Trail Cam Pics

[Grant Pearson]

great looking deer slimngrizzly

[SSSTaxidermy]

Checked the memory card on the cam. Nothing but does and fawns. Had 2 bucks . 1 1/2 year olds. That's it. So was kinda bumbed in that aspect. Then to add salt to the wound, had this guy show up, and didn't get drawn for a bear tag this year...and he seems to be very active. Just my luck.

Set out another cam Saturday, and will check both cards again in 2 weeks.

[AF-1984]

Probably leave him for next year.

Hopefully see this guy.

This pic is from last year, have not seen him yet this year though.

[96trigger]

is it possible that the last two are the same deer, or will the genetics not allow an eight to become a ten. It looks like there are some similarities between the two.

[jerkbait]

Why is it that I can't see your pics? I can see some and not others, just has the white square with an x in the middle.

[TrophyEyes]

96, I think you are on to something. I think it is the same deer. Look at the tips of the antlers, they all go in just slightly. Look at the back left leg, similar markings. I would also say that the big crab claw is also a very easy addition.

[c&amagn]

Dang, nice pics. That last buck almost looks like he has a little Muley in him, especially the rack.

[Bear55]

I don't think those last two buck are the same deer, the middle buck looks a little younger (body size) than the last buck and that photo was taken in the year before, he would be larger this year.

[Flatcoats]

pretty difficult to tell from year to year unless there's something really distinct. but he could definetely become a 10.

had this stinker come by one of my stands wed. morning when i was sitting in another one on a different property

[slimngrizzly]

I put these on a different thread, i may as well put them here. He shed his velvet on the night of the 16th! pretty late in my book. I think he looks just as impressive with out it though. Cant wait to wrap my hands around them!

[Scott K]

Very nice! Good luck, if you need help, let me know

[AndyM]

Good luck with that guy. Nice deer.

[paceman]

Awesome Buck Slim. It would be look pretty cool to have his mount next to your other one in your avatar. They are very simlar looking..

[slimngrizzly]

Well its the same buck... I just flipped the image on the computer for my avatar so it would be facing right:) Good composition is all I was going for... sorry.

Haha... wasnt trying to pull a fast one on anyone.

[TrophyEyes]

I would let him grow another year or two. Just kidding. That is one beautiful deer. I would not think twice about pulling the trigger.

[sticknstring]

Great looking deer guys... some beauties. I've been a little behind with trail cam pics this year but this is the biggest I've gotten so far. He's not great but good for the area I hunt. He's pretty narrow and he looks similar to a buck I passed on on 3 different occasions last fall, if so he'd be a 3 1/2 yo. Otherwise just lots of scrubs... the food plots are definitely helping though. Those dagger spikes of the past are turning into forks and small 6pts. Good to see. Just need to enhance the age structure and the turn will begin...

3 weeks earlier, same deer?

[Mark Christianson]

no way is that a 3.5 year old.

2.5 at best. Possibly a 1.5 even.

[B. Amish]

i agree.

[cupper]

me too. 2.5 at best... look at his neck and legs.

[Kyle]

I also agree. If you let him walk another 2 years, he will be a nice deer. Definately not 3.5 yo yet.

[sticknstring]

Easy fellas... looking at him a little harder you're right he's probably not the same deer I passed on. I was focused on the narrow rack and compared similarities from last fall. Obviously his neck muscles aren't fully developed yet but he'll look a whole lot different in a month. Even mature bucks are pretty puny in August. Definitely not a year and half old though... that's extreme as me saying he could be 3 1/2! Maybe in Iowa or Kansas but not north-central MN in our woods.

Here's your typical 1 1/2 for the area...he's on the big side

[Mark Christianson]

"that's as extreme as me saying he could be 3 1/2!"

Not extreme at all. With ideal conditions, its documented that 1.5 year old deer can grow 8 and even 10 pt racks in the midwest.

That buck out of velvet will be very spindly. If that was out of velvet and he had that type of thickness(lack of better description), I would say for sure not a 1.5 year old.

"Here's your typical 1 1/2 for the area..."

Yes, you said it right. "Typical" for the area maybe, but not a hard, fast rule that you dont have some 1.5 year olds running around that look like the first one you posted. If the first one is a 1.5 year old, he is on a fast track to some nice antlers. As I noted, most likely a 2.5, but there is a chance he is younger.

[Mark Christianson]

So do you think the little guy in this pic is a 2.5 year old?

Not a chance. This is further north and he isnt sporting a rack much smaller than the one you posted.

This is a 1.5 year old, hands down. A few more inches and he wouldnt be far off from the one you posted.

[sticknstring]

That's a great picture.

I'm not here to argue age, genetics, or start a QDM thread. That 1 1/2 you posted looks malnourished... some good nutrition might put him upwards of 100" - P&Y as a 2 1/2. I've hunted long enough in our area and have seen enough yearling bucks to know with much certainly he's not a 1 1/2. Do I doubt deer can grow antlers like that at that age? Absolutely not. But in our parts... the soil composition and genetics aren't there. It's no coincidence the field adjacent to our woods sits idle year after year with a crop unobtainable. I don't know why I'm trying to defend myself here... just trying to share a photo in the appropriate forum and a guy gets ripped apart. When I kill 'em next fall I'll send ya a molar cross-sectional... but what would be the point - you already know his age right?

[Kyle]

I personally think that deer is no more than 1.5 yo. I think hes probably just got good genetics, and like i said give him another 2-3 years and your going to have a very nice deer on your hands.