Back at camp

[bigmacc]

got a few,waiting for the ok to show the 3rd....its a dandy...bigger animal than these two

[oldleclercrd]

Nice bucks but I gotta ask, what's with the duct tape?

[Ridgerunner]

Can't wait to see the third, the second one is a dandy.

[oldleclercrd]

Nice bucks but I gotta ask, what's with the duct tape?

it was a little on the warm side so we tape the ears and nostrils...keeps blowflies and hornets from crawling in the openings and getting into the carcase and laying eggs...old trick a packer taught me..

 

[JJB11B]

  sounds like a good year

[bendotti]

Good lookin bucks there congrats

[deerhunter_98520]

Great bucks good idea on the tape...it looks like a kidnapping though...thought u might have tried luring the monsters out by holding these for ransom

[boneaddict]

Gorgeous bucks.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Real nice bucks! This is why I love HuntWa! That should be the
Tip of the year! Duct tape the holes shut. All these years dealing with the maggots and such. That tip should be stickyed somewhere??

[ELKBURGER]

Great bucks!

[bigmacc]

Thanks everyone,and yes the tape works wonders for keeping the creepy crawlers out during warmer weather.. We hunted hard and put in a lot of boot time. Saw some bucks that may have been a little bigger than these guys but didn't get the clean opportunities. Had about a 3-4day window of seeing them then it was like someone flipped the switch off. Weather and mother nature can be wonderfull things for good hunting and as you all know can be your worst enemy. I think we may have hit the tail end of a small staging or a first wave of a migration from the storms a week or to prior to the season. I will tell you that 2 of the bucks we got were rutting,big necks,stinky and one was hot on a doe. Pretty early I thought ,but like I said... Mother Nature. Still did not see nearly the amount of animals we have seen in past years. But the bucks we did see we're quality bucks and as said we hunted hard to see those. Still know numbers are down,way down in my opinion but the deer are healthy.. Thanks again everyone.

[grundy53]

Great bucks! If you cut the head off you don't have to tape the ears and nostrils...

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[hntrspud]

outstanding bucks! Cant wait to see the third. Bodies on those are huge!

[huntnphool]

Gorgeous bucks.

+1, almost looks like the nice three you posted pics of.

[Elkpiss]

wow nice buck...  to bad you slit his throat?