2016 Hit List Bucks

[Bushcraft]

Hard horned. Massive bodied deer. Two years ago and I'm almost 100% certain he wasn't harvested. Hope to see him and his buddies again soon!

[fishnfur]

greenhead_killer -  super cool deer, huge rack, very symmetrical and brow tines to die for!  Hope you find him in your sights before someone else spots him.

[bowhunterforever]

greenhead_killer -  super cool deer, huge rack, very symmetrical and brow tines to die for!  Hope you find him in your sights before someone else spots him.

Looks like a last years pic? Any pics of him this year yet?

[greenhead_killer]

Yeah last years pic. Haven't been up there yet to check cams. I have three going to try and get a good idea of where his core area is.

[greenhead_killer]

Side view for you guys

[predatorG]

F&F, as we talked last year....

I am by no means an expert on blacktail behavior.  But I have observed them enough to draw these conclusions.  The mid-sized bucks (not the baby boys, who are still with their mothers, and not the bruzers, who never come out) tend to hang together in the summertime period, up 'til late September.

I have been fooled many times before by summertime bucks, and their predictable behavior.  You can feed bucks all you want during the summer and early autumn, but it won't help you come Halloween, because the bucks will disappear for their own reasons.

Sounds like about the right time for early archery    one of the things I love about the archery season is the length and the variable times you get to hunt. Not like it's paid off in recent years but it's a good theory 

[predatorG]

Had 3x run across the road in front of me today. Had a very tall and pretty wide rack. He looked really young and really healthy. I'd put him at about 4 years. Good to see, I was begginning to wonder if there are actually bucks around here...

[soccerftw123]

First time Ive gone into hunting the teanaway with a specific deer in mind, havent got pics for a little while though

[Elmer Fletch]

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[Elmer Fletch]

Here is another 5x5 that's on the hit list this year.


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[fishnfur]

Both nice!  I like that 4x4 - very symmetrical.

[JimmyHoffa]

I should invest in trail cams.

Don't. Very frustrating. You will get 1,000s of photographs on your hard drive and no meat at season's end.

Like Wolf just said, come autumn: Poof, and they are gone.

yeah, soon as the velvet is off...they switch it up, then in October they switch it up again. 

[Miles]

Cameras are fun to have.  I'm headed up to check mine tomorrow.  Archery opener is Aug 20th..

[fishnfur]

   OK, I'm lost. Where is the archery opener August 20th?

[packmule]

California