Is this the same deer?

[PassnItOn]

If so - what happened? He was a slick 8 two years ago, threw the split last year when I thought he was 4 and now seems to be on the decline. After the wet year down south I had high expectations for him.

[Shane]

Looks like the same deer. Antlers very similar. Markings on his face are all the same.

[44mAG]

Same deer for sure. No telling on the decline. Could be age or bad nutrition this year due to bad luck, no rain, or disease. I have had bucks decline greatly from 4 to 5 and then blow back at 6.

[JimmyHouston]

I would say the same deer too

[happy bowhunter]

looks the same to me

[Gumbo Man]

All the above

[Pineywoods]

I'm going to go against the grain and say that I don't think so. The white under the eyes around tear duct is different and it looks like facial markings slightly differ. I think same genetics are possible but I think it's a different buck personally.

[PassnItOn]

Same deer for sure. No telling on the decline. Could be age or bad nutrition this year due to bad luck, no rain, or disease. I have had bucks decline greatly from 4 to 5 and then blow back at 6.

Yes, we had the big flood during growing season and the deer got displaced for sure. He was a regular and just made it back. He smoked the protein last year but I basically missed most of this year because my feeders floated down river a ways. But, I'm also told McMullen browse contains lots of protein so who knows. Now the dilemma is cull him or wait and see if he rebounds next year. Never going to be a monster but only deer with a little bit of "junk" which i like.

[ca1219]

I'm going to go against the grain and say that I don't think so. The white under the eyes around tear duct is different and it looks like facial markings slightly differ. I think same genetics are possible but I think it's a different buck personally.

I thought the same thing, very similar but I think they are different

[PassnItOn]

I have another that I aged about the same that is junk and going to be culled this year anyway - he has a significant drop in the hardware as well. Little bit concerning...

But, we do have several up and comers that look great so who knows

[rtp]

When in doubt, error in favor of the deer. Letting him roll another year isn’t hurting anything.


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[Knox]

Different deer

[TC]

I do not believe those are the same deer. Face markings are different and his antlers have more differences than similarities.

[txtimetravler]

Diff deer….same genetics but different deer

[Capt.Brown]

I don’t think that’s the same deer.