Iowa_Buckeye's 2018 pics

Iowa_Buckeye · Jun 17, 2018

We have some feeders out to concentrate deer for pics.
Here are a few from the first pull of the year. Now the game begins of trying to figure out where they are from last year.

finelyshedded · Jun 18, 2018

Lookin good Larry.

bigten05 · Jun 18, 2018

You always have some dandys good luck this season

giles · Jun 18, 2018

I didn’t even want to open this thread

. Shea be happy!!!

Spencie · Jun 18, 2018

Great start. Why the side by side feeders?

giles · Jun 18, 2018

Spencie said:
Great start. Why the side by side feeders?

Leashes won’t reach to far and he doesn’t want to feed every day.

Iowa_Buckeye · Jun 18, 2018

Spencie said:
Great start. Why the side by side feeders?

Because my dumb-ass hunting buddy and the landowner are caught up in the marketing of supplemental feeding of wild deer.... So one feeder has corn, and the other is filled with AntlerMax. Complete waste of their money, but oh well, they are convinced we are gonna have bigger deer!!!

If you look at the ingredients, AntlerMax actually has less protein than soybeans.

Spencie · Jun 18, 2018

Well, at least it’s not your neighbor with entirely too much money drawing all the deer off your property with that stuff.

Iowa_Buckeye · Jun 19, 2018

I don't think the feeders actually 'draw' deer as some on the farm never even visit them. They may visit the salt lick 20 yards away, but never hit the feeder.
Deer don't move far this time of year anyhow. We have learned over the years many of the bucks spend their summer time just across the gravel in the big ag fields, and don't hit our cams till the velvet comes off.

Spencie · Jun 19, 2018

I get that but around our place the neighbor puts out a ridiculous amount of corn and protein pellets year round. He has all the mature bucks “trained” to feed on him. Our property line is about 200 yards from one of his stations in the same hollow. He has 150”+ bucks all year that never get caught on our place at the corn, food plots or scrapes. It makes no sense and is extremely frustrating. When I say a ridiculous amount I really mean a RIDICULOUS amount. He started selling hunts last year.

Isaacorps · Jun 19, 2018

Spencie said:
I get that but around our place the neighbor puts out a ridiculous amount of corn and protein pellets year round. He has all the mature bucks “trained” to feed on him. Our property line is about 200 yards from one of his stations in the same hollow. He has 150”+ bucks all year that never get caught on our place at the corn, food plots or scrapes. It makes no sense and is extremely frustrating. When I say a ridiculous amount I really mean a RIDICULOUS amount. He started selling hunts last year.

Damn, that sucks [emoji53]

Iowa_Buckeye · Jul 12, 2018

Time for an update. The deer crop is growing nicely!!!
We have ID'ed a few of these from last year. There are still a few we have not got pics of yet who should be real slammers.