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Kaiser878

Kaiser878

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Since I moved to this property I have been running cameras. This will be my 3rd year..... the firdt yesr I got a picture of a 4 yo deer that was wide and and large bodied. He was a minimum of 4, I suppose he coulda been 5. I just got him back on camera for this year. I hsd him all last yesr also.

This deer is atleast 6 yo. I've saw him 2 times ever. Once standing in the road and one time last week checking traps. It's amazing how the deer with shit genetics can survive but the ones with good genetics never do.
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Here he is the last two previous years
2013
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2014
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At one time last year, he made the trek to my dads. Which is about 3 miles away. Over a main road, over both lanes of 77 and across a river then over the hill... amazing how these deer survive
 
runhunter

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haha.... somewhere in the growth of the real good ones, there's some sort of magnet to headlights and projectiles...
 
Spencie

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I have made the mistake a few times of not shooting old mature bucks because I was lost in the score of the rack...regret every one of those decisions.
 
finelyshedded

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Kaiser878 said:
Since I moved to this property I have been running cameras. This will be my 3rd year..... the firdt yesr I got a picture of a 4 yo deer that was wide and and large bodied. He was a minimum of 4, I suppose he coulda been 5. I just got him back on camera for this year. I hsd him all last yesr also.

This deer is atleast 6 yo. I've saw him 2 times ever. Once standing in the road and one time last week checking traps. It's amazing how the deer with shit genetics can survive but the ones with good genetics never do.
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Here he is the last two previous years
2013
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2014
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At one time last year, he made the trek to my dads. Which is about 3 miles away. Over a main road, over both lanes of 77 and across a river then over the hill... amazing how these deer survive
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It's because those that have seen him while hunting and driving weren't impressed enough to knock on doors,pay lots of money to lease up the ground he spends most of his time on and/or use their tag on if he gave them an opportunity. Lol

I know what you mean Zach and have noticed the same thing but I think what I typed might have some truth to it. Lol
 
Kaiser878

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To be honest this property gets a lot of pressure in gun season. And a lot of the pressure in gun season is either Amish or old guys who just want to shoot something. So it really surprises me that this year has made it this long. I have never dedicated any time to really figuring him out. He doesn't really spend a lot of time around other big deer. So I think that's a lot of the reason why I haven't personally seen him while hunting.
 
finelyshedded

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Interesting! It does make it more impressive since there's a lot of pressure and hunted hard by the Amish community then! When they hunt a property they take everything like a timber company does to timber when they clear cut it!
 
Bigcountry40

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Kaiser I think our properties we hunt are fairly close after reading this post, how close are you to stone creek or 751?
 
CritterGitterToo

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finelyshedded said:
Interesting! It does make it more impressive since there's a lot of pressure and hunted hard by the Amish community then! When they hunt a property they take everything like a timber company does to timber when they clear cut it!
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Ha! Those deer are programmed. I hunted a piece in Coshocton county once that was heavily hunted by amish. I bumped some deer off a hillside and climbed a tree. Sure enough, those deer just did a big circle and were casually walking back in 15 minutes later.
 
Kaiser878

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Checked the camera by my house today..... trying see what deer made it.... wouldn't ya know it..... the old and wise 6 pt is still kicking.

He also appears to have lost a bunch of weight... the rut and gun season has been rough on him
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Kaiser878

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Also sad to say the 4yo ten at my dads has teturned, but with a bum leg.... I need daylight pics to see what happened. Buy I assume he was hit by a slug from a careless, lead slinging gun hunter.
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