different. After all our habitat improvements, bucks are on the outskirts during the summer and the does take over for fawning at the heartbeat of the property. Like you, we have had our cameras out for 7 days now. But for us, all does and yearling bucks….except for the outskirts.

 

[BSK]

Awesome deer! It's funny how properties are so different. After all our habitat improvements, bucks are on the outskirts during the summer and the does take over for fawning at the heartbeat of the property. Like you, we have had our cameras out for 7 days now. But for us, all does and yearling bucks….except for the outskirts.

The only thing I can factor is that "good habitat" is now so widespread, it allows bucks into the doe "fawning territories." If the doe population keeps climbing, bucks summering there would probably be forced away.

Honestly, I can see the day when I'm going to have to invite people in to shoot does. We simply don't need any more meat after we kill 3-6 bucks each year (plus we don't want to fool with butchering does).