Bucks Over 180” Thread

[WAcoueshunter]

Idaho.  2012

 Awesome, I’ve got his twin!😉

You know the rules…pics or….

[jjhunter]

I know of at least 4 hold outs.  They won’t post.  I’ve tried every trick.  My last ditch effort is to start a thread called “Boomer Bucks”. 

Boomers out there hoarding America’s wealth and pictures of big bucks 🤣

[hunter399]

I know of at least 4 hold outs.  They won’t post.  I’ve tried every trick.  My last ditch effort is to start a thread called “Boomer Bucks”. 

Boomers out there hoarding America’s wealth and pictures of big bucks 🤣

Boomer story
It all starts o.77 miles from the road,or parking lot.
With a 16 point buck(really a spike)
This thing was lightning,blink of the eye stuff.(Really it stood there)
Then the most accurate 500 yards shot,(really 25)
Blood trail like a river, didn't go 20(really took many shots)
Then drags it across no name meadow's down the backside of nopic mountain.( O.77 miles)
Grinds the horns up with the meat,cause you can eat the horns.
Sorry no pics ,battery dead ,long hike and all.

Boomers Rule! They are awesome 😎

[chukardogs]

 The only thing cooler than a drop tine buck is a double drop tine buck!
 Does anyone know if a drop tine is a genetic thing that can happen on any buck or does that specific gene have to be passed hereditarily? I've seen a few different antler abnormalities on the mountain I've hunted for 35 years. Stickers at many locations on the frame and blade like eye guards but never a drop tine. Lately, it's been just your boring everyday 4 points. Might be time to find another mountain to hunt?
 

[blindluck]

Maybe we need a Good Old Days thread started if there isn’t one already.😀👍🏼

 Lots of cool old pics here… https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,173.msg1091.html#msg1091

There it is, Thank you

[TimberMuleys]

The only thing cooler than a drop tine buck is a double drop tine buck!
 Does anyone know if a drop tine is a genetic thing that can happen on any buck or does that specific gene have to be passed hereditarily? I've seen a few different antler abnormalities on the mountain I've hunted for 35 years. Stickers at many locations on the frame and blade like eye guards but never a drop tine. Lately, it's been just your boring everyday 4 points. Might be time to find another mountain to hunt?

I’ve only come across 4 drop tine bucks in the last 4 years. 3 mule deer, 1 whitetail. That’s covering a very large area as well. The 2 I had history with or knew of the year before did not have drop tines the year before. One was a young 3 point with a 1” drop on one side. The other one I only got pictures of in June and never found him again. He looked like he was going to grow one on each side but I’m hoping to find him this year. Might be good to start a thread on that.


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[chukardogs]

The only thing cooler than a drop tine buck is a double drop tine buck!
 Does anyone know if a drop tine is a genetic thing that can happen on any buck or does that specific gene have to be passed hereditarily? I've seen a few different antler abnormalities on the mountain I've hunted for 35 years. Stickers at many locations on the frame and blade like eye guards but never a drop tine. Lately, it's been just your boring everyday 4 points. Might be time to find another mountain to hunt?

I’ve only come across 4 drop tine bucks in the last 4 years. 3 mule deer, 1 whitetail. That’s covering a very large area as well. The 2 I had history with or knew of the year before did not have drop tines the year before. One was a young 3 point with a 1” drop on one side. The other one I only got pictures of in June and never found him again. He looked like he was going to grow one on each side but I’m hoping to find him this year. Might be good to start a thread on that.


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2000s

Based on that info, it's possible that in those years where water, nutrients and minerals are all available in abundance, any buck could have the genetic imprint on his DNA to produce a drop tine.
 This is what I'll go forth believing. I don't know how many years I'll be able to keep doing this, but with this belief, getting the boots on, doning the pack and heading out across the hill will be much easier now.

[huntnnw]

I believe it’s passed down . I have an area by my house that consistently has a drop tine buck around somewhere . Yet just a few miles away in places I’ve hunted for decades I’ve yet to see or get 1 on cam. Same with other features I’ve got 1 area that lacks eye guards or 1 on several bucks , yet everywhere else I hunt I rarely see that . Same goes for huge brow tines

[chukardogs]

We have taken many bucks on the hill that have little to no eye guards. In fact, my buddy took a massive 2 point one year that had eye guards, one that was 3/4 inch long and one that was 1 1/4 inch long. The day he killed him, the fog was so thick you couldn't see 20 feet and when I asked how far away was he, he said he shot it at about 40 yards as the fog was blowing through.

[hunter399]

I believe it’s passed down . I have an area by my house that consistently has a drop tine buck around somewhere . Yet just a few miles away in places I’ve hunted for decades I’ve yet to see or get 1 on cam. Same with other features I’ve got 1 area that lacks eye guards or 1 on several bucks , yet everywhere else I hunt I rarely see that . Same goes for huge brow tines

I agree
Double eye guards
Drop times
Seems like they are genetic or specific to certain areas.
Never harvested a drop tine buck.
Have seen a few WT and muley trail cam pics with it.

[frazierw]

this guy made it over 180"

[chukardogs]

That's an absolute toad!

[Sundance]

The only thing cooler than a drop tine buck is a double drop tine buck!
 Does anyone know if a drop tine is a genetic thing that can happen on any buck or does that specific gene have to be passed hereditarily? I've seen a few different antler abnormalities on the mountain I've hunted for 35 years. Stickers at many locations on the frame and blade like eye guards but never a drop tine. Lately, it's been just your boring everyday 4 points. Might be time to find another mountain to hunt?

I've made observations on this for blacktail, and it feels like eye guards and droptines are to some degree a genetic trait IMO. My theory is that with blacktail they typically have so much access to feed, water, and minerals that the abnormalities are either genetic or because of trauma (getting hit by a car). The most unique bucks I've harvested span a 10-year period and come from the same 1-mile radius. Alternatively, 5 miles down the road I see a lot of typical bucks that won't grow eye guards until they hit 4.5+ years old. I did watch one buck on private land that had a crazy left-side abnormality, and he was favoring his right-side when walking. I assumed he was injured during velvet and that factored into the deformed/droptine.

[huntnphool]

this guy made it over 180"

 That’s nice heavy buck

[boneaddict]

photo sucks, but the buck doesnt