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Naming Deer

Unread postby SidewayZ » Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:45 am

Why is it, almost every article or podcast the people in the "Industry" or even some of these youtube self filiming hunters are naming deer?

I guess it is the in thing???? I kinda of think its ridiculous myself.

I think what bothers me is they mention the name like everyone else watching / listening knows that buck...

I will say I have heard some creative names, but most are just celebrity rip offs. I guess the 8 pointer and 10 pointer days are gone.

I guess if I was gonna do it, I would have to mimic the Rocky movies franchise.....Yo Adrian!!


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Unread postby Tufrthnails » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:11 am

We've been doing it for a couple decades now in my family if we have a homebody buck. I think Nana started it with a twisted fork horn she kept calling the DQ buck. It turned out to be a cool looking non-typ and stayed twisted until a neighbor killed it.
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Unread postby <DK> » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:33 am

I do not name them, but if I could come up w cool names I might... really I just think most people get a kick out of it and can be used for quick reference while talking w people about a certain buck.

Though the down side to this or just TC in general can be hunters grow attachments to the animal (guilty). Some good friendships have been ruined bc - "You shot MY deer!" and "Dont shoot this one, this one or that one."
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Unread postby SidewayZ » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:41 am

Darkknight54 wrote:I do not name them, but if I could come up w cool names I might... really I just think most people get a kick out of it and can be used for quick reference while talking w people about a certain buck.

Though the down side to this or just TC in general can be hunters grow attachments to the animal (guilty). Some good friendships have been ruined bc - "You shot MY deer!" and "Dont shoot this one, this one or that one."


Thats a good point, I could see how it would be more personal.
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Unread postby stash59 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:59 am

I've not really done it. But I could see it being necessary on high quality managed land. The big 10 would be confusing if you actually had a handfull of them running around. If your guiding or have friends that only come hunt for a week or two. A pic and a name is much easier to remember.

I took a pic of a really decent buck on July 4th last year. With my close friends that knew about it. Instead of saying you know the one with a typical left side and non-typical right. It was easier to just say the July 4th buck.
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Unread postby JoeRE » Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:17 am

There is something to needing to name them to tell them apart in areas with lots of big bucks I think.

If its your thing do it if not then don't. Really, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet :lol:

I suck at naming deer though. Some guys must stay awake at night to think of of some of the ones I have heard. I have called dozens of bucks loppy or stickers or crabby or the heavy 8. I will save my mental effort for killing him haha...
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Unread postby Rich M » Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:03 am

We also name stands and duck blinds. A lot easier to explain where you are gonna hunt.
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Unread postby Stanley » Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:57 am

It's merely a way of identifying deer. Easier than saying " Saw the 10 point buck with one G2 tine shorter than the other". Or you can say "Saw Bo Derek".
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Unread postby Josh_S » Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:00 am

Droopy....his right ear droops. If you've seen the new Whitetail Adrenaline dvd you just laughed at this
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Re: Naming Deer

Unread postby hunter_mike » Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:04 am

If I knew of multiple large bucks that I had a history with, I would probably start to ID them by name too. Unfortunately I do not have that problem. :cry: :lol:
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Unread postby Dewey » Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:52 am

I have only named one buck in my life. He lived on a remote marsh island and survived many seasons by giving me the slip over and over on that island. I named him Gilligan. :lol:
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Re: Naming Deer

Unread postby Lockdown » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:22 am

I think the number of big bucks you are aware of plays heavily on whether or not you need to name them. A few years ago I had "the big 8" and only a couple other shooters. Pretty easy to describe to friends/family what is what. Now I usually have 6-10 bucks that I'm keeping an eye on. It's far simpler to say "slim" rather than "that 140" nine point that doesn't have much mass". I have one that I call the short tined ten. Self explanatory. Another I call "funny" because he has a unique rack. It's easier than saying "that tall narrow 8 with curved g2s."
"The seven" is actually an 8 pointer but I didn't see his 1" g3 the first time I saw him. I noticed he was an 8 on opening day but it's faster and easier to keep calling him the seven rather than "the 1 inch g3 buck" or something similar. Fat Albert is a mature buck with a mediocre 10 point rack and big saggy belly. What would the other option be? "The old saggy bellied ten"?? Fat Albert sounds wayyy better to me. The list goes on....
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Re: Naming Deer

Unread postby Hawthorne » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:43 am

I've got 4 this year. Beavis and butthead. The other two homely and ugly.
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Re: Naming Deer

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:48 am

They are all the same name to me...

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Re: Naming Deer

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:48 am

Stanley wrote:It's merely a way of identifying deer. Easier than saying " Saw the 10 point buck with one G2 tine shorter than the other". Or you can say "Saw Bo Derek".


I always thought Bo was a typical?
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