Had a few decent bucks make it thru last year a few got killed on the road this summer but the few that remain did not grow much from last year they have distinctive racks so its easy to tell had an 8 pointer 115 last year is 123 to 125 this year(8 or 10 inches of growth) another 8 was about 123 last year is maybe 128 to 130 this year and hes my target(best buck ive seen) so im seeing 7 to 10 inches of growth from the best bucks left from last year very disappointed thought it would be better do you think this is normal? whar are other hunters seeing?
Disappointed with antler growth in 2011
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And weed out those crappy bucks u c that after a year he didn't grow hes a good one ti shoot get the young nice bucks a chance to get four and a half or older with good food and minerals you will have a great spot for years it sucks that u c a 120 inch 3 year old and let him go but it pays off in the long run keep the pressure low during hunting season they will live there because those other guys will push them right to u and only hunt if u have a shooter on cam wind is right or in rut and you will have much more success
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Hey just because I couldn't close the deal on that 140 and all other bucks I saw because of HIM just didn't float my boat does not mean I was obsessing over numbers!......does it?
Hey just to show you I may just go back to shooting the next buck I see with 4 points on a side and a pile of does just to get things out of my system and have a little fun.
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.......so Doc are you telling me I have the hartbreaking disease of "Buck kill constipation"?!
Is there a cure can anything help?
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Heartbreaking indeed. These stool problems are not hard to diagnose, but they are really tough to cure. It appears that you have been sitting on the stool much to long. It becomes a mental thing. You sit there and think of that perfect 140 inch buck. You become obsessed with having to kill him and only him. The 135 inch deer with a broken tine just won't do. You just can't get it out of your system.
I believe it is mind over matter. As if there is something to prove be it yourself or your peers. The only thing I can suggest at this stage of the condition is to go launch some arrows and get your knife dirty with the blood of a buck. Don't forget to throw his balls up into the trees for luck.
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Thanks Doc I'll do my best to start this weekend!
Shoot whats in your woods now theres a thought. How many of you can say that? Most of use knew it was going to be a bad rack year with lesser rack growth than prior years, its just the way it works out weather wise at times that go by. Now that's not to say they all will be this way. Season isn't over and well it hasn't even begun yet. Its going to be intersting with all this water what challanges some of us will experiance with the issues we will have to deal with.
Good luck and bare down and make the shot!
Ryman Cat
Good luck and bare down and make the shot!
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Looks like open season for dinks this year....[drinking]
Oh I never had real good knifes always cheap but sharp trow aways because I had a habit of loosing them or forgeting them somewhere. I had 2 custom knives built for me and they are bad to the bone. I just in the mail today my snakewood knife and can't wait to open someting up with it and break it in. If I can't break it in this weekend then I might nick myself to get blood at least on it.[lol][lol][lol]
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You have it about right! Last winter was hard on the bucks and they lost most of their body weight. Bucks will put the food they eat towards getting their weight back up then once it is back to normal then they will put the rest into antler growth.
Well your off base on this one bud ive got 20 acres of clover, 4 acres of alfalfa and 100 acres of soybeans and it all has grown great all year lots of high protien lack of growth is what deermaster said too much corn fed in late winter and spring
Corn is very helpful for survival ,but for antlers no doubt Protein, whatever way they get it ,whether its foodplots, mineral licks or thru Deer pellets,Protein works wonders.This is what helps their racks grow bigger and better.Of course evevyone has an opinion, but not all that hunt have the land or place to do all of these options, let alone the money it takes.Has worked for me.
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