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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: rackattack on January 24, 2020, 09:57:57 PM

Title: Once in a lifetime buck
Post by: rackattack on January 24, 2020, 09:57:57 PM: Just thought I'd post this picture on here for a Blacktail reference on antler growth. I've been very fortunate to have a buck on family property that doesn't wander far and is very consistent every year. I figure he is a 2012 fawn and will turn 8 this year. He roams about a 1/2 mile area and has dropped his sheds most years within a 200 yard radius. This year was an exception do to a couple new factors in his home area. Took me and my sons about 6 miles of sweeping the woods to put this years set together. I truly feel blessed and cannot imagine putting another collection like this together in my lifetime.
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Post by: Dan-o on January 24, 2020, 10:05:50 PM: That is really cool!
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 24, 2020, 10:41:10 PM: That’s super cool, aren’t you missing a set?
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Post by: rackattack on January 24, 2020, 11:22:00 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 24, 2020, 10:41:10 PM
That’s super cool, aren’t you missing a set?

Yeah, never found his spikes, go figure.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 24, 2020, 11:47:40 PM: In what age order are these antlers?
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Post by: TVHunts on January 25, 2020, 02:54:45 AM: That neat to have collected all of those. I think I’d find a way to display them all together on a wall somehow. Thanks for sharing it!
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Post by: Bango skank on January 25, 2020, 02:58:21 AM: Are you going to try to kill him this next season?
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 25, 2020, 05:54:40 AM: That's cool you are able to find his sheds for several years.
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Post by: PastorJoel on January 25, 2020, 07:48:10 AM: That's really cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: elkboy on January 25, 2020, 09:51:33 AM: Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I really miss the challenge of blacktail hunting.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on January 25, 2020, 09:54:28 AM: :tup:
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Post by: rackattack on January 25, 2020, 12:30:38 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 24, 2020, 11:47:40 PM
In what age order are these antlers?

Lower left is 2014, then moving right to 2016. Upper left is 2017 moving right to 2019.

Quote from: Bango skank on January 25, 2020, 02:58:21 AM
Are you going to try to kill him this next season?

As much as I might want to, he's got a free pass from me, just doesn't seem right at this point. To be honest his biggest threat is probably a vehicle.
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Post by: Bango skank on January 25, 2020, 12:36:07 PM: Quote from: rackattack on January 25, 2020, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 24, 2020, 11:47:40 PM
In what age order are these antlers?

Lower left is 2014, then moving right to 2016. Upper left is 2017 moving right to 2019.

Quote from: Bango skank on January 25, 2020, 02:58:21 AM
Are you going to try to kill him this next season?

As much as I might want to, he's got a free pass from me, just doesn't seem right at this point. To be honest his biggest threat is probably a vehicle.

Well it will be cool to see how long he may live, and how his rack goes as he ages.
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Post by: elkboy on January 25, 2020, 02:22:57 PM: Quote from: rackattack on January 25, 2020, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 24, 2020, 11:47:40 PM
In what age order are these antlers?

Lower left is 2014, then moving right to 2016. Upper left is 2017 moving right to 2019.

Quote from: Bango skank on January 25, 2020, 02:58:21 AM
Are you going to try to kill him this next season?

As much as I might want to, he's got a free pass from me, just doesn't seem right at this point. To be honest his biggest threat is probably a vehicle.

I appreciate that attitude. Kudos. It will be cool to see if you can continue the sequence over time!
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Post by: Bango skank on January 25, 2020, 02:27:22 PM: Do you have tcam pics of him over the years? Thats just such a cool, rare thing to have so many years of sheds.
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on January 25, 2020, 02:39:41 PM: Thats an awesome collection, I doubt.many have picked up six years of horns from the same deer 8)

Looks like he thought about being a 4 point
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Post by: buckfvr on January 25, 2020, 03:04:36 PM: Wife wont let you kill him huh ????? :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: rackattack on January 25, 2020, 03:39:45 PM: Quote from: buckfvr on January 25, 2020, 03:04:36 PM
Wife wont let you kill him huh ????? :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

Actually my mom. She named him Twilight because of the time he shows himself. Once he got the name I knew it was over for me. :chuckle:
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Post by: elkboy on January 25, 2020, 05:39:14 PM: Once a critter gets christened with a name, it's over for me, too! :chuckle:

My hunting buddy and I for years observed a whitetail doe that we named "Cautious Doe". She was the largest and sharpest doe around, and every single year raised twins. We had an agreement that we would never take her, even if given the opportunity. It's cool to know a specific deer to the point of naming it.
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Post by: Tbob on January 28, 2020, 01:37:07 AM: Wow! That’s super cool... you should make a display of those.