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Title: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Bones on January 11, 2008, 07:55:38 PM: I have been taking hay everyday for the elk, and one of my trail cameras is set up watching the hay. I started getting pictures of this buck on January 1st. I have about 90 pictures of him. He dropped his antlers yesterday. I am anxious to go look for them but two more nice bucks are also hanging around. I want to wait until they drop their antlers.
Bones

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Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Coasthunterjay on January 11, 2008, 07:59:57 PM: looks like a shooter..........great action pictures. Yeah babby, NO,NO,NO,NO, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH :chuckle:
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 11, 2008, 08:04:33 PM: That is really an amazing deer and some amazing shots. Is that a Blues buck? Huge for an 8 pointer...I love those huge eye guards.
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Post by: Slider on January 11, 2008, 08:08:07 PM: WOW !!!Hes a Beauty!!!
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Post by: bowhuntin on January 11, 2008, 08:35:47 PM: Wow nice whitetail, what part of the state is that in it looks to be pretty open
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Post by: coonhound on January 11, 2008, 08:37:29 PM: Right on, I especially love that last shot, I could have a ton of fantasies about sending an arrow right into the pocket.

Thanks,
Coon
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: boneaddict on January 11, 2008, 09:03:39 PM: GREAT BUCK!
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Post by: jackelope on January 11, 2008, 09:10:40 PM: awesome bones...that trailcam is the ticket.
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Post by: Ray on January 11, 2008, 09:21:55 PM: That second photo is really cool
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: 280ackley on January 11, 2008, 09:37:52 PM: Quote from: Bones on January 11, 2008, 07:55:38 PM
I have been taking hay everyday for the elk

Nice buck!!! Do you happen to have any elk pics also?
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: M_ray on January 11, 2008, 09:44:42 PM: Cool Bones!
Make sure you post a picture of the sheds! and take a pic of the sheds where they lay! I allways forget that part it makes for a cool picture.
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Post by: Elkman on January 11, 2008, 10:19:52 PM: Great Pictures!
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 11, 2008, 10:47:35 PM: That is a really nice buck! He should be bigger this hunting season. I'm putting him in the 140's. Probably only 4 1/2 years old. He hasn't quite developed the pot belly and low back. Whitetails tend to look well proportioned at 4 1/2. :)

Their are quite a few big into QDM (Quality Deer Managment) down their in the south. Had a guy down their who owned a hutnig plantation tell me a few tips on what to look for when guaging a deers age. These may not apply here since they are not souther corn fed Whitetails but I thought I would share.

*In their first year or approx 6 month ( First Deer Season) you can tell their small and have buttons.
*In their 2nd - 3rd season or 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 they look kinda goofy. Their legs look longer than they should in proportion to their body. They also have waht I call a high belly.
*In their 4th season 3 1/2 years they start to fill out but still don't look well proportioned. .Legs are still a bit long,
*In their 5th season 4 1/2 years they are well proportioned and filled out.
*In their 6th season 5 1/2 years they start to develop a pot belly and their back starts to drop.
*In their 7th season 6 1/2 years they more than likely have a good pot belly going on as well as solid looking. This is usually the point when antler start to decline. Than again it realy depends on the heathe of the deer.

:)
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Timber on January 12, 2008, 08:25:59 AM: Those have to be some of the best trail camera photos I've ever seen. Great buck too.
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Post by: boneaddict on January 12, 2008, 08:36:14 AM: I agree with Michelle on age and size of deer. He probably won't grow much more in his frame. He will start getting some more stickers along his bases, but he will probably be a solid four for the rest of his life. A Dandy 4.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on January 12, 2008, 10:22:08 AM: An awesome buck and the trailcam pictures are among the best that I have ever seen. Great job on setting it up, those are great pictures.
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Post by: bowhuntin on January 12, 2008, 10:42:06 AM: Is your trailcam sitting on a post or something, doesn't look like there is a tree around to hang it on.
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Post by: lemondog on January 12, 2008, 12:02:34 PM: Awsome pictures, Love the big Whities!
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Bones on January 12, 2008, 07:00:32 PM: These pictures were taken in the Blue Mountain foothills, GMU 154. I have four trailcams out that are getting over 2,000 pics per week. I will post more pics later. I already have a few nice bull shots, and as soon as the whitetails are through dropping, I will be concentrating on the bulls.
Bones
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Bones on January 12, 2008, 08:41:42 PM: Someone asked how I mounted the camera with no trees. I took these pics yesterday. the camera is mounted on tow sections of wood that I stacked up. I carried these on my 4-wheeler to the site. You can see a herd of elk watching me check the camera on the distant ridge. I cropped them out of the photo so you can see them better.
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This is one of the two bucks I am waiting on. Most of the bucks have lost their antlers

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Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: BlackTail on January 14, 2008, 09:32:35 AM: Awesome pics and a dandy buck. Good luck finding the sheds!!
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Post by: smdave on January 14, 2008, 11:23:41 AM: Awesome trail camera, it takes better pictures then many other cameras.

Dave
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Slider on January 15, 2008, 07:56:04 PM: Bones is your Trail Cam a Home Brew?
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Post by: jackelope on January 15, 2008, 09:21:08 PM: thats a homebrew cam.
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: jackelope on January 15, 2008, 09:22:00 PM: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,3333.msg33400.html#msg33400
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: mkcj on January 15, 2008, 09:30:37 PM: What kind of hay/Alfalfa are you feeding?
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Post by: Hornseeker on January 15, 2008, 11:36:56 PM: Keep the trail cam pics a comin!!!
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Coasthunterjay on January 16, 2008, 12:35:22 AM: hum i thought one of the last pictures of him was better....IMO i thout he looked very young. Maybe three years. Remember he is in winter fur so he is going to look bigger than what he really is. on the last picture you see him leaning over and bending his neck. ver skinny and slender. Not filled out very much. after a deer had fully rutted a couple time. after his third or fourth year there necks will naturally start to get thicker. Now i am not talking about the rut neck . I am just talking about a much hevier neck. I am also looking at his face. wt usuallly have a slender nose and snout regardless but his is very stubby and short which also tells me that he hasnt grown into his body quite yet. sor tof goes inline with what michelle was saying about older deer having pot bellies and hunched backs. This guy isnt even close....I am not a measuring expert when it comes to horns but i know alot about them and all i have to say is to expect him to either have double eyeguards next year with almost iddentical higth or expect him to be taller with almost identical beam lengths if he doent split he will stay a 4x4 forever. he looks like a splitter though. so you may get a really good set of horns off of him next year or one of the following......

This is all thanks to genetics. i love genetics. i have been learning about his for the last couple years. very interesting...usually want to make sure he has bread a couple times before you shoot something like this, But if he passed infront of me i would take him.......

Recomendation. Feed during the summer and later during the stage of the year that they are growing horns and you might get alot of different things from him....he could potentially be a huge deer. and seeing he is comming into full maturity you might want to think about investing some money and research on some game management stuff to improve your odds and keep him in your area....

Just remember though.....MY 2 CENTS
Title: Re: Whitetail Buck
Post by: Dman on January 16, 2008, 09:15:51 AM: Great pics, I would guess Idaho in the Panhandle area.