Deer - lets see em

[Rat Fink]

Here is a pic of my buck from this year. It was a snap decision to shoot him as he passed though a narrow shooting lane. I killed him with a 1957 manufactured Savage 99 in .300 Savage with open sights. 79 yards and dead in his tracks. He was the last of my 4 deer I killed that day, a buck and 3 does. All deer taken while hunting with a good buddy.

 

[Buck Fever]

here's a few over the last 5 years......all general season bucks

2007 Idaho



buddy and I 2007



2008 Wyoming



2008 Idaho



2008 Idaho archery



2009 Idaho



Wife's 2009 Idaho



2010 Idaho whitetail archery



2011 Idaho



2012 Idaho

 

[hardscrabble]

I know what lawnboy was talking about..... this thing stared at me from my dads' friends wall my entire childhood. Maybe someday....
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This deer was hanging in our basement when I was growing up. Too bad it was the same picture in the background I got for dad one Christmas.

That buck is unbelievable.

 

[T Mac]

2010 MT buck.

 

[Big Fin]

Already posted my son's first deer, 2002. Can't find a pic of his 2003 buck, so I guess we will go to 2004.


2005 buck.


2006 buck he passed twice earlier in the day. Only shot it when I told him I was shooting it if it came by again.


2007 buck. His last before heading off to college.

 

[Big Fin]

Some of mine before I owned a digital camera.

1999


2001


2002


2003


2004

 

[174in]

 

[174in]

 

[BOHNTR]

Awesome whitetails, guys. What I wouldn't give to hunt one of those critters.

Here's a few bucks (mule deer & blacktail) I've arrowed over the years.

My archery "bachelor herd" wall:

Some that didn't make the wall:

A few blacktails:

 

[Big Fin]

A few bucks from when I entered the technology age of digital cameras.

2006


2007


2008


Kansas 2008


2009

 

[Big Fin]

A couple out of state mule deer bucks.

Colorado 2003 - Unit 21. Last day buck.


Nevada muzzleloader 2006. TBone probably recognizes those bushes in the background.


Colorado 2008 - Unit 43.

 

[Ultrahunter]

I like this thread!!! I got a little out of order but here goes.
2006

2007

2008

2008

2010

2011

2011

2012

2009

 

[174in]

 

[174in]

Those are the bigger whitetails I have gotten last picture was me and 2 buddys from this rifle season all on different land

 

[Big Fin]

A couple archery muleys, taken in completely different extremes.

Buschy doing his best to kill me in December 2009. Western ND with wind chill well below -0 F. Still too big of a puss to go back again. Perfect example where the challenge of the hunt defines the quality of the trophy.


Nevada, August 2010. Hot as hell, or at least as hot as I suspect hell will be.

 

[Bambistew]

1999 Montana, buddy holding his and my buck

2002, the one that got away. Chased this buck for 3 years, this was his farewell picture as I left town...He had both horns the night before... took everthing I had to not turn around and go look for that shed. My neighbror picked up the set and killed him that next fall in archery season. He ended up at 163 with a 23" inside spread. I have 3 antlers off this guy, the prior year set, and a single. Biggest buck I ever saw in my ol stomping grounds

1995 Montana. I chased this guy for a a season, and even missed with my bow... stalked him on the ground and sent an arrow through his rack. I went back the next week and put a 243 slug in his ribs.

2003 Montana, last minute buck

2004 Colorado, mu best muledeer to date. On a left over tag to boot.

 

[Oak]

My photography skills were nearly non-existent before the turn of the century, so I don't have much postworthy before then.

First deer, 1986

First (and only) archery deer, 1987

Second buck, 1989

Early 90's (?)

Another early 90's

1992?

2000

2002

2005, CO

2006, Sitka blacktail

2009, WY

2009, MT

2012, CO

 

[bigeasygator]

While I have been hunting for awhile, I got into the killing game a little late! Here's the extent of my deer, taken within the last two years (3 archery, 1 rifle)

Illinois 2011

Colorado 2012 (Unit 43)

New Mexico 2012

Kansas 2012

 

[CabinFever]

First (and only) archery deer, 1987

This ties MTLION's picture of him and his lion on a sled as my hunttalk favorites

 

[AZ402]

Muzzy Coues.