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This is the 5th year he has come to the camera.... I picked up both his sheds from last season and one antler off of him 2 years ago... Would really like to get a crack at him this season... He is a tank...
Thoughts?
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...16/2013020.jpg
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...16/2013040.jpg
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...16/2013022.jpg
Here are some pics thru the years....
2009
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...andNov2004.jpg
2010
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...stand002-1.jpg
2011
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...6/PICT0067.jpg
2012
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...lsStand019.jpg
How can you be certain it's the same deer?
Location, Growth of deer, brow tines, shape of antler, shed antlers...Quote:
Originally Posted by Splaker
oh that's the same deer no doubt. Great pics.
How often is he returning to the site? # Days/weeks in between sightings? use your trail cams to help you determine if there is some sort of pattern with his visits. Check the days , times, temp, moon phase, from your pics. Determine days between visits, and if the frequency of his visits increase or the time of the visits are closer to daylight hours(Legal shooting time) then that will help you determine where you are in the "rut" phase.
This should help you determine time of day you may want to hunt the stand.
This guys
Beauty, his brow tines really took off this year. Good luck.
Looks like you have alot of cameras set up too
Wow those brow tines are impressive.
I think it's reasonable that it's the same deer. Either way, good incentive to get out there!
Amazing deer! Without a doubt same deer. Beauty Brows! I hope you get him.
Looks like he was at his best last year better get him this year or it may be too late
Dan
Great looking Buck. I hope this is the year you get him!
absolute beauty!!
Great pics. He would fill the freezer and look great hanging on the wall. Good luck!
Ah....to kill a wise old buck.....
Time in the tree my friend...
Maybe...a mock scrape...(taken from some other location that an other mature buck was useing...) chalenge him...
Maybe...more re-con on his movements....(get away from the bait and see what he does during his day... rubline or his scrapes)
Maybe ....hunt the mature does in the area.....(sooner or later he will be interested in them)
Maybe ....glass the fields in the early evening and see what the deer are doing and you might even get a look at him checking the does or on his feeding pattern.
Good luck with him!
Hunting a mature buck is very different than just killing any deer.
Have paitence..
Ken.
The Veteran's last trail camera pic...
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p...r_16/Mod3A.jpg
Spoiler.... I was in the treestand... Stay tuned...
Very nice, great seeing the pic of different years and good luck.
Same deer ,nice evolution shots .Happy holidays and good luck tagging him
Certainly looks to be on the decline
Awesome when you can see the same ones grow, he's a beauty.
I'd agree that the previous years pictures are the same buck. Not so sure about this years being the same as the others. Look at the brow tines - all other years similar with one being shorter than the other. This year, they are huge (2x length) and the shorter/longer are reversed. Looks like a different buck to me IMO.
Looks like a different buck in between the picks but same poppa genetics. Agree with Werner about the tines crossed and the big jump in length. Just compare the face mask between pics. The white around the nose is pointy in some, rounded in others. As well the white area above the nose is shorter in some and longer in others between the years.
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Originally Posted by werner.reiche
I am going to have to disagree with you guys on this. The pictures range from September to November in different years, on different cameras. I have the sheds from this buck last year, as well as the year before and was lucky enough to harvest him this season. They are nearly identical in person. The brow tines definitely got longer this year bit his G2's shrunk a little bit so it makes the difference seem much greater. The left brow tine probably increased by 1.5". In 2011 the brow tines were the same as they were this year with the left side being longer. I have hundreds of trail cam pics of this buck over the last 5 years and I am 100% confident it is the same buck.Quote:
Originally Posted by robster
[IMG]http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p..._16/Vetch4.jpg[/IMG]
The complete story is here...
http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...eran-Pic-Heavy
Nice job!!! Glad you took him!!
goo0d job
Bucks just like does have distinct face patterns. In your first three the whites around the nose point up like a triangle or arrow. Other picks are round and another long and square. When I see what comes into the taxidermist, or at butchers I can see the difference. Just like dark bodies, light bodies, browns, greys etc. I don't see the face pattern change through the year that drastically. I know of some bucks that I never catch on my trail cams but I do see, get pictures or through the binoculars. You can see the different bloodlines or dominant buck genes. Some just stay off the path of others. Just like I've seen scrapes where a buck goes to some but not to others and I'm talking within yards of each other. Your buck or bucks are great regardless.
Just got my mount back from the Taxidermist and it turned out awesome!
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p..._16/Mount1.jpg
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p..._16/Mount3.jpg
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p..._16/Mount7.jpg
That looks awesome! I can't believe the brow tines, Congrats!