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Probably a 5.5 year old this fall. Also has a bad attitude and will keep other bucks run off or bust them up fighting, so yeah he is a top contender to get put in the freezer.

Nothing planned, but have plenty to do around here.

Hopefully he will start coming around a bit more and maybe give us some daytime pics. I have a ton of pics of the deer last year. When I get more time I will try to go through and put all the pics of him from last year in one file. Thing that is still throwing me is that his rack is opposite of last years, but then we also know he sustained some injuries from fighting last year too. lol. Yeah, it is nice when they pose in front of the camera. But that last pic, think he was on a mission.

Yep, think some time in a stand on that trail could pay off. Nice buck and bulls there.

Glad to hear you had a good trip and made it there and back safely Dave. With regards to your driver observations, I think that your experience reinforces my thoughts that common courtesy is becoming rarer and rarer.

Fixed now.

Another look in ir mode. Definitely a notch or marking in the left ear.

Clint got it fixed this morning. Thank you Clint.

Finally had a couple decent bucks, I think 3.5 year olds, show up here on the last pull along with a mature buck that I believe may be the buck with the bad attitude that we passed on last year. We thought the splintered buck was mature last year, likely 4.5, but his antlers were splintered by the time the youth hunt opened late October and it was clear from trail cam pics that he continued fighting on into December. His antlers are nice on one side, but a club on the other. Regardless of his antlers he is a mature deer and one I will be after this fall, IF he is around. Unless the decent ones grow a LOT over the next 4 to 5 weeks they will get a pass by me, but will be fair game for the girls.

Inside the left ear is unique, and sure looks the same. What do you all think, same deer 7 months later?

So, finally got pics of a deer I thought was this buck this year, but after looking back I found that the buck I have pics of this year has a mostly normal right side and a club on the left. Trying to pin down some other unique characteristics like ear notches and scars but have not yet found any convincing pics. What are the chances normal on one side one year and the opposite the next or is it likely a different deer?

Welcome to the forums. Couple real nice bucks in there, thanks for sharing.

Can be, yep. I had a couple blog postings here that I used for exactly that purpose.

Welcome back Ryan. Good luck this season.

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Welcome to the forums. Think I would look close between those creeks somewhere near where the deer cross it.

Negative on that. Biggest buck here so far, as of early July, has been an ear width 6 point with no brows. Usually by now have gotten pics of at least one that gets me a little excited. Had 2 mature bucks I passed on last year, that I know made it through our gun season, that have not shown back up. Hoping to get something decent on cam soon, but at this point I have pretty low expectations for me for the 18-19 season.

Good luck to Emma. News currently saying 13 dead and divers searching for more people, hope somehow they find the rest alive but does not sound good for those still missing. Nothing really planned here. Plenty I need to do though.

Yep, still here too.

Don't know what happened to them Corey. Last time I went to check them all the regular user entries including my own were gone, but there were about 7 pages of blogs and they were ALL spam.

Pear trees are doing pretty well and most have some fruit, but I cannot reach the pears and every time I go back there I don't think of taking anything with me to pull them off. I need to get some pics next time I get back there. I may be ready to remove the cages from a couple of the pear tree's next spring and use some corrugated drain pipe around them. Apples had blooms, then a frost got them, trees not really ready yet anyway. Expect a couple of them to have fruit next year. Did lose one of the apple trees late last summer. Even though I got off the 4 wheeler and was careful, think some overspray (gly and 24d) may have floated on some lower leaves, no clue what else might have happened. The tree was looking good and doing well then leaves just turned brown and dropped. The one that got chewed on is still alive, but the new leader on it is way behind the others.

The hoosier pride glyphosate resistant beans I planted last year impressed me enough to put them in again this year. Getting them in during the spring once again just did not work out, but did manage to get 2 of 3 plots in during the month of June, the 3rd plot went in in July and just finally got a good rain on it on Sunday. Little closer view of the plants below, the deer are eating them, but have not had an overbrowsing issue. Sprayed glyphosate on them at about 4-6 inches tall with a 3 point 40 gallon sprayer I just bought this spring and worked out very well behind my smaller kubota tractor. Post emergent spraying with the gly resistant beans rather than spraying before tilling seems to work better so far. The 2nd plot took off a little better, did less prep work on that ground, go figure. Was in a little bit of a hurry and did not firm up that ground before broadcasting the seed. Had some germination in some spots in the bottom a few days after planting where seed was along tree drip line and where I had rolled some of the seed in with the little tractor. No pics of that one yet, hopefully after Sunday's rain that plot will take off. Had a LOT of seed, mostly in sandy areas, that did not get covered after I broadcast it, so we will see how that goes.

That is pretty good Martin, had never connected those points before.

At walmart this morning noticed they still had some clearance rifles, some of those have been in the case for months. Hadn't really been in the market for a new rifle and had not looked close the past few times I have been in there, but was looking for the new reg book at the counter and my temptation got the better of me leading me to look a little closer at these. Not really familiar with the weatherby's, so looked at the weatherby site a little while ago and not really sure which model this was. I think if I was looking at the tags right that the original price was $649, and they had a couple down to $469, these are with matte wood stocks and matte barrel, would this be the sporter model and if so are the sporter models that walmart sells also gonna have the sub moa accuracy guarantee? Is the $469 price a great price or just good price on these.

Good luck to Emma. Keep safe with those heat advisories. A bit going on here. Wife and kids taking off this afternoon to go to middle Tennessee for church camp weekend. Hoping I can get over there for part of the day tomorrow, but just don't know that it is gonna happen really going to depend on how much I can get done today. I need to mow the yard, gotten so thick I am probably gonna mow it at 3 inches sweep it and mow again at 2 in opposite direction. Been so ridiculously humid the grass will still clump regardless of whether I mow it morning, mid day, or late in the afternoon. About ready to fence off the back couple acres and let the horses eat it. lol Need to do some maintenance work on both tractors. Need to bush hog ground in the bottom if it is dry enough, so I can turn cows loose on that ground. Rain supposed to move in on Sunday, so if I don't get it bush hogged before then it might be a while. Put in a soybean plot in the bottom last weekend ahead of a forecast calling for rain for 3 out of the next 5 days at 40 percent or greater, have only had a few less than 5 minute sprinkles since, we do need rain. Rotten crows bean eating the beans I did not get covered.