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Very nice!!!

Pics from various hunts this yr. I was tempted to fling an arrow on a couple of them, but glad I didn't. Hope they make it another year or two.

Wow, amazing season for you guys! Congrats!

My experience with cold weather spraying is with diesel and (whatever) herbicide I'm using. Trees will usually leaf out in the spring and look like the applications didn't work. But a couple of months later the tree dies.

Mine are from home grown steers. No clue what they'd grade, but they're decently good. Anyone want to share what those prime ribeye's from Costco cost per pound? I've never been in one of those stores but I'm starting to think about it!

Finally got a chance to watch the video! Lol... "I can't breath". I don't blame ya! Great video, great hunt, great deer. Thanks for posting. Any idea why he got smaller for a while? Was it environmental or possibly genetic?

Steak, eggs, and potatoes...

Lol, that's great! When I was a kid and first bowhunting I put up a stand near a fence line. One morning I heard this buck from the other side of the fence grunting. I'd grunt back but he wasn't budging. Lol, wasn't until I crawled down the tree to leave that I saw the other guy sitting in a...

Back in the late 80's I had a big buck bedding a doe in a thicket on a hillside. I couldn't sneak in and get a shot at him. They only came out at night, so I snuck in in the middle of the night with an alarm clock set for after daybreak. It worked that they left when it went off, but I picked...

I'm spiteful enough to spend a few hunts sitting right next to a guy like that. But only if I really suspected he wasn't facing into his own land the whole time.

I'd say he's mature. I'm no good at aging deer after their first couple of years. I've had history with bucks that I know are over 6.5, but look the same as they did as a 3.5. I'd say yours is 3.5 or +

Outstanding! Congrats!

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Great hunt! I'm kind of amazed that he bounced around from 180 to 210. I always thought they had an upward trend in growth until they started declining, then a gradual trend the other way. Weather and forage conditions are known factors, but it seems his antlers jumped around quite a bit...

I considered doing that. Looked into the best trees to buy and everything. Called a local forester just to check (I'd read on the internet 40 yrs would get you to harvest). He said that in my location it would take 80. 80yrs of cattle seemed like a better alternative.