2019 Deer Hunting

[BobbyV]

Went out Thursday evening and had to wait out the rain. Got in the stand and saw 7 does and a spike.

Friday it was more of the same. Hunted Saturday morning and still just saw does. About 20 minutes after I got down two potential shooters showed up on my camera.

 

[Tumbleweed]

My lovely wife is on the board on our third hunt (if you count Friday morning and evening as 2 hunts). She made a perfect shot around 8:20 this morning. He has a brow point sticking straight out front, and one just like it in back you can kind of see in the second pic.

 

[makeithappen]

Congrats to her! I really like racks with character. People pick typical racks apart for symmetry. I'll take a trashy one any day.

 

[retrieverman]

Congrats on a fine buck!!!

Hey MIH, she MADE IT HAPPEN!

Or should I say this is what MAKING IT HAPPEN looks like...

 

[okieshooter777]

What do you think on age on this deer?

 

[dennishoddy]

Awesome Tumbleweed! Pass on congrats to your wife! I’m with makeithappen, I like those trashy bucks for the character.

 

[dennishoddy]

What do you think on age on this deer?

I’ve never been able to age bucks by their teeth.
I’ve been told the wildlife department doesn’t age them by teeth anymore because they can’t say for sure where they have been feeding. A three year old deer eating in a sandy environment will have more tooth wear than a deer in good loam soil.

 

[makeithappen]

Congrats on a fine buck!!!

Hey MIH, she MADE IT HAPPEN!

Or should I say this is what MAKING IT HAPPEN looks like...

Ha ha too true! I need to earn my name again. [emoji23]

 

[okieshooter777]

Wildlife department has a place online to submit jaw pictures and the biologist age them. https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/species/deer/age
But I don’t think it’s super accurate. But I know about this deers age from previous pictures so was just curious if guess are same as what I believe. And if wildlifedepartment also says same thing.

 

[kwaynem]

I don’t go off teeth either hard to tell by the pictures but he looks to me to be a 3 1/2 yr old