Strut10 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Pulled cards today with very little action on any of the cameras to get me excited. However.......... after the being out for 3 weeks this dude shows up 3 hours before I pulled the cards today !! A buddy of mine told me he had seen a REAL nice 3 buck bachelor group right around the hill from this camera just a few days ago. I should have at least 2 bucks a year class older than this one and they should both prove to be absolute BRUTES this season. But they have yet to show their faces in front of a Cuddeback. Nevertheless............... this guy walks by me........... he's gonna get it !! I'm thinking 130-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Nice deer. Good luck with him! I'd say 130ish also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Today I started my "hit list" Looks like a decent deer. If he's a young deer it's tough for me to kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Looks like a decent deer. If he's a young deer it's tough for me to kill them. He's 3 1/2 Around here, if you get a chance at a good looking 3 1/2 year deer you'd better take it. They generally don't make it past 2 1/2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Very nice Don! Wish you luck with him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Today I started my "hit list" Where you at? While stationed around parts of the country I've been places that the norm is kill whatever buck walks by. Your deer is a really nice deer if you live in such a place and he didn't survive by accident. Hunt him hard and earn that bad boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Where you at? I'm in west/central PA. We get a few deer that make 3 1/2 and fewer that make 4 1/2. I've only ever seen a VERY few ever that I judged at 5 1/2 in my 35 years of hunting deer. The buck in the picture will get shot if I can get on him. But he is not at the top of the list if a couple of the bucks I know survived through last season are still in the area. They are both 4 1/2 this season. Both of them should be 140's-160's depending on how much they added this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 He's 3 1/2Around here, if you get a chance at a good looking 3 1/2 year deer you'd better take it. They generally don't make it past 2 1/2.Same down here. Except we do it more by tines. If you see a legal spike then you better take it. Because down here who knows when you'll see another. There is no deer management down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 good luck putting together the list Don. hope they hang around after the summer. it's not a bad buck at all. i'd take him given the chance... sounds like keeping bucks alive isn't that much different from around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Nice deer Don. Think he should make the 130 mark too. Good luck with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Oooh yeah he's a nice one! Still got some growing time as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Around here, if you get a chance at a good looking 3 1/2 year deer you'd better take it. They generally don't make it past 2 1/2. Pretty well the same around here, matter of fact I read something not too long back from our state folks that compared our deer to some other states including PA's deer http://www.tn.gov/twra/pdfs/deerantlers.pdf, kind of interesting I thought. Not too many here make it past 2.5 either, our age structure is not great(in my opinion due in part to the limits) despite the state's claims. Chances on something older than a 3.5 year old around here are pretty rare, but if a hunter is patient and persistent enough there are usually a few that eventually make their way through the area if you are lucky enough to be in the right place at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Today I started my "hit list" Hey Don I work out of Conway PA, but live and hunt over here in Ohio. I feel the one thing that has allowed us to grow big deer is a shotgun/muzzleloader firearm restriction. 6 days of gun followed by one weekend of gun and a late 3 day muzzle loader season. Bow hunters have the pick of the big bucks and bow hunting here on some of these farms is the only way your gonna be able to hunt. Seems like most out me farmers don't want gun hunters on their property to much which is fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'm a solid hour and a half from Conway. Over handy Indiana and Punxsutawney. The ONLY reason we get ANY older bucks here is that I reserve my property as a sanctuary area in gun season and the neighbor lady has 100 acres that are posted solid. That saves us a few bucks each year. I keep threatening to spend some time in Ohio trying to get some permission to bowhunt. But I just haven't done it yet. I should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Today I started my "hit list" Ever make it this way let me know. We will go mash some critters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthGaHuntingandOutdoors Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 That's a nice bruiser. We've got a couple like that one on our property here in South Ga. Definitely a wall hanger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert p Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 nice buck, ive started my hit list but dont have nothing like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Nice buck for your area Don. Hope to see pics with your hands wrapped around his antlers. Don't forget to smile for the pic too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Nice buck for your area Don. Hope to see pics with your hands wrapped around his antlers. Don't forget to smile for the pic too. I would definitely smile for that picture !! But there are two other deer that I have pics of after season last year that will make this deer look like a runt. I just hope that they are still in the area. No pics of them yet this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Today I started my "hit list" The first 5 pictures in my photo album is of one I passed on 4 times in one week last year.... Need more mass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Definitely a shooter here in NY, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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