Squirrelhunter91 Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 He's officialy a six point and still growing. Last pics we got of him were on 6/6/06. His browtines need to even out and he needs to grow some more points. I'd shoot him as he is now if he was in hard antler, but if he is the buck from last year, he should be better than an 8pt, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. [ QUOTE ] but if he is the buck from last year, he should be better than an 8pt, right? [/ QUOTE ] Not necessarily. The number of points a buck has when fully mature is due to genetics mainly. It used to be an old wives tale that deer grew a new point every year. NOT SO, and not even close. If he is a genetic 8 pointer, that is all he will ever be, but each year up until his prime, he will just continue to be a bit bigger and more impressive 8 pointer, based on the food he eats. We have a lot of genetic 2x2's around here. We try to let them grow to be at least 3 years old before shooting them, just to make sure that they are true genetic 2x2's and will never grow any more tines. They do get pretty impressive looking as they grow old, but they are still just 2x2's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. who knows on how many points he will end up. But he does still have a lot of time to grow more, maybe points, maybe mass, tine length only time will tell. Needless to say it will be fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. Good pic, Hope we see another later this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. Buckee hit the nail on the head Joe. He may never be anything more than an 8 point, but looks to me like he is putting on some weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTMMIKE Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. Nice. Keep us updated on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. nice, I havent gotten any pics of bucks over 4 points keep us updated on him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. He is getting bigger and his back straps are also. Yummie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. He's going to be spindly IMHO, but if he's what you want, pop him. Just make sure he doesn't get to the river this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. hes got a lot of growing to do...hes going to be a nice looking deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whitetailarcher Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. No matter how many points its obvious hes going to be an impressive deer. It'd be cool to get many more pictures of him growing and then a final one with him in the back of your truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. He's going to be a good buck this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. He was back last night. He is now an eight pointer and still has plenty of more time to grow. His brow tines are still uneven but his body is huge!! The other two bucks he hangs with are looking good as well. The next biggest is also an eight pointer, but very wide. Wider than the big guy. And the other one is getting extremely wide as well and it looks like he's trying to put on some G2's but he doesn't have browtines, so can I call them G2's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. Told you looked like he was putting on the weight there Joe. Did you get anymore pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. [ QUOTE ] as well and it looks like he's trying to put on some G2's but he doesn't have browtines, so can I call them G2's? [/ QUOTE ] Nope, first point out is the G-1, regardless of where it is on the main beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. He looks like a dandy buck. Hope you get a shot on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. William, nope. We didn't get any more pics because we keep swapping the SD card out of the trail cam and into the digital camera. For some reason, my brother took the digital camera out of the bag at our cabin upstate and never put it back. Therefore, we left the camera there and the SD card. So until maybe next weekend we can't get any more pics. Unless we go buy another SD which looks like what we might have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. Can definitely not have too many cards Joe, think I am going to pick up a couple more, think I might want a high speed for my minolta dslr though. Wal mart had several standard speed compact flash and sd cards on clearance here recentlly after putting out the new high speed cards on the shelf. One gb kodak brand compact flash cards were marked down to only $49, I started to grab two of them, but didnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Re: Oh my.. he\'s grown. I know what you mean about the SD Cards being so cheap as of late. Wal-Mart here too had them marked down big time. a 512MB card was only $15!!! My dad said that two years ago he paid $30 for the 64MB card we use now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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