Whats he score?.... update
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FLTENNHUNTER1
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beautiful
Lincoln Co Archer
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Congrats Mega! I was thinking his mass measurements from the trail cam pic had to lead to more inches and length but just couldn't make myself say it. Absolute beast of a buck!
tn24
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Looks like being fooled isn't always a bad thing. Congratulations
That picture you showed us viva trail cam didn't do this buck justice at all . Side view only though hard to judge but congrats on a very nice buck .
Heckuva buck and congrats on putting your tag on him.
stonegraham
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whaooo what a nice buck, congrat
DoubleRidge
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Nice!! Hard to judge from one side view cam pic!! Great deer!! Congrats!!
Great deer!!
I hate the term "cull". If he's a mature, buck, then your hunting what's between his ears and not what's on his head.
no bashing whatsoever. I actually really like your management plan. It's just that pesky word "cull", that is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I hate the term "cull". If he's a mature, buck, then your hunting what's between his ears and not what's on his head.
no bashing whatsoever. I actually really like your management plan. It's just that pesky word "cull", that is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Deck78
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That sounds like the basis of a good management plan. I have been struggling on how to implement a better plan at our farm. We are struggling to run a determinate trail cam census based upon our acreage and topo so not sure how to provide a "an approved shooter list" for guests when we mostly see "surprise bucks" and I can't trust most folks to be able to "age on the hoof". awesome buck by the way, congrats!!
Especially a single photo. IR cam photos underestimate their mass as well.
Congrats mega, I would have shot him on neck alone. He is a bruiser of a neck/torso/body, which is what I like, but rarely see in the daylight. No surprise you killed him in the evening as my experiences afield show the mature bucks are on their feet the last hour of the daylight more than any other time in daylight, outside of pre-rut, rut AND cold temps, which lead to morning movement in daylight. Thanks for sharing.
megalomaniac
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Full disclosure, I shot this buck as my buck of choice... he was that impressive on the hoof. I didn't think I had any pics of him at all, but after studying him and old pics, I realized it was one of the old bucks I had put on the cull list.
Here's a pic from last December after he had lost a ton of weight.
Here's a pic from last December after he had lost a ton of weight.
Great buck, Congrats!
megalomaniac
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Oh well, not enough cell service to upload pic here...
I would not have killed him if it weren't for the little 6pt feeding 10y upwind of me. This buck came out 250yds away, upwind,, checked the opening, saw the 6pt and I'm assuming thought it was a doe and headed right for it and me. When he got to 100y, he realized it was a buck and turned to head for cover.
I would not have killed him if it weren't for the little 6pt feeding 10y upwind of me. This buck came out 250yds away, upwind,, checked the opening, saw the 6pt and I'm assuming thought it was a doe and headed right for it and me. When he got to 100y, he realized it was a buck and turned to head for cover.
JCDEERMAN
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Absolute STUD mega! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Winchester
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Toad of a buck, not all mature bucks grow huge racks and he's a perfect example of that!
westtntoms
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looking at your kill pic, not only is his body huge, he has a head the size of a horse that only adds to the rack looking smaller!
thirdwilliam
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good deer. i would not be upset...
