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cuboodle
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Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 04:44:00 PM »
I got some nice videos on my trail cam I attached a snapshot help me decide to take or pass on this big bodied deer. Is he degenerating or just a freak left side this year.
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rastaman
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:06:00 PM »
i like shooting freak racked deer. He couldv'e had an injury to his right side last year that affected his rack this year. From the part of the body that you can see, he looks pretty healthy to me.
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Longspur77
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:07:00 PM »
i would dust his butt for the simple reason he looks like his body is big and i think you are right, he either is malformed or is broke off but regardless he looks mature to me. If he had a matching side he would be 145ish. Good luck
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Longbow917
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:08:00 PM »
I say give him another year if you don't have too much hunting pressure, but then if he walked under my stand, I might think differently
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awbowman
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:13:00 PM »
BIG body, dust roll him!
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cuboodle
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:14:00 PM »
Here is a body shot.
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BigBucksnTrucks
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:23:00 PM »
looks like he was injured in a previous year and now it's growing back malformed. I don't think he'll change next year. Good luck with either choice.
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 05:25:00 PM »
I'd shoot him.
I don't get enough shot opportunities to be picky.
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huskyarcher
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 06:29:00 PM »
Hammertime!
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Bill Carlsen
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 06:36:00 PM »
I don't think his rack will ever be any better...unless it is broken. It looks like a genetic problem to me. It is my understanding that the idea that an injury causing a weird growing rack is a myth. We had a buck hanging around our house that was either shot or hit by a car. His right shoulder was broken and he made it thru the winter. His next year's rack was very symmetrical even though he always walked with a limp and his shoulder was obviously misshapen.
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Bill Carlsen
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 06:37:00 PM »
I don't think his rack will ever be any better...unless it is broken. It looks like a genetic problem to me. It is my understanding that the idea that an injury causing a weird growing rack is a myth. We had a buck hanging around our house that was either shot or hit by a car. His right shoulder was broken and he made it thru the winter. His next year's rack was very symmetrical.
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owlbait
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 07:11:00 PM »
That myth is true in some cases. Shot my biggest buck, on the ground, rattled in. Left side was a symmetrical 4 points.Looked like a nice 8pt. He had a left front club foot from a rifle wound the year before. His right side had 2 gnarly twisted points. Big body, very aggresive. I say shoot him, because he might not be that cool looking next year, if he makes it till then.
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rwbowman
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 07:20:00 PM »
An injury could be the cause. It is my understanding (but trust me, my understanding is rather short lived most often) that a a deer with normal to high calcium levels grow average to nice racks. Theoretically, a mature deer with a skeletal injury could need the extra calcium and minerals to promote restrengthening and restructuring of the broken bones. Just saying..
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 07:49:00 PM »
He'll fry, that makes him an eater to me.
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 07:51:00 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Hoyt:
He'll fry, that makes him an eater to me.
x2 !!
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 07:59:00 PM »
i know what id do. shoot!
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The Night Stalker
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October 16, 2012, 08:00:00 PM »
I would pass. I have done this twice on a perfect rack only to have the buck shot during gun season but I am willing to take that risk. He does have a good body but I would rather see what happens with the rack. Shoot them long nose does, they present a challenge around our farm.
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 09:04:00 PM »
Dead on his feet!
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SheltonCreeker
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 16, 2012, 09:27:00 PM »
Beauty is in in the eye of the bowholder. Do what feels right. I would let him walk and see what happened but I can say that cause he isn't ever gonna tempt me. Good luck with your choice.
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the elf
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Re: Shooter or another year (pic)
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October 17, 2012, 07:28:00 PM »
Up where I hunt I can't afford to be picky as that might be the only deer I see.
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