Summer Scouting
Around mid August, I videoed a nice buck in an alfalfa field near my home. The buck was wide and heavy but lacked tine length. I guessed the buck in the high 150's and labeled him a shooter. Being the buck was in an area I had trouble accessing, I never made it back to glass that alfalfa field again or even run a trail camera. Since then, I have not seen the buck but knew he was in the area and wondered if he ever filled out his tine length.
Fast forward to this week
Cold temperatures, the rut winding down and my wife soon expecting all equals hard and limited opportunity. I decided to drop a corn pile and see what showed up. Low and behold, the first card pull reveled a familiar face!
At first glance I said "Ohhh yeah, that’s a shooter"! But after closer inspection, I believe this deer could use another year. I will admit that I have never passed a deer of this size (AND I’M NOT SAYING I WILL PASS THIS DEER IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR) but I believe that passing a deer of this caliber could pay huge dividends. This buck, which I am calling the Short Tined Ten, reminds me very much of a buck a good friend of mine was hunting last year.
Around mid August, I videoed a nice buck in an alfalfa field near my home. The buck was wide and heavy but lacked tine length. I guessed the buck in the high 150's and labeled him a shooter. Being the buck was in an area I had trouble accessing, I never made it back to glass that alfalfa field again or even run a trail camera. Since then, I have not seen the buck but knew he was in the area and wondered if he ever filled out his tine length.
Fast forward to this week
Cold temperatures, the rut winding down and my wife soon expecting all equals hard and limited opportunity. I decided to drop a corn pile and see what showed up. Low and behold, the first card pull reveled a familiar face!
At first glance I said "Ohhh yeah, that’s a shooter"! But after closer inspection, I believe this deer could use another year. I will admit that I have never passed a deer of this size (AND I’M NOT SAYING I WILL PASS THIS DEER IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR) but I believe that passing a deer of this caliber could pay huge dividends. This buck, which I am calling the Short Tined Ten, reminds me very much of a buck a good friend of mine was hunting last year.
