Bambi Whacking 2021-2022

[outrider58]

My son got his first deer today for youth season. He’s anxious to get two more now. Looks like i have a busy weekend ahead

Congrats to the young man.

 

[metalman3006]

We had a 6 pointer come by this morning but my son could not get a shot

 

[delaware_export]

Southern Delaware for the opener this week. Got a pretty nice buck in the evening

Best part was catching up with folks on the farm. Lost 2 old hunting partners since dec ‘19. And the rest of us are all getting a lot older! A few younger members are in now. Carrying on the tradition.

 

[metalman3006]

Got his first deer today

 

[engineerbrian]

Awesome, congrats to him

Fixed the pic too

 

[outrider58]

Southern Delaware for the opener this week. Got a pretty nice buck in the evening

Best part was catching up with folks on the farm. Lost 2 old hunting partners since dec ‘19. And the rest of us are all getting a lot older! A few younger members are in now. Carrying on the tradition.

Perfect shot. Congrats!

 

[remrug]

Got his first deer today

Nice buck
Love seeing kids getting their first.I helped 4 kids and one adult female get their first deer.I was just as excited as if I pulled the trigger myself

Details of the hunt?

 

[outrider58]

Got his first deer today

Beautiful buck. Gonna get him mounted? It looks like he has a double throat patch. I've been wanting one of those for years.

 

[Batt816]

Awesome, congrats to him

Fixed the pic too

Congrats on a nice first deer!

 

[308Scout]

My son got his first deer today for youth season. He’s anxious to get two more now. Looks like i have a busy weekend ahead

Got his first deer today

Congrats to the young men on their first bucks!

 

[delaware_export]

Awesome work by your young man!

Got his first deer today

 

[Archeryrob]

Passed on a buck Sunday morning that had 4 maybe 5 points. Beams had mass and had two forks facing front like a tractor bucket. Never seen an antler setup like that. I saw him through the brush due to the antler thickness and was ready to shoot and was like, damn, he might not even be a legal buck. Beams looked stout with forward projection, but the body was not huge and maybe still younger. Let him go and my buddy was like You should have shot him.

This is the second goofy set of antlers I saw this year. Three weeks ago at first like I saw a nice body and looked like a 5 point 4 on one side and one beam with no brow tines or upright tines.

 

[308Scout]

Passed on a buck Sunday morning that had 4 maybe 5 points. Beams had mass and had two forks facing front like a tractor bucket. Never seen an antler setup like that. I saw him through the brush due to the antler thickness and was ready to shoot and was like, damn, he might not even be a legal buck. Beams looked stout with forward projection, but the body was not huge and maybe still younger. Let him go and my buddy was like You should have shot him.

This is the second goofy set of antlers I saw this year. Three weeks ago at first like I saw a nice body and looked like a 5 point 4 on one side and one beam with no brow tines or upright tines.

There are lots of odd genetics around me (Greenbrier SP area), but I don't think that I've ever seen anything like that! There was a 6 pointer a year or two ago that essentially looked like a fork with an extra tine crammed in. All points were straight up with almost no forward curve on either antler. Named that one Honest Abe because it looked like he was wearing a tophat. Abe got a pass from me whenever I was out and saw him.

 

[lazarus]

I found that big mature buck I was looking for. He was bedded down with a big doe right behind my shed. Walked around the corner collecting sticks for kindling and scare the crap out of them and me. They were bedded down 10 yards away. A chip shot from where I’ve been hanging my stand and where my ladder stand is going up this evening or tomorrow.

Sigh. Couldn’t have been Wednesday Thursday or Friday last week that they decided to come in. Had to be today.

The good news is I thought “my buck” I’d been seeing on my game cameras got hit by a car about half a mile away. Saw a nice one as road kill over the weekend. Nope, different buck. Not surprisingly the roadkill bucks head was missing a few hours later. I get it that a nice mount is a nice mount. But still seems odd you’d really want one for a wall or something unless maybe YOU were the one who hit it and they were just coming back for that later.

Still seems like the least you could do is dispose of the rest of the deer rather than leaving it barely on the shoulder.

Anyway, hopefully this big guy will be roaming around in a couple of weeks when I’ll have a chance to sit in my new stand. Also it feels like I need to get a good bow and start practicing. I really do prefer a crossbow, but over the last couple of years there have been several times I’ve been doing quick chores in the yard like getting eggs from our chickens or feeding them and had a big buck come trotting by within bow range.

 

[metalman3006]

Beautiful buck. Gonna get him mounted? It looks like he has a double throat patch. I've been wanting one of those for years.

Yes a double throat patch, I told him I was only getting a european mount but I am going to surprise him with a shoulder mount.

 

[outrider58]

Yes a double throat patch, I told him I was only getting a european mount but I am going to surprise him with a shoulder mount.

Very cool!

 

[BigCountry14]

Got his first deer today

Congrats!

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[CaptainAwesome]

Returning from 2021 Rut-cation in Ohio: I just ate a bitter tasting tag soup.

 

[outrider58]

Returning from 2021 Rut-cation in Ohio: I just ate a bitter tasting tag soup.

You're gonna have to fill me in on the details Cap.

 

[Sealion]

I doubt this fits the theme of this thread, but DNR police popped a couple of caps (I believe they use S&W .40) into disabled deer right in front of my house this AM. I'm off a busy road 5 minutes north of 695. The back up messed with a bunch of people.