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Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« on: September 29, 2013, 08:22:45 AM »
Had givin thought to going out for a while yesterday but it was raining like a cow peein on a flat rock and with our elk trip just days away I decided getting soaked and possibly catching a cold I'd just wait. Had to go to town when I spotted 3 bucks on the road , 2 small spikes and a nice 4x4. They hoped a fence and I stopped and got out . Had the camera so even though I didn't have the Hawkins and he was on private land that I don't have permission to hunt I was able to shoot the Kodak  :IBCOOL: Maybe in the late season he'll show himself again. Last 2 pics he's maybe 30 yards.
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2013, 08:31:50 AM »
Id almost bet that guys still got his milk teeth........Id be shocked if hes going to be 2 1/2 in nov.  Id sure like to see him in another 3 or 4 years............

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2013, 09:10:16 AM »
yep nice buck but needs a few more years.

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2013, 09:36:56 AM »
Nice pictures! Davenport area is beautiful, but also very open. I'd doubt that buck makes it through hunting season.

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2013, 10:29:17 AM »
I'm not very good at "Catch and release" on anything, if the state says it's legal I'm putting it in the freezer so had I been hunting I would have popped a cap on him.

It's tuff enough as it is just to figure out what is legal or not sometimes ( does he have 3 on oneside or is that 3rd point long enough or in elk is that other point less then 4 inches above the skull). I get pretty confused why only spikes on elk and 3 point or better on deer? I hear it's because they want the big bulls for breeding so why do they let us shoot the big breeding bucks? We already have a problem with the mule deer around here never getting more then a 2x2 and that is why they went to a permit drawing for 2x2 muleys to try and take some of them out of the gene pool.

Some say let that whitetail grow or give him a few more years. I know for a fact that I wouldn't pass on a spike elk cause he's only a year and a half old? If it's legal I'm going to try and put meat on the ground.

I got several pictures of this muley buck over a couple of years and because of his body size he was easy to identify. He does have a 3rd point but with out optics it would be hard to see then the question would be is it long enough????
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2013, 10:36:11 AM »
 :yeah: and wow looking straight on that 3rd point is near impossible to see. At first I thought you were referring to the eye guards :dunno:

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2013, 10:39:06 AM »
Yep he would be dead if I saw him, nice fat muley buck!   :drool:
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2013, 10:41:59 AM »
I'm not very good at "Catch and release" on anything, if the state says it's legal I'm putting it in the freezer so had I been hunting I would have popped a cap on him.

It's tuff enough as it is just to figure out what is legal or not sometimes ( does he have 3 on oneside or is that 3rd point long enough or in elk is that other point less then 4 inches above the skull). I get pretty confused why only spikes on elk and 3 point or better on deer? I hear it's because they want the big bulls for breeding so why do they let us shoot the big breeding bucks? We already have a problem with the mule deer around here never getting more then a 2x2 and that is why they went to a permit drawing for 2x2 muleys to try and take some of them out of the gene pool.

Some say let that whitetail grow or give him a few more years. I know for a fact that I wouldn't pass on a spike elk cause he's only a year and a half old? If it's legal I'm going to try and put meat on the ground.

I got several pictures of this muley buck over a couple of years and because of his body size he was easy to identify. He does have a 3rd point but with out optics it would be hard to see then the question would be is it long enough????
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2013, 10:46:48 AM »
the mule would be legal without the crab claw..........eye guards get counted if over an inch.

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2013, 10:58:39 AM »
 :yeah:

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2013, 03:13:03 PM »
I can't quite figure out how to blow this up but zoom in and tell me you really think these eyeguards are over an inch??? Not me If they're a 1/2 inch I'd be surprised  :dunno:  I'm sure the crab would make him legal but without the zoom of the camera and lookin thru open sight I don't think you'd even see it/??
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2013, 03:18:05 PM »
no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2013, 03:21:21 PM »
no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2013, 03:25:47 PM »
no way are those browtines an inch.  if it wasnt for the crab claw that would legally be a 2x2

And somebody with a 2x2 tag would be busted because of the little crab claw  point that you might not see???
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Re: Pretty nice Whitetail buck
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2013, 03:26:14 PM »
I blew the picture up, and the EG on the right antler really could be an 1" long the one on the left is a nub but with a tape measure it could be close... anyway that is what I see
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