Trail Cam Thread

[hunter966]

You may wait, BUT, will your neighbors??

Choot’em!!

 

[retrieverman]

In my opinion, that buck is 4.5 at the youngest, but I really believe he’s older. I look at a lot of deer pictures on a daily basis, and the drought seems to have taken a toll on the bodies of the deer around my place making it harder to judge age. I assume it’s the same around the state.
I try to maintain a pretty strict management program, and that buck wouldn’t get a pass this year.

Edit to add why I believe the buck is mature. The buck appears to have a shorter more blunt nose, and to me his eye and around his eyes have an aged look. From the angle, he appears to have a sway in his back and a pot gut.

 

[undeg01]

Curious at what age you/others would guess that buck to be? Muzzle looks aged and got a pretty good belly hanging down there. 5? He probably would be a little bigger in 1-2 years but honestly couldn't pass him up for the same reasons mentioned.

I think 3 1/2. Snout is still pretty sharp and he hasn’t started developing that Roman nose look yet. If he was 5 1/2, I would expect to see a little more swayback in appearance.

 

[undeg01]

In my opinion, that buck is 4.5 at the youngest, but I really believe he’s older. I look at a lot of deer pictures on a daily basis, and the drought seems to have taken a toll on the bodies of the deer around my place making it harder to judge age. I assume it’s the same around the state.
I try to maintain a pretty strict management program, and that buck wouldn’t get a pass this year.

Edit to add why I believe the buck is mature. The buck appears to have a shorter more blunt nose, and to me his eye and around his eyes have an aged look. From the angle, he appears to have a sway in his back and a pot gut.

I agree he could be 4 1/2, but I’d like to see other pictures before I’d say he is that old.

 

[Dorkus]

Here is another picture with him scratching an itch.

 

[undeg01]

I know for a fact this guy is 4 1/2. Potbelly and slight sway in his back. If you zoom in on the bridge of his nose, you can see it is started to become somewhat convex, or Roman nose, if you will. If he makes it through this year, I would expect his back to sway more and his nose to be even more rounded.

 

[undeg01]

You may wait, BUT, will your neighbors??

Choot’em!!

I agree. If this is any concern at all, I’d take him for sure.

 

[DRC458]

This guy has been hanging around one area but in the last week has been traveling all over the property. He is my favorite and I have been watching him all summer. My question is, shoot or not shoot? I have been suggested to giving him another year but that would be very hard to do if he walked up on me.

I'm sorry, but I could not pass that one up, if I had the chance! Squeeeeeeeezzzze ...

 

[Dorkus]

I'm sorry, but I could not pass that one up, if I had the chance! Squeeeeeeeezzzze ...

I appreciate it and it is good to know you all feel that way I do. To be honest, I would probably even shoot that deer if it was smaller. He has a pretty rack.

 

[okieshooter777]

Nothing real big to show yet this year, but he won’t get a pass from me or my daughters.