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Rc, that is a nice Buck, sounds like a memory none of you will forget. And thanks for sharing.
Tracy
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Hey guys thanks! It was for sure a great time!! That night we had brats and burgers and hung out around the camp fire and roasted marsh mellows and just soaked the whole day in!! It really was priceless!!
RC
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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To have lived that long, I'll bet that sucker was also spooky.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Fishing has never been about the fish....
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Had a junior buck (might be nice next year) and then a button come by early. Later, a doe came by with two mostly grown fawns. Rut seems very late this year. The fawns finally wandered off without mom. Heart/lung shot - Dropped within 50 feet. Large doe - will get field-dressed weight later. guessing 120+lbs. Had one that was 155 lbs a few years back.
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A fellow member on here who has become a good friend of mine who is one of the most genuinely nice men I have ever met gave me permission to hunt one of his properties here in Virginia. The second evening hunting it, this nice 10 point showed himself. I was able to make an easy 35 yard shot. I was hunting with my late father-in-law's rifle which had been passed down to me after his passing. It was the first time I had hunted with the rifle and this was the first deer I had taken with it. I was very excited and filled with emotions. Unfortunately after dragging him over a mile to get him out(he field dressed at 162 pounds), I managed to tear my right calf muscle back at my truck. Oh my luck! So now I am in a boot and will be hobbling around for the next 8 weeks until I heal up and rehab. Anyways, here are the photos! Hope your hunting seasons are going great!
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Nice 8! Sorry about he injury.
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Good ta hear from ya again, tough about the calf but great deer. Your FIL is surely proud.
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Nice 8! Sorry about he injury. 8, he's a 10! And thanks, it's basically killed the rest of my hunting season. Oh well.
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Damn - I can't count! Great way to kill the rest of the season. Nice tine length except the brows. Please let us know what he scores. I think he'll do well.
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Our son Grant has been having a decent year duck/goose hunting on our pond(daughter Gracie goes too, just not as often). He only gets out a few times a week and I'm guessing he has 30+ ducks and several geese. Here's a picture from a few Saturday mornings back, a goose and a couple woodies. It's been dry around here and I passed on hunting with him. I wanted to do some dozer work in an area the kids call "the overflow", I'll have to do a separate post on that project sometime. Anyways, we walked down and I started the dozer while he continued on to hunt. I hadn't been on the dozer 30 minutes when he walked past me with this. Maybe next time I will have learned that work can wait. Thanks. Bryan
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Nice 8! Sorry about he injury. 8, he's a 10! And thanks, it's basically killed the rest of my hunting season. Oh well. Sorry for your injury CJ, but stay the hell away from the Opiates as a pain killer. They do work quite well for the intended task at hand, but just jumped off the bridge from a taper down, and breakfast is now a good thing
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I knew a guy that went to the Fed. prison for having to many ducks in the freezer. He lived on a lake here in Shreveport and hunted every day until someone called in about all the ducks he was bringing in. Just saying, I am sure your whole family hunts, Don't they? And hay Guys, those are some Nice Bucks !!
Tracy
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Tracy,
The entire family doesn't hunt as much as he does but there is nothing illegal with his numbers. He hunts ethically or he wouldn't be hunting at all. My math goes like this:
-hunted 3x/week for 5 weeks is 15 hunts. -limit is 6 birds/day including no more than:
4 mallards (max. 2 female) 3 wood ducks 2 redheads 3 scaup 2 pintails 1 black duck 2 canvasbacks 5 teal 2 geese
This brings him to a total of 90 birds if he limited out each hunt, which he doesn't come close to. He probably has about 35 total, many of which have been consumed within a day of each hunt. Certainly not more than 3 limits total are in our freezer as allowed by law. Thanks.
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Bryan, I am glad you posted your calculations. I have only your best interest at heart. Hope no one took my comments wrong, I was only trying to help. I have been told here to be careful when posting such things as many read this forum and some things might be misunderstood. Happy everyone is having some good hunts. Tracy
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My hogs are back with a vegence.
Looks like someone roto tilled a strip 200 yards long up the fence line to within 20 yards of the shop.
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Last day of hunting vacation on Sunday at 3 PM - Settled for one that I have been letting walk since early October. Looking forward to next year. 17" IS, 20"MBs, 6&7" G2s
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Nice! RAH can you elaborate on the measurements you posted below your photo, for someone who is ignorant about such things?
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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Thank you IS = Inside spread, MB = main beams, G2 = first points after brow tines. It is part of the scoring system. Not perfect, but a pretty good system.
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Okay thanks, I assumed it was something like that. When a buck is scored, this is the means by which it's done?
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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It is more elaborate than that. There are a lot of measurements and mass is quite important as are all the tine lengths. For a "typical" buck like mine, symmetry is important because only the weak side measurement actually counts in the official net score, but there is also a gross score which is the number of inches before deductions. For "atypical" antlers, I think there are no deductions, so it is easier to get a higher score for a smaller rack. Below is the scoring sheet for a typical rack. My buck will not score well. http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/deer/pdf/ScoreSheet.pdf
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