Antelope island anyone hear

[boneaddict]

Has anyone seen or heard what Jimmy got out on Antelope Island this year.   Assuming he hunted of course.  I haven’t  been watching social media.  I heard he beat the record at half a million for the tag.   Reports are horrible from there this year, but with that tag, he can get a little better access.

[92xj]

He shot a giant.   Super wide.    Clearly same genes as the photos you posted years ago of the wide sticker deer

41.5 wide
262”

[boneaddict]

Oh snap!   I’m glad he got a good one.  Half a million is quite a price tag.   I hope they use it to fix things out there.  Thanks for the update

[jackelope]

[furbearer365]

Oh snap!   I’m glad he got a good one.  Half a million is quite a price tag.   I hope they use it to fix things out there.  Thanks for the update

What's the issue needing fixed??

[boneaddict]

Thanks for the pic!    Oh wow, what a beast

[boneaddict]

Oh snap!   I’m glad he got a good one.  Half a million is quite a price tag.   I hope they use it to fix things out there.  Thanks for the update

What's the issue needing fixed??

Not sure!    Population “seems” way down.   I’d wack a bunch of coyotes to help with recruitment.   I think they did that.   

Rumor was they captured a bunch of deer off the island and moved them to neighboring herds to enhance genetics (. I think that was crazy)

They have done a lot for people, like better facilities, added campground, added cabins, promoted electric bikes.    There is a huge surge of bikers out there and I think that pushes the animals back.   

I have no real facts.   I just camped there with the wife for a couple days, it was real nice.  I listened to a lot of disgruntled deer enthusiasts.   Honestly there is a huge portion of the island that there is no access, until you have that tag.  If I was a giant deer, that’s where I would be.   Historically there are usually a bunch of deer down low near where the people are and those deer if not a big buck like Double D, then they attract the big bucks during the rut.  Since the big influx of electric bikes which really trigger the deer, that hasn’t been the case. 

I was watching a batch of unattended doe assuming a buck would show sooner or later.  They were located just below where this buck is pictured.   If I was there a day or two later I might/I wish I’d have seen him. Lol. 

The lake water was up this year, but was real low the last couple.    They added a bunch of fence, I assume it was to keep domestics from getting in, or from wilds mixing and then returning (sheep loss).  I’m not sure where they are at at re establishing the sheep out there.

[Alchase]

Wow, what a buck! 

[bearhunter99]

What dreams are made of!  What a buck!

[boneaddict]

Indeed, if I sold sandwiches I’d do the exact same thing. 

That thing bangs right up there with the one at Arsenal.  Unreal

[Boss .300 winmag]

Indeed, if I sold sandwiches I’d do the exact same thing. 

That thing bangs right up there with the one at Arsenal.  Unreal

That’s a lot of sandwiches.🤣

[baldopepper]

You could walk to island without getting your feet wet a couple years ago, and many beieive a lot of the deer walked over to the mainland. Brother lives in sight of the island and knows a couple of the rangers out there. One of em shares he saw one of the island bucks in the nearby town.  Rangers have names for most of the big boys on the island.

[boneaddict]

I was happy to see the lake with a little water in it this time.     Yeah, that probably doesn’t help with population either.    They probably get sick of the bugs and want to get the heck out of their.  That might be one place that rivals Alaska with biting flies and skeeters.

[baldopepper]

I was happy to see the lake with a little water in it this time.     Yeah, that probably doesn’t help with population either.    They probably get sick of the bugs and want to get the heck out of their.  That might be one place that rivals Alaska with biting flies and skeeters.
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Yea, airboat hunted ducks all around there in my youth and those darnn bugs seemed to hang around until it snowed.   For years they literally dumped raw sewage in the lake and when there was a good south wind the smell was worse than the bugs. 

[bigmacc]

  Well hell, that’s a nice buck👍




HOLY CRAPOLA!  That’s a beaut