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Post by meateater on Jul 12, 2023 10:04:00 GMT -5
gonna be 1 more guy parked at the cattle pens opening morning. one of my associates just picked up opening day in re draws. just kidding i go to the end of road 5 then walk out west, or is it road 11 then head north, wait a minute its trail 7 to the end then go south east and hunt behind where the biologist lives, oh man i cant remember i better call mr bandit. i will give away a spot, this guy moved to alabama so he dont care, for a many years there was always a guy who climbed a telephone pole just west of the check station yes a telephone pole and i used to crack jokes everytime i would see him sitting up there baking in the sun, then one year he stopped me in the dark and asked if i had any batteries his headlamp went dead, i gave him some and offered to help him track his buck, hour later we were dragging a nice 9 point. that was his 3rd buck off that pole in 4 years. this was over 10 years ago , we kept in touch and became friends. moral of the story theres no 1 great spot out there bucks could be anywhere and theres a lot less of them today. maybe across from the dove field on farm field road at one of the 2 gates yea thats where im going, bucks always cross there.
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Post by tampaspicer on Jul 12, 2023 10:37:45 GMT -5
Them big bucks love hanging around check stations, camps, and random places you'd never expect them to be. They are going to go to the places with the least amount of pressure.
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Post by johnnybandit on Jul 17, 2023 21:00:31 GMT -5
Too many people walk right on by those close to the road bucks thinking that if they aren't busting a gut hiking in at 0200 through 2 miles of cypress swamp and 8 inches of mud, after a 1 mile e bike ride, they aren't "hunting". I don't know about you guys, but I'm just as satisfied (actually more) killing a deer 50 yds from my truck as I am killing one 2 miles deep. There's one thing I have learned over the years... there is no public hunting land that hasn't seen the footprints of a human and there's always someone out there who is willing and able to outwalk and outwork you. You show me a deer close to my truck and I'm your huckleberry. You guys go right ahead and kill yourselves for that hog or deer. That shit is no longer worth it to me. I got a few more this weekend..... It is entertaining to watch bucks move away from people that are in the woods scouting
Look at the right rack on the second  deer....
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Post by swampdog on Jul 18, 2023 9:45:20 GMT -5
The right side looks like a sawblade…Thanks for sharing.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jul 18, 2023 9:58:41 GMT -5
Cool little buck John.
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Post by JS84 on Jul 18, 2023 10:03:22 GMT -5
Love those dark swamp buck antlers
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Post by fishingsouthflorida1 on Jul 19, 2023 7:12:42 GMT -5
This was from a couple weeks ago. Been seeing ALOT of bucks out there with little to no brow tines. It’s a shame how that genetic trait has been passed all around in Florida. We’d have some real studs if they grew some brow tines Attachments:
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Post by meateater on Jul 19, 2023 9:41:29 GMT -5
This was from a couple weeks ago. Been seeing ALOT of bucks out there with little to no brow tines. It’s a shame how that genetic trait has been passed all around in Florida. We’d have some real studs if they grew some brow tines some guy on here was saying that exact thing few months ago , oh yea that was me, dinner island has always had this. i have seen some big 6 pointers with no brows and plenty of 4 pointers with no brows as far back as 15 years ago. weird cause i never noticed this at the slough or a lease i hunt sometimes as a guest and both touch dinner island. even in big cypress you see a buck with no brows sometimes but they usually got at least a inch or more. |
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Post by tampaspicer on Jul 19, 2023 14:02:02 GMT -5
Brow tines would add anywhere from 8-12" of score typically on a decent buck.
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Post by johnnybandit on Jul 19, 2023 19:04:29 GMT -5
This was from a couple weeks ago. Been seeing ALOT of bucks out there with little to no brow tines. It’s a shame how that genetic trait has been passed all around in Florida. We’d have some real studs if they grew some brow tines There are plenty of single and double brow tine bucks in dinner.... The area does seem to have quite a few bucks missing brow tines..
But there is no shortage of brow tines out there....
These are some just in the last few weeks...
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Post by johnnybandit on Jul 19, 2023 19:06:04 GMT -5
This was from a couple weeks ago. Been seeing ALOT of bucks out there with little to no brow tines. It’s a shame how that genetic trait has been passed all around in Florida. We’d have some real studs if they grew some brow tines There are plenty of single and double brow tine bucks in dinner.... The area does seem to have quite a few bucks missing brow tines..
But there is no shortage of brow tines out there....
These are some just in the last few weeks...
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Post by johnnybandit on Jul 19, 2023 19:07:42 GMT -5
There are plenty of single and double brow tine bucks in dinner.... The area does seem to have quite a few bucks missing brow tines..
But there is no shortage of brow tines out there....
These are some just in the last few weeks...
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Post by fishingsouthflorida1 on Jul 21, 2023 9:43:14 GMT -5
This was from a couple weeks ago. Been seeing ALOT of bucks out there with little to no brow tines. It’s a shame how that genetic trait has been passed all around in Florida. We’d have some real studs if they grew some brow tines some guy on here was saying that exact thing few months ago , oh yea that was me, dinner island has always had this. i have seen some big 6 pointers with no brows and plenty of 4 pointers with no brows as far back as 15 years ago. weird cause i never noticed this at the slough or a lease i hunt sometimes as a guest and both touch dinner island. even in big cypress you see a buck with no brows sometimes but they usually got at least a inch or more. Same here. I hunted the slough last couple of years and didn’t see that either. But come to think of it I have been getting a couple bucks on cam at the slough that don’t have them either. And on a property I hunt in labelle the bucks have brow tines but they are an inch tops |
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Post by johnnybandit on Jul 22, 2023 18:19:45 GMT -5
some guy on here was saying that exact thing few months ago , oh yea that was me, dinner island has always had this. i have seen some big 6 pointers with no brows and plenty of 4 pointers with no brows as far back as 15 years ago. weird cause i never noticed this at the slough or a lease i hunt sometimes as a guest and both touch dinner island. even in big cypress you see a buck with no brows sometimes but they usually got at least a inch or more. Same here. I hunted the slough last couple of years and didn’t see that either. But come to think of it I have been getting a couple bucks on cam at the slough that don’t have them either. And on a property I hunt in labelle the bucks have brow tines but they are an inch tops Bucks are getting skittish.... People are romping and stomping and calling it scouting....
But I got photos of this guy today.
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Post by bowhunter4life on Jul 22, 2023 18:25:02 GMT -5
Nice picture Johnny!.. I’ll spot burn and guess it’s somewhere near road 1?
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