My 5.5 yr old heavyweight showed

Mortenson

5 year old buck +
First appearance of Jiggly Puff in '24. Ugh not what I was hoping for. With 2" twos and 1" threes this deer might fall short of net boone.

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Our bucks commonly start downhill at age five. Pick up some mass - but may lose a tine
 
Jiggly won’t be easy to kill. There’s a reason he got jiggly.
 
Just being nosey, did he go down hill? Do you have a history with this deer?
 
Just being nosey, did he go down hill? Do you have a history with this deer?
Looks like my daughter picked up his shed on 2/28/22, when we guessed he was 2.5. He always had a decent frame but short tines. Maybe there's a chance he's 6.5 this year in my original post. I'll include a a couple pics from last year as well, when we guessed he was a 4.5 and the heaviest deer on our farm. Haven't physically seen him since 2.5. We don't see this deer. We also have a 6.5 on cam this summer who we have never seen alive once. We have his sheds the past 4 years. Tend to hunt conservatively and I think it shows sometimes.

Yes he went downhill. Not for lack of appetite.

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Thanks, I like the story and the knowledge. Very local boy figured us humans out, smarter than the average deer
 
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