Bambi Whacking 2021-2022

HeatSeeker · Dec 27, 2021

My brother and I have had a good season so far. 10-point Whitetail I killed opening morning of firearms in QA county and 5-point Sika Stag he killed early muzzleloader in Dorchester.

Batt816 · Dec 27, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Last Pic. Right side thick as a dang ole brick.
Looks like a crab claw or caveman club or something.

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Man- his neck looks like he is still in heavy rut!

Silverlax · Dec 27, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Last Pic. Right side thick as a dang ole brick.
Looks like a crab claw or caveman club or something.

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That is a NICE buck

outrider58 · Dec 27, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Last Pic. Right side thick as a dang ole brick.
Looks like a crab claw or caveman club or something.

Had to be 300+ lbs walking weight.

AlBeight · Dec 27, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Last Pic. Right side thick as a dang ole brick.
Looks like a crab claw or caveman club or something.

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Looks like you did this buck a favor, ending its life humanely rather than it suffering a slow agonizing death from diabetes. Big fat bastard. Very impressive body and palmated rack.

Clovis · Dec 28, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Last Pic. Right side thick as a dang ole brick.
Looks like a crab claw or caveman club or something.

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Man what were you thinking?

You poor SOB...Now you have got to reinforce a wall to hang that head on.

Congrats :party29:

Batt816 · Dec 28, 2021

HeatSeeker said:
My brother and I have had a good season so far. 10-point Whitetail I killed opening morning of firearms in QA county and 5-point Sika Stag he killed early muzzleloader in Dorchester.

That’s a nice way to start the season! Congrats!!

gtodave · Dec 28, 2021

Well with Doco's deer I'm hesitant to post this little dink, but what the hell. I got on the board tonight. It's normally a deer I would pass, but things weren't in his favor:

1 I don't have any deer yet
2 I'm losing this spot soon
3 I want to train my dog to track, and I need a carcass
4 Most importantly, this buck is definitely kin to a deer I killed out of the same stand 10 years ago.

Here he is

gtodave · Dec 28, 2021

Buck from 10 years ago. I'll get a side by side soon

308Scout · Dec 28, 2021

gtodave said:
Well with Doco's deer I'm hesitant to post this little dink, but what the hell. I got on the board tonight. It's normally a deer I would pass, but things weren't in his favor:

1 I don't have any deer yet
2 I'm losing this spot soon
3 I want to train my dog to track, and I need a carcass
4 Most importantly, this buck is definitely kin to a deer I killed out of the same stand 10 years ago.

Here he is

Congrats! That's a shooter any day of the week in my book. :thumbsup:

Hunt the same place long enough, and you see the lines through the generations.

Doco Overboard · Dec 28, 2021

gtodave said:
Well with Doco's deer I'm hesitant to post this little dink, but what the hell. I got on the board tonight. It's normally a deer I would pass, but things weren't in his favor:

1 I don't have any deer yet
2 I'm losing this spot soon
3 I want to train my dog to track, and I need a carcass
4 Most importantly, this buck is definitely kin to a deer I killed out of the same stand 10 years ago.

Here he is

Bucks is Bucks, that deer aint sh&^t, if I happened to be shooting does that day, I maybe never would have seen him.

Every deer here is a trophy especially for the young hunters and people who don't get to go often.

Best deer hunt I been on in quite a while was this year and wasn't even armed.

I had a young man out who had a rifle passed down to him from an uncle he had lost that was a Marine and was very special to him.

By the grace of god a buck came out and he nailed him. From a ways off too.

Once he realized the deer was down and had cleared his rifle, he pointed up in the sky at a star we could see and told me that was his uncle and he thought he could see him and what he just did. He was teary eyed.

Then, he grabbed me and gave me a big hug and said he would never forget being able to get a buck with his uncles rifle that had been left to him. He wasn't even sure he could get a deer period because of the way things had gone for him since.

I told him close another in, maybe another will come out before it gets to dark. We're still deer hunting.

And then we'll walk out together so you can help me and go get the truck so we can get him.
And you can call some people up and let them know how it went.

I killed a whole lot of deer in nearly 40 years to where some I cant even remember.

I don't know if Ill ever be able to help someone out like that again.

Best one I ever got. And all I did was watch.

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gtodave · Dec 28, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Bucks is Bucks, that deer aint sh&^t, if I happened to be shooting does that day, I maybe never would have seen him.

Every deer here is a trophy especially for the young hunters and people who don't get to go often.

Best deer hunt I been on in quite a while was this year and wasn't even armed.

