A few pics from these past few days....

Since I used my 13"+ buck tag on last Friday, I am down to taking pics and shooting does/spike. So I am taking pics while I do some blind counts for numbers and ratios to see how many doe I need to kill. Not many mature bucks moving after Saturday morning much at all with the cooler weather. Some younger bucks and a few doe/fawns the past 3 mornings is about it.

Oh my

Healthy

No browtines that will measure...see the 2nd and 3rd pics of him from the front.

Good one for a kiddo to take

Nice pics as always

Really was worried about his width since he is not that big of a bodied buck. I had him a bunch at 15-25 yards when I was hunting the haybale blind. He looks wide enough up close but not in these pics.
Thanks.

Great pics Stx. I always enjoy your sets.

Yup thought that was him looks old as dirt too.. You got pics of him before? Are they broke or just not much there or both?

Pics definitely make him look close. Still think he would make it but you know your deer better than me. Have someone shoot him and see

That's not the 6 from last year is it

That will be an interesting buck to watch the next few years

2013

2012-best pic I could find quickly

That is antler damage in velvet. The left beam bows back in and around behind the browtine. I think I found both his sheds from last year (I only found 4 sheds total).

In the 1st set of photos, last one, I bet you cringe when you let that wanna be 5 point walk (one on left)

Nice to have a 5x at 2 for sure. That 8 ain't as old as I was thinking from those last few year pics

He is a youngster and a protein chow hound. I am pretty sure he is just a 1 yr old buck that has been eating protein for about a year now. I had a couple of nubbin buck fawns that were in the feed pens already last year in Sept.

The 5x is a protein deer and he will get better with a normal rack next year. The wanna be 8 has never been in a feed pen. He will walk around it but won't jump into one. I have tons of night pics and he has never been in any of the pens on here. The 2012 pic was in a bad drought the whole year. The 2013 it rained better than this year. If he would jump in the pen and start on protein his brows might score.

Great pics, it's always a pleasure to see the bucks you hunt and photograph!

Great pics.

Just messin with you, Know how you like "spikish" bucks! I have been places that use no feed, where some bucks have wonderful eye gaurds and some of them don't, I'm sure you have been too. I can sure see where good timing with the protein, would help both classes of bucks though.

The buck in the second picture (and the others you posted of him) sure has a heck of a gut.

They were both 5 points. The one on the right has one really good browtine and then none on the other side. The side with none is much smaller than the side with a browtine also. He just showed up here about 3 weeks ago and was fairly thin bodied compared to the bucks that are here everyday. Being as dry as it has this year I expect the deer that move in to be in worse body condition also. This little buck has also started to eat protein in the past week. It will be interesting to see if he stays or leaves after the season. I have bucks here with no/one browtine to short browtines to really good browtines.

Those deer aren't missing any meals are they

He is mature and pre-rut so it is expected. He also has been eating corn that I spread with the road feeder now for the past 3 months. So I would hope he would be fat. He is a corn dog and is out just about everytime I have sat this year. Just has never been in a feed pen and there are several other bucks that are the same way.

Great pics of a healthy crop

Great pics. You are feeding them well.

Great pics!

It's for sure that they haven't missed any meals

Those are some great photos. Love looking at your work.

Hey STX, what camera/lens/filter? combo you using?

Those were with a Canon 7D and Canon 500mm lens.

Great pics thanks for sharing

We just picked up a 7D, but with only 50mm and 28-135mm lenses, we're still short of a good selection of glass. Thanks.

Check on LandPirates thread in the Photo section to see the lens he is using. It takes really good pics and is not that high priced.

Great pictures as always.

Walter

Thanks

I saw that and had asked what he was using too. Thanks!