Just got word that our friend Chris shot this monster on Sunday evening over in the Hamilton, OH area. Of course there's a story.
He shot him at 5:00 and they tracked him for 750 yards before they lost blood. They hired a tracker with a dog on Monday and tracked for another 3 hours. Perry put out a bunch of cameras to see if they could catch a photo of him and on Wednesday night, when checking cameras, Perry found him.
He was in the edge of a bean field only about 50 yards from where originally shot. He had made a mile loop before expiring. Congrats Chris - awesome buck.
This is Creigh with his buck taken on my farm. I got a call from a neighbor, Dusty, who said he recognized the buck and thought that he was ten years old. I decided to do some research in the archives to see if I could trace him. On the right side he has a G2 that goes backwards a bit and he has a long G3 with a wiggle.
He was a wide mainframe 9 point this year with a couple of stickers. His face looked very old and he was big - 180 pounds field dressed. His brow tines were small for such a mature deer.
Anyway, it's hard to positively identify a buck year to year. Their rack keeps some similarities but it gets bigger every year until about 6 years old and then it usually starts to decline. And, of course, he's been breeding in the area so he has a lot of relatives running around.
Dusty thought he could trace him back to 2011 but I thought he was looking at a different deer from 2015 and earlier. So I went thru my files.
This is 2016 and I'm sure it is the same buck. He was a 10 point then, still with small browtines.
The right G2 goes back and the G3 has a wiggle.
I think that this is him in 2015.
Still small brows, wide frame, 10 points, but the right G2 and G3 don't look exactly the same.
Now we're into 2014.
Looking at an 8 point with wide frame and small brows. Looks similar but I'm less sure.
In velvet 2014.
End of 2013 season - January 2014.
2013. Wide frame, small brows. This one is in December and looks intact.
This one is a broken 9 point in November. Right G2 has a wiggle.
October.
September.
September - are these the same deer?
This one is a 9 point with a large right G3 with some wiggle.
G2 has some rearward tilt.
Different buck with a wiggle?
Now we're in 2012.
Could it be?
Has a wiggle in right G2.
Rear tilt G2?
If this is him, he was at least 3 1/2 in 2012.
G3
In velvet. I have no idea if this is the same deer, a relative, or just a coincidence. In any event, I think Creigh's deer was old.
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