I had a young man out who had a rifle passed down to him from an uncle he had lost that was a Marine and was very special to him.

By the grace of god a buck came out and he nailed him. From a ways off too.

Once he realized the deer was down and had cleared his rifle, he pointed up in the sky at a star we could see and told me that was his uncle and he thought he could see him and what he just did. He was teary eyed.

Then, he grabbed me and gave me a big hug and said he would never forget being able to get a buck with his uncles rifle that had been left to him. He wasn't even sure he could get a deer period because of the way things had gone for him since.

I told him close another in, maybe another will come out before it gets to dark. We're still deer hunting.

And then we'll walk out together so you can help me and go get the truck so we can get him.
And you can call some people up and let them know how it went.

I killed a whole lot of deer in nearly 40 years to where some I cant even remember.

I don't know if Ill ever be able to help someone out like that again.

Best one I ever got. And all I did was watch.

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Awesome story. I have yet to take a deserving person on a "first deer" hunt, but I hope it happens soon. But don't disregard your buck, that thing is a STUD. Be proud. Luck is 50% of hunting.

lazarus · Dec 28, 2021

308Scout said:
Congrats! That's a shooter any day of the week in my book.

Hunt the same place long enough, and you see the lines through the generations.

Ditto on congrats!

And yeah, my first deer, an 8, and three years later I bagged a 5 within 30yds of the spot I got the 8. Looking at pictures of both they had pretty similar looks (though the 8 was a 3 1/2yr old and the 5 was a 2 1/2yr old when I shot each). And the antlers are extremely similar. Obviously the 5’s being a bit smaller and fewer points, but incredibly similar otherwise.

lazarus · Dec 28, 2021

Doco Overboard said:
Bucks is Bucks, that deer aint sh&^t, if I happened to be shooting does that day, I maybe never would have seen him.

Every deer here is a trophy especially for the young hunters and people who don't get to go often.

Best deer hunt I been on in quite a while was this year and wasn't even armed.

I had a young man out who had a rifle passed down to him from an uncle he had lost that was a Marine and was very special to him.

By the grace of god a buck came out and he nailed him. From a ways off too.

Once he realized the deer was down and had cleared his rifle, he pointed up in the sky at a star we could see and told me that was his uncle and he thought he could see him and what he just did. He was teary eyed.

Then, he grabbed me and gave me a big hug and said he would never forget being able to get a buck with his uncles rifle that had been left to him. He wasn't even sure he could get a deer period because of the way things had gone for him since.

I told him close another in, maybe another will come out before it gets to dark. We're still deer hunting.

And then we'll walk out together so you can help me and go get the truck so we can get him.
And you can call some people up and let them know how it went.

I killed a whole lot of deer in nearly 40 years to where some I cant even remember.

I don't know if Ill ever be able to help someone out like that again.

Best one I ever got. And all I did was watch.

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That’s an awesome story! Good on you. I am hoping one of these days to take someone hunting. My son, for sure, probably next season. But I also have a coworker and a former buddy who are maybes on taking them hunting next season (they are the maybe, not me).

outrider58 · Dec 29, 2021

gtodave said:
Well with Doco's deer I'm hesitant to post this little dink, but what the hell. I got on the board tonight. It's normally a deer I would pass, but things weren't in his favor:

1 I don't have any deer yet
2 I'm losing this spot soon
3 I want to train my dog to track, and I need a carcass
4 Most importantly, this buck is definitely kin to a deer I killed out of the same stand 10 years ago.

Here he is

That's a beautiful buck(because he is a dead one)! At the end of the day, they all end up as sustenance. And that's all that matters. I would have taken him in a heart beat.

DoCo's right- "bucks is bucks", and the best bucks is the ones you eat.

gwchem · Dec 29, 2021

I have two racks from bucks that absolutely have to be related, taken from the same farm three years apart. A 6 and 7 point, with the shaping of the tines almost identical. I'll post a picture later, they're hanging in the basement.

gtodave · Dec 29, 2021

Side by side of the two, 10 years apart bucks

outrider58 · Dec 29, 2021

gtodave said:
Side by side of the two, 10 years apart bucks

Hunt the same place long enough, you're bound to run up against relatives. The deer at top was 4.5 YO and the bottom deer was 3.5 YO.

These were 5-6 years apart. Oddly enough, deer get 60% of their DNA from their mothers...

gwchem · Dec 29, 2021

Here's mine, 3 years and about half a mile apart.

gtodave · Dec 30, 2021

Nice pics fellas! :thumbsup:

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