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Post by eshoremd on Dec 10, 2005 20:07:28 GMT -5
got this off my other "yet to be stolen cam". pretty sure hell make it and should be pretty nice next year if he does. wonder how old he is?  |
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Post by ncboman on Dec 10, 2005 20:45:29 GMT -5
Going by the antler bases I'd guess 1 1/2yr old, a youngster with good promise.  |
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Post by eshoremd on Dec 10, 2005 22:59:00 GMT -5
are you serious? id be really happy if that is a 1 1/2 yr old. i thought maybe 2 1/2. if that deer is 1 1/2 guess hes going to be a nice one in two more years if he makes it. going to have to get him a security detail. my buddy rick was on a big ten for four days but couldnt close the deal.
maybe i WILL keep hunting this property!
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Post by hatracked on Dec 11, 2005 9:07:49 GMT -5
I totally disagree, 2.5 year old at minimum. The color of his hair on the top of his head is much more like an older buck than a yearling. They dont seem to get that thick dark hair on top of their head until the second year. His antler bases are also to large to be a first rack in my opinion. But we will never know until you kill him . Be a shame to stomp him out as a 1.5 or 2.5 year old he looks like hes going to have super nice sweeping beams and great brow times later in life.
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Post by freedomrules3 on Dec 11, 2005 17:20:56 GMT -5
i thought 2 1/2 myself. 2 reasons
1) what looks like the weight.(from what i can see) its just too big for a 1 1/2 year old. its head looks too big also
2) very seldom would you see an 8 point on its first real rack. a fork or a 6 maybe but ussually not 8
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Post by ncboman on Dec 11, 2005 17:49:18 GMT -5
regardless, he's just the kind of buck we should not shoot. Two more years he will be awesome. Three and he will likely be the talk of Md. |
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Post by freedomrules3 on Dec 11, 2005 19:36:52 GMT -5
i agree a perfect deer to let walk. in 2 years it wil be a good one. i would put a nice mineral site somewhere (away from the property line) on the property before next spring. that is if you dont have one already. looks like it will put on some length given some time . |
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Post by hatracked on Dec 12, 2005 6:14:17 GMT -5
No doubt he will be a super deer with two more years of antler growth . I agree wholeheartedly with both y'all on that. I thought his neck looked like a bucks as well. Seems 1.5 year old bucks still have that doe neck.
Rick, I was fortunate enough to work at a lodge where we actually had some serious control of what got shot and what didnt and I can tell you that after three years of getting the numbers back to where the land was rich enough for them to really really prosper , better than 1/3 of our young bucks were sporting mini 8 racks.
Stress plays a big part in first year antler development from what I have read. Seems that if doe fawing areas are choked and yearling buck displacement is high you see alot of spikes and forkies. If you think about it that young button buck or spike is the least liked deer in the woods. Every deer it encounters basically doesnt want anything to do with it and runs it off if possible. I think when numbers are down and theres less competition that same deer spends more time feeding and accumulating those extra protien and minerals that it takes to grow the body. It is well known that the rack gets whats left over afyter skeletal development. It only makes sense that high density areas will show alot of small anlters youngsters.
While I have never personally seen it myself , I have read about places where 6-8 point racks are the norm for a 1st year deer. However, I have never seen one with a spread like the one above in its first year.
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