Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Jerbear on July 03, 2009, 09:10:11 AM
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I was sitting here at the computer a couple of days ago and saw a movement out on the lawn. Looked up and saw three bucks eating the grass. The first one was a thee point. A nice compact rack. That is if you like small racks. All three deer were small. There was also a two point, and a spike. The antlers on the spike was about four inches long. Some one will shoot the three point because he is legal. I doubt that the three point will dress out much more than 50-60 pounds. If you were to kill all three and bone them out you would not have enough meat to get you through the winter.
I have never seen such small deer in the 20 years we have lived here. They don't come close to the Oregon Blacktail seen on another thread.
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What's causing that Jerry? :dunno:
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Maybe you should fertilize your grass so they will grow faster. :dunno:
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Did they have big rabbit-like ears?, could be the elusive jackolope?
Reguardless they need to be culled.
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Is it possible that it's the other way around on these deer ? I mean maybe that the two branched bucks are just young { along with the spike } and good habitat and genetics cause them to grow larger than normal size racks at a young age ? A 2 or 3 pt blacktail will dress out at more than that. Not a Biologist by any means, just a thought ??
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Iceman I don't know. We get blacktails, mule deer and crosses out here, but not that small. You get into or near Goldendale, and that is about the size. However there is also a huge 5 X 5 living within the city limits. I guess I was taken back by how small these guys are.
