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Fat and happy
« on: July 21, 2016, 08:30:50 AM »
Found this guy living in the retention pond near my house the other day. He's got a little more going on than you can see in the picture with a 4th point on one side and bunch of junk off the back of his bases. Cool deer. The lady living next to the pond saw me walking the ditch in to get a picture and came out to make sure I wasn't bothering him, apparently he's been there for a while, "with his wife and baby."  :chuckle:
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2016, 08:36:40 AM »
Sweet looking buck!
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2016, 11:53:09 AM »
Buck lives matter. Come fall, there'll be another fatherless fawn wandering the streets, getting into trouble, his mom wondering what he's up to at night. Now, my mouth is watering uncontrollably. Backstrap matters, too.
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 11:59:33 AM »
Wife and baby!! Yikes, clueless on the wet side

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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2016, 12:00:03 PM »
 :chuckle:
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 12:31:38 PM »
He looks delicious.
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2016, 12:33:22 PM »
Woodlot buck. 

This could become a public land, high fenced hunt.  Epic.

What's your plan to drag him out of there?  What about the nosy lady next door?
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2016, 12:34:15 PM »
Nice buck!  The bucks life that matters is the ones in my freezer! :chuckle:
Slap some bacon on a biscut and lets go, were burrnin daylight!

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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2016, 10:11:13 PM »
Cool buck.  How old do you think he is?  I'm thinking five.
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2016, 07:18:01 AM »
Look at all those individual rests on the chainlink fence. :chuckle:
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2016, 07:28:55 AM »
Well being an equal opportunity hunter I say grab a bow and go after his wife. Up the buck doe ratio for a better hunt next year!

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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2016, 10:24:17 AM »
Its a tough one. There is a fairly well screened ditch up one side that I may be able to hide in. Cut a hole in the fence and encourage him out with some apples. He is a big bodied sucker, definitely over 200#. The neighbors house has about 20 apple trees on it so he's eating well. Based on the junk around his bases, and his overall body size, I'd say he's a 4.5 - 5.5 y.o deer, but I'll admit, I'm not good at judging age on deer.
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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2016, 10:53:10 AM »

Tough to thread the needle with an arrow through that chainlink
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Fat and happy
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2016, 03:31:31 PM »
Its a tough one. There is a fairly well screened ditch up one side that I may be able to hide in. Cut a hole in the fence and encourage him out with some apples. He is a big bodied sucker, definitely over 200#. The neighbors house has about 20 apple trees on it so he's eating well. Based on the junk around his bases, and his overall body size, I'd say he's a 4.5 - 5.5 y.o deer, but I'll admit, I'm not good at judging age on deer.

I think you're right on target about the age. 
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