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Post by JS84 on Jul 11, 2024 8:12:50 GMT -5
Next year already looking good
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Post by james14 on Jul 14, 2024 18:43:07 GMT -5
Seem first 2 in Alachua county about 3 days ago. I've seen fawns in Alachua in April the past three years.
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Post by bswiv on Jul 15, 2024 5:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jul 15, 2024 7:00:34 GMT -5
I got a picture of one of them 4 nights ago and have not seen my backyard deer since.
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Post by james14 on Jul 15, 2024 8:56:03 GMT -5
I've made a lot of mock scrapes in June/July in mid-FL counties, and had plenty of bucks hit them. But, the other day I found the first natural scrape I've seen in July in Alachua. Threw a cam on it and sure enough a couple of 4pts in velvet are hitting the licking branch.
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Post by swampdog on Jul 15, 2024 10:29:52 GMT -5
Already prepping for bow season. It’ll be here before we know it.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jul 17, 2024 6:08:04 GMT -5
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Post by olmucky on Jul 17, 2024 10:23:16 GMT -5
You want some of this!?
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Post by JS84 on Jul 17, 2024 10:29:51 GMT -5
Buncha late night party animals
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jul 17, 2024 11:17:22 GMT -5
Friend in Alabama took this shot with his phone off of his front porch Attachments:
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Post by swampdog on Jul 17, 2024 14:38:42 GMT -5
That Bama buck is an old timer with good genetics. If there’s sufficient acreage to hunt, someone should harvest that one. I wouldn’t shoot him off the porch, but that’s just me. I like the hunt and the kill that caps the hunt. Don’t care for just shooting a fine deer because it’s there.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jul 17, 2024 14:52:46 GMT -5
Swampdog, I agree with you and I don't believe my friend will shoot that deer, he likes watching them too much. He only has 17 acres, so it wouldn't be much hunting. He's lived there for about 20 years and only killed 1 buck and it scored in the 150s. He says he regretted shooting it, would have rather just watched it.
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Post by nuthinfancy on Jul 17, 2024 15:20:15 GMT -5
Those suburban bucks know the second they are being hunted. I wouldn’t shoot a yard pet but given a little hunting pressure it’s far from a canned hunt. But I agree with the neighbor, what I wouldn’t give to just have some deer to watch in my yard while drinking my coffee in the morning
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Post by drgibby on Jul 18, 2024 6:32:25 GMT -5
Now I know what is bending the spinner plate! I really hate hogs!
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Post by swampdog on Jul 18, 2024 7:26:06 GMT -5
That’s a big boar drdibb. Better have help, like a side-by-side to drag him away…
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