THIS is a stud!

[BSK]

The buck I killed during MZ was not a TN stud, but this guy IS a TN stud! Look at the neck on this 5 1/2 year-old buck!

 

[WMAn]

Pics from your place?

 

[BSK]

Pics from your place?

Yup.

Last year, this buck showed up on Nov. 14. This year, he showed up Nov. 12.

 

[RUGER]

 

[WMAn]

Does he make you want to go back to hunting big bucks? Bet your on your way to Bass Pro right now to get the latest Scent-Lok gear, Knight & Hale's Da Bonehead rattling system, a little Code Blue, some fresh earth scent wafers, some ozonics gear, and an Under Armour hat just to cover your bases.

 

[rem270]

Man i love seeing mature bucks!! Good luck with him.

 

[tellico4x4]

The buck I killed during MZ was not a TN stud, but this guy IS a TN stud! Look at the neck on this 5 1/2 year-old buck!

Yep, that "TN Stud" would do Doc Watson proud, good luck with him!

One of our guys killed a 207 lb buck yesterday evening that we did not have on camera. They are definately shifting.

 

[easy45]

Nice

 

[MUP]

Whoa Nelly!!! And you're not still out there now?!

 

[BSK]

Does he make you want to go back to hunting big bucks? Bet your on your way to Bass Pro right now to get the latest Scent-Lok gear, Knight & Hale's Da Bonehead rattling system, a little Code Blue, some fresh earth scent wafers, some ozonics gear, and an Under Armour hat just to cover your bases.

Oh, I'll be hunting him during gun season, for sure. But my odds of seeing him during daylight are near zero!

We hunted him last year when he was 4 1/2 and never saw him. In fact, I got a grand total of 1 picture sequence of him during daylight. So far, no pictures of him at 5 1/2 during daylight, even though I've already picked up almost a dozen picture sequences of him (all near midnight).

 

[BSK]

Here he is from last year. He's grown a few changes to his rack (he was a 9-point last year), but a couple of unique characteristics identify him:

 

[rem270]

Does he make you want to go back to hunting big bucks? Bet your on your way to Bass Pro right now to get the latest Scent-Lok gear, Knight & Hale's Da Bonehead rattling system, a little Code Blue, some fresh earth scent wafers, some ozonics gear, and an Under Armour hat just to cover your bases.

Oh, I'll be hunting him during gun season, for sure. But my odds of seeing him during daylight are near zero!

We hunted him last year when he was 4 1/2 and never saw him. In fact, I got a grand total of 1 picture sequence of him during daylight. So far, no pictures of him at 5 1/2 during daylight, even though I've already picked up almost a dozen picture sequences of him (all near midnight).

I know its off topic but i know a worthless individual who was getting a 160" deer all at night. He set 2 flash cams up facing each other and hunted at night for that deer. He ended up killing the deer with a bow supposedly right at dark one evening but ive had my doubts since. Amazing what deer will do to some people. And he's the quickest one to turn someone else in or bad mouth someone else for doing wrong! To top it off he's a preacher.

 

[infoman jr.]

That's a tank!

 

[TnLBS]

BSK, what do you think that buck weighs?

rem270, as a pastor myself the person described in your post shames me for my profession.

 

[TNReb]

I'm glad I don't have to drag him out. :/

 

[BSK]

I'm glad I don't have to drag him out. :/

I wouldn't mind being forced to try!

 

[BSK]

rem270, as a pastor myself the person described in your post shames me for my profession.

I think it just goes to prove what I tell people all the time: "Big bucks make normally reasonable people lose their minds." Think you know someone? Put them in an ethically questionable situation involving their potential to kill a 150+ buck, and THEN see what they do.

 

[redblood]

great deer. i would take him over a 150" 3.5 i believe.

 

[X-Tennessean]

BSK do you feel this time of year with swelling of the necks of rutting bucks cause some miss conseption in the aging of mature deer ?
Awesome deer no doubt !!

 

[ghosthunter]

Oooooooweeeeee!!!

 

[gobblegrunt]

Good looking buck!

 

[BSK]

BSK do you feel this time of year with swelling of the necks of rutting bucks cause some miss conseption in the aging of mature deer ?

First, bucks' necks don't "swell." That is pure muscle development. Bucks are not like human males that have fairly constant hormone levels throughout the year. Male white-tailed deer experience extreme changes in male hormone production in fall, and almost a complete lack of male hormone production in winter. The huge surge of male hormones bucks experience in fall cause sudden and massive muscle development, just like a weightlifter taking huge doses of steroids.

Second, the body conformation aging process is designed around bucks in full rut. That's why it is so difficult to age bucks outside of the rut--because the criteria were developed based on how bucks' bodies look in full rut.

 

[X-Tennessean]

BSK do you feel this time of year with swelling of the necks of rutting bucks cause some miss conseption in the aging of mature deer ?

First, bucks' necks don't "swell." That is pure muscle development. Bucks are not like human males that have fairly constant hormone levels throughout the year. Male white-tailed deer experience extreme changes in male hormone production in fall, and almost a complete lack of male hormone production in winter. The huge surge of male hormones bucks experience in fall cause sudden and massive muscle development, just like a weightlifter taking huge doses of steroids.

Second, the body conformation aging process is designed around bucks in full rut. That's why it is so difficult to age bucks outside of the rut--because the criteria were developed based on how bucks' bodies look in full rut.

Thank you sir for the clarification ! Makes very good sense

 

[Winchester]

Yessir that's a bull right there!! Good luck with him BSK!

 

[W.Seay]

rem270, as a pastor myself the person described in your post shames me for my profession.

I think it just goes to prove what I tell people all the time: "Big bucks make normally reasonable people lose their minds." Think you know someone? Put them in an ethically questionable situation involving their potential to kill a 150+ buck, and THEN see what they do.

X2!!!

 

[thirdwilliam]

they are smart

 

[W.Seay]

Stud indeed!

 

[JohnnyBond]