Bucks I call "Split Ear" and "Lucky" both made it through the end of the season. Optimistic that Split Ear will be fine if he can stay out of local roads. Don't know if I could have resisted temptation on him this past year if not for his breaking a nice G4 off early in the season. Must have been a heck of a tussle as it looked like a nice, heavy tine before he broke it. Split Ear makes it, he'll be the first buck I've followed with 100% certainty from a yearling to 4 1/2 years old.
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Hope "Lucky" makes it but his pedicle bases look wonkier each year (though horns actually improved this year). Worry about abscess with them but guess we'll see as the year progresses.
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And putting an emphasis on the "survivor" note, discovered one yearling spike on our place got blinded near the end of season. Looks to be doing ok, thus far, but sure looks like it had to be hella' painful! Noticed the eye looked blurry / messy in a capture and sure enough looking on through additional night time captures I coud tell not an iota of light was refracted back from that side in all subsequent captures.