5 years old is he done

  • qdm4life
    Albertville, MN
    Posts: 956
    July 23, 2010 at 2:58 am #206592

    I’m pretty sure he first showed up in 08 as a 3.5 and last year he grew a g4 where he had the bump in 08 now this year he hasn’t put on anyrhing else at 5, is he maxed out? Got video footage of some real dandy shooter bucks on a different farm but can’t figure out how to get uploadable still photos out of the footage, one is way in to the 170s, another nearing 150 and a solid 130, all with in 400 yards of the stand I shot my avitar buck out of last year, the rut can’t come fast enough!


    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    July 23, 2010 at 3:04 am #83794

    I think hes about as big as hes going to get. He had a nice rack last year, I could be wrong but he’d better get going to match up to last year. Looks like he’ll have a couple more points this year, nice deer anyway you look at it.

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    July 23, 2010 at 12:31 pm #83803

    I would say he’s done…if he walked past my stand! I do think he looks bigger last year than he is right. Only way to tell is get your hands on him this fall!

    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    July 23, 2010 at 12:43 pm #83806

    IMO he may still have more to offer. I think they said the best years for antler developement are 6-7(which is a hypothetical age in my area ). I have seen deer that seem to regress for one year and then really put on the inches the next. It could be due to crop rotation, weather, ect… If he gets good nutrition he might put on another 20?? What do you think his gross score was last year?

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    July 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm #83808

    If you need someone to come help cull these junky deer, let me know. I’m only a few miles away.

    qdm4life
    Albertville, MN
    Posts: 956
    July 23, 2010 at 2:50 pm #83813

    Quote:

    If you need someone to come help cull these junky deer, let me know. I’m only a few miles away.


    If you ever have 2 days off in the mid week let me know, just putting the finishing touches on the bunk house for geust hunters, sleeps 14! Plenty of deer and only 1 tag! We have been passing bucks on 5 properties in that area for 5 years now and the way things are shaping up it could be a great year!!

    muskyman
    Arkansaw, Wisconsin
    Posts: 945
    July 25, 2010 at 8:29 pm #83845

    qdm what makes you think he is the same deer. To me it appears as though he was about a 150’s deer last year as a 10 pointer and as an 8 this year IMO he would be lucky to make 110 inches as an 8. Loseing 40+ inches in 1 year??? Maybe I’m missing the resemblances in the pics, but if I were a betting man I would have to say they are different deer.

    qdm4life
    Albertville, MN
    Posts: 956
    July 25, 2010 at 9:26 pm #83848

    In the 08 pic he has just a tiny bump on his left side where and decent G4 grew in 09( he never was a 10) and now this year like you said he is a 110 inch buck!! But still has the same small G4 on his left. Just disapointed that with age he is shrinking!!

    muskyman
    Arkansaw, Wisconsin
    Posts: 945
    July 25, 2010 at 9:41 pm #83851

    Yes my bad, I don’t know how to count he was a 9 pt. Is there another pic that I’m not seeing I can’t even see his left side this year. Looks like a brow, G2 and G3? I’m missing something lol

    qdm4life
    Albertville, MN
    Posts: 956
    July 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm #83878

    Ya got have gotten probly 100 pics of this buck in the last 3 years it has to be him, he got a little time left, I was just hoping for more than a 9 I geuss, he is still bout 19 inchs wide though, I upload other pics but my lab claimed her 3rd keyboard last week

    little_g
    durand WI
    Posts: 317
    July 26, 2010 at 3:25 pm #83879

    Maybe that scar on his shoulder has something to do with it.

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