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<blockquote data-quote="Dumbluck" data-source="post: 5781027" data-attributes="member: 22434"><p>We killed a couple of mature bucks last year that actually looked younger body wise than the year before. Luckily I run a lot of cameras and when I see a deer in person they typically all look different to me so identifying them the next season for me is fairly easy. One of those bucks was a for sure 4.5+ yet he looked like a 3.5 or younger the first time I got a photo of him last year. At first I didn't think it was the same deer until I got a daytime photo of him and noticed his white marks on his legs matched the year before and then I could see it in his rack as well. That deer I would bet you weighed a good 40 to 50 lbs less than he did the year before at 3.5. His back was actually v shaped where his spine was. My dad killed that deer and questioned if he killed a great up and comer, I had to reassure him he was a 4.5+ and once I showed him the data he felt much better. I wondered if that buck would have even survived late winter, he was killed right as the rut just started and he was already emaciated. </p><p></p><p>As for the deer this year, the herd we have looks healthy and they seem to be at the body configurations I would expect. The configurations are there I believe but their overall weight is still down. I planted a bunch of forage oats to try and help them put that weight back up over this winter and with the acorn crop we have, I think we will see a high survival rate of our older bucks which is very slim. Our older age classes have been getting hammered with mortality the last 6-7 years on this farm and I believe that is directly tied to our fairly new know everything dumbass neighbor that is feeding thousands of pounds of corn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dumbluck, post: 5781027, member: 22434"] We killed a couple of mature bucks last year that actually looked younger body wise than the year before. Luckily I run a lot of cameras and when I see a deer in person they typically all look different to me so identifying them the next season for me is fairly easy. One of those bucks was a for sure 4.5+ yet he looked like a 3.5 or younger the first time I got a photo of him last year. At first I didn't think it was the same deer until I got a daytime photo of him and noticed his white marks on his legs matched the year before and then I could see it in his rack as well. That deer I would bet you weighed a good 40 to 50 lbs less than he did the year before at 3.5. His back was actually v shaped where his spine was. My dad killed that deer and questioned if he killed a great up and comer, I had to reassure him he was a 4.5+ and once I showed him the data he felt much better. I wondered if that buck would have even survived late winter, he was killed right as the rut just started and he was already emaciated. As for the deer this year, the herd we have looks healthy and they seem to be at the body configurations I would expect. The configurations are there I believe but their overall weight is still down. I planted a bunch of forage oats to try and help them put that weight back up over this winter and with the acorn crop we have, I think we will see a high survival rate of our older bucks which is very slim. Our older age classes have been getting hammered with mortality the last 6-7 years on this farm and I believe that is directly tied to our fairly new know everything dumbass neighbor that is feeding thousands of pounds of corn. [/QUOTE]
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