Cool discovery

Unread postby **Mike** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:32 pm

Was looking back at old buck pics and realized the buck I shot this year was around 2 years ago. What a difference! I remember he came out during T zone and I thought man what crappy genetics...well he is now the new farm record. The moral of the story is let them get 4 to 6 years old and they can be BIG!

2009:

2011:

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First and last pic show the most similarities IMO

Unread postby **RED OAK** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:48 pm

Mike-Did you get that buck aged after you killed him?

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Unread postby **Mike** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:14 pm

No, he looks to be 4.5 based on the 2009 pics but could be 5.5 I suppose. Sending you an email BTW

Unread postby **Stanley** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:38 pm

Cool stuff. Love having history on a buck.

Unread postby **Black Squirrel** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:46 pm

Just goes to show what time can do for a buck!

Unread postby **dan** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:13 am

Interesting... Seems to me, most bucks grow into a trophy ( at least what I consider a trophy ) if they live long enough despite having bad racks when in there younger years...

Unread postby **JV NC** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:39 am

"Bad racks"?

You're killing me!....lol

Just joking, Dan. I know rack size is relative to where you're hunting. I'd LOVE to see more than 1 buck/season like the younger version photo'd above. And, I've been through several seasons and not seen a buck that big.

OP:

That's a great find (the photos). Really cool to have a history with a deer like that. Congrats!

Unread postby **PLB** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:54 am

That's cool Mike!

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Unread postby **tim** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:53 am

thats good stuff, i agree with dan that most bucks will grow into trophies by my standards as well. but they dont have to be a booner to make me happy just big and cool lookin

Unread postby **Milk Weed Seed** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:06 am

tim wrote:thats good stuff, i agree with dan that most bucks will grow into trophies by my standards as well. but they dont have to be a booner to make me happy just big and cool lookin

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Unread postby **addisonlee** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:27 am

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

I'm assuming the coyotes/wolfs got to him before you did?

Unread postby **Mike** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:56 pm

Yotes and some crows too. I was a bit surprised on that because we found him 20 mins after daylight or so, you can tell by the long shadows its early in the pic.

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