2012 Bucks...post them here

[SPKA]

First post here! Been lurking for a week or so...

I popped the buck on the right last Sunday; the last day of the Eastern WA regular season (10/21/2012)! My biggest buck ever! He's a 4X4 (not counting the mini eye-guards  ) and sits about 24" wide and 20/21" high!

The buck on the left is a friend's first deer that he bagged the night before. Both are mashers for us!

[appyacres]

Yacolt Weyco tree farm. 7:20 am today.
Just a nice 2x for steaks and sausage.

[BENCHLEG]

nice work appyacres. looks yummy. 

[crazysccrmd]

What drives the development of antlers? The buck I shot had a much larger/thicker body than that, but his antlers were a shorter, uneven 2x2 with thicker beams.

[sirmissalot]

What drives the development of antlers? The buck I shot had a much larger/thicker body than that, but his antlers were a shorter, uneven 2x2 with thicker beams.

Yours was an older buck. Many of the bucks I've killed are second year two points, meaning they are a two point two years in a row. Yours sounds like what I would call a second year two point, a 3 1/2 year old. Mostly genetics is my guess.

[Whitetail freak]

Got one!

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Thts a sweet buck!

[Whitetail freak]

Haven't posted in a long while, though I've been lurking some.  Anyway here's a little guy I took last weekend...

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Where did you get this buck? Might have the sheds off him

[jkhbuchanan]

My first ever Washington deer and first ever blacktail. Been hunting hard for over a week and finally it pays off. Meat in the freezer! Was out at at 0700 and by 0900 had this guy on the ground and gutting him. Had him at the butcher by 1100 and was home by noon awesome morning of hunting. Awesome thing is i got him with my .357

[saylean]

My dink 2x3, but let me say, I earned that one. Ugh...

[jjhunter]

Why put down your own buck, especially when its a dandy washington buck

Agreed. You don't get cool points for telling everyone it's "a little buck" or a "dink" when it's obviously a good buck. Just present it as is. Most guys, including me, would be very happy with that buck.

I don't think he is putting the buck down and certainly not looking for cool points  The fact of the matter is its in the 130-140 range of mule deer which is not all that big ...    I have a feeling when he gets back from Idaho you'll see just how little this WA buck is! 

You should post it up along with all the other 180 bucks youve killed. I'm sure the guys on the forum would love to see your trophy room with all your BIG BUCKS!!
MS

My Idaho Buck.  Cool points....

[Wea300mag]

Sweet buck jj, you are burning some powder this year. 

[huntnphool]

Why put down your own buck, especially when its a dandy washington buck

Agreed. You don't get cool points for telling everyone it's "a little buck" or a "dink" when it's obviously a good buck. Just present it as is. Most guys, including me, would be very happy with that buck.

I don't think he is putting the buck down and certainly not looking for cool points  The fact of the matter is its in the 130-140 range of mule deer which is not all that big ...    I have a feeling when he gets back from Idaho you'll see just how little this WA buck is! 

You should post it up along with all the other 180 bucks youve killed. I'm sure the guys on the forum would love to see your trophy room with all your BIG BUCKS!!
MS

My Idaho Buck.  Cool points....

Nice buck JJ.

[jackelope]

Congrats Justin...that's a good one.

[Pathfinder101]

OK, maybe it's just me, but this looks like the best year for antlers that I have seen since joining this site.  Maybe it's the wet spring, maybe it's the number of members on here.  Congrats everybody!

Here's PathfinderJR's muley and my buck this year.  Our deer season got a little goofed up with other obligations, so no big ones, but better than tag soup!

[fishunt247]

My Idaho Buck.  Cool points....

Hell of a buck. Congrats. Now calling that one a dink, that would be fishing for cool points.