nice picture; nice buck

 

 
 
Too often I get less than good pics and end up fiddling with them to get a better look.  I don't put bait out so they don't hang around long, I just make a scrape to get them to stop.   Many times, I run into where two trails parallel each other and I try to get both trails which causes dark pics on the far trail.  The cams I use are generally 3.0 megapixs so a moving target is sometimes blurry.   The above is a nice pic for a used $35.00 cam.   I'd rather buy a bunch of not so great cams than have a good one stolen.  I've yet to get burnt but with time on public land, it'll happen eventually.  Many times I can see the cams from the road but I camo them up the best I can.  Many of my setups are within 50 yards of the road considering the trails usually disperse as they continue on deeper into the woods.  Not to mention I run into one too many rattlesnakes.   I saw a buck the other night under the spotlight that the one above would fit inside his rack.  I went and hunt a stand today and only saw a black racer.     Lots of bucks this year with short tines, even older bucks.  Nice to get a hightine on camera every once in a while.
 

I'd shoot that old hog in a second, even with the larger antlered one close by.  Nice pics. Still waiting to get my first shooter on camera.

ORIGINAL: dpms

I'd shoot that old hog in a second, even with the larger antlered one close by.  Nice pics. Still waiting to get my first shooter on camera.

 
I was telling Darys over the weekend, he's the kind of buck that sits on his arse in the rut and grunts doe to him.   Not an easy one to fool, but a very huntable deer based on area, pressure, and typical wind.  I wouldn't be dragging him; he'd get the gutless method where he fell.

Best of luck with any of those. Old deer are, well, old.  Don't move much as you said.

nice buck. 1 more year on that guy and he will be a giant.

You were right, that one is quite the brute with respect to body size.  Antlers, not so much.  Do you think it is an older buck on an antler decline or just good genetics for body size and weaker genes for antlers?  Obviously it eats enough.

Do you think it is an older buck on an antler decline or just good genetics for body size and weaker genes for antlers? Obviously it eats enough.

My money is on an older buck past his prime. Heavy thick antlers with few points is my idea of a buck on the downhill slide. Looks more like a steer bodywise.

ORIGINAL: Ironhed

He'll miss.

Ironhed

Those days are over. Haven't since 2006. Flintlocks don't count !

Nice pics. Hope he doesn't get hit with a car like so many.

ORIGINAL: Dr. Trout

Nice bucks silver, good luck harvesting one of them !!!

Harvesting ? Are we raising pumpkins here or are we KILLING deer? Is harvesting just a milder way of saying killing? Exactly how is a deer harvested anyway ? Is the language the hunters and the PGC using now days trying to not upset the antis ??? This a thread for hunters right, or did I click on a fairy tale thread ?

I'm curious why did you choose to say HARVEST Dr Trout? Are you trying not to disturb the anti's ?

Doc raises them like beef, feeds and names them. I heard he even entered one in the county fair and won 1st place. For him harvesting the crop for winters meat is probably the approprate term. Some just engage in fruitless pursuit of them.

ORIGINAL: S-10

Doc raises them like beef, feeds and names them. I heard he even entered one in the county fair and won 1st place. For him harvesting the crop for winters meat is probably the approprate term. Some just engage in fruitless pursuit of them.

1st place, really? I can believe that... [image][/image]

Here's one I call S-10.5 ==