Deer - lets see em

[Straight Arrow]

Woulda, coulda, shoulda ... but alas I keep harking back to the big buck days, still looking for the high, wide, drop-tined, heavy brown many-point gnarly antlered ol' mulie buck.

Buck passed on last week of 2018 season


Buck passed on last week 2019


'Hope I'm not outa line in this thread showing them "on-the-hoof".

 

[tjones]

SA, them are real nice 160 bucks.

 

[Tufrthnails]

Woulda, coulda, shoulda ... but alas I keep harking back to the big buck days, still looking for the high, wide, drop-tined, heavy brown many-point gnarly antlered ol' mulie buck.

Buck passed on last week of 2018 season
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Buck passed on last week 2019
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'Hope I'm not outa line in this thread showing them "on-the-hoof".

Unforgivable....Just kidding I'm just salty because I didn't see anything with antlers besides a moose on my west hunt! super cool pics!

 

[Straight Arrow]

Unforgivable....Just kidding I'm just salty because I didn't see anything with antlers ...

I understand your disappointment ... and feel blessed to see a few nice bucks, some of which I would have taken previously when they seemed more plentiful. Now I think, "Well maybe I'll get another chance in a year or two when that buck is really a nice trophy and has lived a fuller life ... antlers fuller as well!" My personal dilemma is in reaching three quarters of a century in a couple of weeks and now adhering to the advice of Jerry Rice and Brett Favre and wearing copper compression knee sleeves up and down those steep mountain mule deer habitat slopes. (Thanks, Jerry & Brett; copper compression really does work.) Unlike most of the "deer-lets-see-em" posters on this forum, the worry of writing hunting plan checks my knees can't cash is starting to creep in.

 

[noharleyyet]

Ken Jr's. buck from this afternoon.
Ken Jr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/152360342@N02/

 

[Trucker]

Central Montana 2019

 

[Rwchet]

Illinois public land buck from the first firearm season.

 

[huronmtns]

This year I was lucky enough to overcome some serious challenges. I'm happy with this one. 7mm-08, 140 grain Accubond. 150 yard shot in this cover.

 

[50bowhunter]

My last tag in Virginia

 

[Doublecluck]

Daughter #3, It took two years of getting over a bad experience that left her gun shy. With just 5 hours of the season left and after looking thru the scope for 20 mins at this guy with her finger near the trigger she finally got the courage and pulled it.

 

[wyoboypt]

A couple while cow hunting today

 

[Dakhunter]

Found the elusive public land whitetail last Friday

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thats is a nice buck!

 

[RG_Adult_Onset_Hunter]

This is my first ever deer. Taken this year with archery equipment.

 

[thusby]

You never forget your first one, congrats.

 

[Stay Sharp]

My archery bucks from the last 2 seasons.

A couple weeks ago. 10 point.

Oct. of this year

Jan. of this year.

Oct. of last year.

Oct. the year before that.

 

[LittleJon]

Wyoming!

 

[ShortAction]

Finally got to notch a tag! Saw about 9 bucks this season...4 shooters. This was the smallest of the 4, but the only encounter that went my way! Taken yesterday (Dec 20th) at 10:05 in the National Forest near my home in Craig County. Late muzzle loader season.

 

[jtm307]

You can’t eat antlers. I picked up a leftover whitetail doe/fawn tag and bagged some public land corn-fed venison, my first whitetail.

 

[Brentc]

New Mexico buck down at sunset.

 

[mtmiller]

I don't post many buck pics here, but this year it wasn't a problem as I never found a buck that needed to come home with me. That being said, I put a couple does in the freezer and took my kid and sister's kid out. Fun had by all.