We have a helicopter survey scheduled for next Friday the 16th, I'm looking forward to gaining a ton of useful information from the biologist we can use to set informed goals.
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Originally posted by txwhitetail View PostFrom the one pic the deer looks 6+ to me.
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He is a solid buck and I'd lean 4+ but I'd have to see more pics to make a kill/no kill decision.
The discussion is good to have tho
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostAny live pics on that 9?
I don't see 4.5 on him but always hard to tell on ground pics like that.
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostI don't think I could make an argument for 6+ based off that 1 pic.
He is a solid buck and I'd lean 4+ but I'd have to see more pics to make a kill/no kill decision.
The discussion is good to have tho
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Originally posted by The Crippler View PostI do somewhere Jack, I'll have to look. He ran around with two known 3 year olds and probably had 40 - 50 pounds on those deer. There's no debate between the members that he was at least 4. Seemed like a good cull buck when he came strolling in. Looking back I wish I would have left him alone, but it's part of the learning process.
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostFor sure, thats why the trail cam pics are so important if you really want to manage. Lots of times when a good buck rolls in my blood gets pumping and if I don't already have some kind of idea on age its hard to make that call in the stand. Some bucks I can't tell until I see them interact with others and how they walk. You def have some good deer to work with there.
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Originally posted by The Crippler View PostHere's a live picture of him, tell me what you see. I'm not too proud to admit I made a mistake Everyone was fine, we knew we had to kill a bunch of deer and we had been wearing the does out. Plenty of bigger bucks out there.
A biologist told a friend of mine regarding their lease in south Texas (big **** low fence place) that if they weren't making mistakes on age 20% of the time they weren't shooting enough cull bucks.
The ones you really don't want to pop are the young giants.
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nothing about that deer really says 4.5 to me. girth is full front of shoulders to rump. Has a full rippled look showing very little if any muscle definition in shoulders, neck ties straight into point of brisket. Slight sag in back and also looking at the truck bed pic appears to have very large callouses on front knees. If this pic is any earlier than mid november I'd say 5+ pretty easily.
I do like his frame but since he was barley a main frame 9 I see no prob with shooting that deer. Looks like a solid management buck to me. Especially if you have better younger 10pnts on the property.
with a full broadside pic we could prob see a few more defining features that aren't visible in that pic.
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View Postnothing about that deer really says 4.5 to me. girth is full front of shoulders to rump. Has a full rippled look showing very little if any muscle definition in shoulders, neck ties straight into point of brisket. Slight sag in back and also looking at the truck bed pic appears to have very large callouses on front knees. If this pic is any earlier than mid november I'd say 5+ pretty easily.
I do like his frame but since he was barley a main frame 9 I see no prob with shooting that deer. Looks like a solid management buck to me. Especially if you have better younger 10pnts on the property.
with a full broadside pic we could prob see a few more defining features that aren't visible in that pic.
Check out all the gray hairs that were in his coat, does that signify anything?
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Originally posted by The Crippler View PostThis is the only one I have, he was pretty camera shy. It was taken in the middle of October. I'm starting to feel a little better... We are definitely being careful with the mainframe 10's, there are quite a few young ones we are protecting.
Check out all the gray hairs that were in his coat, does that signify anything?
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