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Post by nuthinfancy on Apr 27, 2024 9:05:36 GMT -5
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Post by nuthinfancy on Apr 27, 2024 9:10:47 GMT -5
…can be done. Been watching this fine zone A buck grow and have passed on him for a couple years, looks like he is finally hitting his peak. Just takes getting lucky with genetics and letting them walk until they reach their full potential. No shade thrown at other types of hunters, I couldn’t care less what others shoot or don’t shoot as long as they enjoy it and don’t waste meat. Side note, this is the earliest I’ve ever seen a buck put on that amount of bone in this area. This guy went hard horned at the end of June last year
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Post by richm on Apr 27, 2024 16:31:54 GMT -5
No picture here. Sure he’s a nice one.
The only guys i have horn issues with are the loudmouths down talking everyone else’s bucks who shoot dinks.
I was on a lease in GA with a ton of deer. Lease holder shot all the big ones. If he woulda stopped at 2 we woulda had some real monsters running around.
The only way to manage bucks is to control the land.
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Post by 4ward on Apr 27, 2024 16:41:24 GMT -5
Looked like a young one.
No way I would have guessed a 4/5 year buck.
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Post by nuthinfancy on Apr 27, 2024 19:32:42 GMT -5
There really is no sure way to age deer on the hoof. That’s why trail cameras are a great management tool, keeping an eye on them over the years is the best way to age them.
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Post by walkerdog on Apr 27, 2024 20:03:52 GMT -5
Agree on the value of cameras in establishing a minimum age for bucks that are photographed over multiple years. There are some basic trends in how body development progresses with age that make aging on the hoof an effective approach for achieving management goals though. Aging on the hoof won’t produce consistent ages with every deer, as there is individual variation in the stature of deer just like with other animals. But it will help achieve management goals for average age at harvest, if used consistently.
Using cameras to follow the body development of individual deer will help increase a hunter’s proficiency in aging deer on the hoof as well.
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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 29, 2024 12:31:28 GMT -5
Age has always been my #1 reason for bigger antlers 2nd being nutrition. You really can't understand your genetics until you let them age.
I hunted a place in SC with excellent genetics. In the two years I hunted there over 100 bucks were killed on 5000 acres. Of those 100 there were only 2 spikes killed. Most 1 1/2 old deer that were killed were 4-8 points. These guys didn't care and shot every legal buck. There were also some very nice bucks killed with all those smaller bucks.
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Post by meateater on Apr 29, 2024 14:30:58 GMT -5
Age has always been my #1 reason for bigger antlers 2nd being nutrition. You really can't understand your genetics until you let them age. I hunted a place in SC with excellent genetics. In the two years I hunted there over 100 bucks were killed on 5000 acres. Of those 100 there were only 2 spikes killed. Most 1 1/2 old deer that were killed were 4-8 points. These guys didn't care and shot every legal buck. There were also some very nice bucks killed with all those smaller bucks. where was the lease, dont say florence. |
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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 29, 2024 14:58:58 GMT -5
Age has always been my #1 reason for bigger antlers 2nd being nutrition. You really can't understand your genetics until you let them age. I hunted a place in SC with excellent genetics. In the two years I hunted there over 100 bucks were killed on 5000 acres. Of those 100 there were only 2 spikes killed. Most 1 1/2 old deer that were killed were 4-8 points. These guys didn't care and shot every legal buck. There were also some very nice bucks killed with all those smaller bucks. where was the lease, dont say florence. Between Bowman and Orangeburg |
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Post by meateater on Apr 30, 2024 9:51:23 GMT -5
where was the lease, dont say florence. Between Bowman and Orangeburg ok , lease i was on for over 10 years sounded like your old lease. 5000 acres and over 100 deer killed every year. we had tons of 6 or 8 point 2yr olds. maybe 5 to 8 really big ones killed every year. we also took our share of doe,s. land owner died, kids took over, sold the place, no more hunting. |
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Post by nuthinfancy on May 1, 2024 9:25:13 GMT -5
Think I fixed the picture. The lease this buck is on was hunted super hard by the group of guys on it before us. The year before we took it over they figured they would take what they could while they could and shot over 20 bucks none had any size. It took about 7-8 years to build the herd back up so to speak, to get to where there were good numbers of mature bucks around. Hunting has been great ever since.
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Post by swampdog on May 1, 2024 13:55:01 GMT -5
Hey fancy, that’s a nice rack on that buck for sure. From the pic it’s somewhat difficult to age him. What I see appears to be a still somewhat young buck. I know you have pics from a few years so just curious. Do you have any body shots showing his build?
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Post by nuthinfancy on May 1, 2024 14:53:00 GMT -5
 This is him pre-rut last year |
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Post by meateater on May 2, 2024 15:28:59 GMT -5
looks like a dink to me, id give him 2 more years maybe 3. g4s are really weak , out in the glades we would consider him a cull buck. wheres your lease.  |
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