Jordan Selsor
5 year old buck +
Crazy!
congrats on killing that warrior!!!
congrats on killing that warrior!!!
Hole In The Shoulder Buck is down
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bigbendmarine
5 year old buck +
DITTO what bjseiler said... VERY curious what kind of residual damage /scarring you find in that area when it's skinned out. Regardless, incredibly nice bucks and congrats!
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
Not trying to down play this buck and score means absolutely nothing to me but.... High scoring deer, not that 157" isn't (the highest scoring deer) all have two things in common. Tine length and well tines. This buck has nice ones, twos, and threes but is lacking on fours. Again not trying to take anything away from it. It is substantially larger than any buck iv'e ever put my tag on.
Generally to get a truly high scoring typical buck you're going to need some long fours. It just goes to show how hard it is to get an established age class and then on top of age have the genetics to pump out some Booners. They are just not that common to say the least.
Congratulations on a great buck with an even better story behind him. I have to assume that if not for that wound this buck would have grossed another 10+" but who knows.
Dukslayr
5 year old buck +
This buck is lacking time length in general. He has everything else going for him, but it’s not just G4s. A mainframe 10 to score into the the 170s has got to have the trifecta - mass, length and width (I could make some jokes here but I will refrain since I’m not at deer camp anymore). That being said, I’m elated with the deer and don’t really care the score (though I was curious). He fits the age structure we are after and that’s what’s most important. If I can get more deer to 5.5+ we are going to gave some that score well into the 170’s.
This deer here has grown up on me I believe. I had pictures of him as a 2.5 last year right after I bought the place. He’s 3.5 this year and we passed him this weekend. He’s a stud of an 8 and real up and comer. In 2 more years (even as an 8) I think he pushes 160. Killing a 160+ 8 is on my bucket list so I hope he can help me with that.
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S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
I love a wide buck but when it comes to score that width is deceiving. I think the average B&C width is only 18-18.5". Width is only one measurement no matter how wide they are.
I'm not an inch snob, just sayin.
That buck sure has width and mass.
I'm not an inch snob, just sayin.
That buck sure has width and mass.
roymunson
5 year old buck +
Not offended at all. Like I said, i'm not great at it. but i'm getting better.
He certainly has the frame that you're looking for. He'd make your heart skip a beat if you saw him working thru the woods
Congrats. And I'd rather kill a deer I've been chasing and have a history with that scores 150" over a deer I've never seen in my life that scores 10" more.
But, now that I think about it, I'd take either option
roymunson
5 year old buck +
That's a very cool graphic. I like that.
davidhelmly
5 year old buck +
Congratulations on a beautiful buck Dukslayr, he is an absolute toad!!
Bill
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My neighbor and I just had this conversation after sharing pics of deer we have passed and want. (Yes I’m really lucky in the neighbors dept). We decided, we want to shoot a hamster. Just a 220 lbs hamster.
Dukslayr
5 year old buck +
Well, unfortunately I’ve only got one neighbor (who owns only 40 acres) who’s fully vested in the mission. His brother in law who borders my north side puts heavy pressure on and any 125” 2.5 year is getting whacked. My good neighbor is trying to work on him...but I don’t have much faith. I’m going to try and lease the 200 to my east. And 250 to my southwest. If I had those 650 acres plus my good neighbors 40 I would feel a lot better about the nice young bucks surviving the orange army.
Dukslayr
5 year old buck +
Well...no way to DNA test pictures but my neighbor followed him through recovery so we are confident it’s the same deer. The rack traits aren’t seen on any other deer we have
