Deer hunting BS thread

Congrats!

 

Nice deer...what state?

 

Found my first intact whitetail shed ever this evening. Found an old tine once that got torn up in an ag field but somehow I found 3 elk sheds (biggest was 144”ish) before a whitetail antler. Guess it helped I worked as a backpacking guide in NM and shows something about the importance of just covering ground when finding sheds.

Pretty good deer for this area of public in MS. I think I have pics of this deer last year. Looks like he lost quite the chunk of bone with it but my buddy who knows more than I ever will says he will be fine.

 

That was either an epic fight or it died somewhere. They can survive but prob wont grow an antler there

 

That is what I figured but who knows. Dropped way early I feel for Mississippi looked around for a dead deer or the match and didn’t see anything after searching 150ish yds every direction. The guy I talked with was the director of the department of wildlife and fisheries for the state and currently does research on whitetails so I figure if anyone would know well it would be him.

Different view of the base

 

Whats the opposite side of that look like? If it was truly a shed it would have a coarse coral like structure. If it was broke off it might be smooth like inside of the skull

 

define toy coarse and nothing really looks like a broken bone that is supposed to be solid but it is so big I feel like it has to be something that shouldn’t have come off.


It also has some inconsistencies around the base and a second spot where a little nun came through the skin

 

yeah doesnt look normal but not a broke skull piece. Maybe it was sick? Or lacking some nutrients?

 

Florida

 

Dont forget lots of critters will chew on antlers

 

Yea he said they will look like this when they get really stressed.

It is possible but I bet it was dropped very recently. It still had hair on it and it was in the middle of a bulldozed fire road they just ran with a dozer a week ago.

 

we have watched this ole boy all year. waiting for him to shed.G3 sticks out on the right side

 

that one doesnt look chewed on. Ive seen plenty that have

 

My wife found a recipe online for deer hamburger philly cheese steak. Man it was good!

 

Any peppers or onions?

 

She didn’t put peppers or onions, they give me heartburn. The green you see in it is peppers in the white cheese she used. It’s a little warm but not much and doesn’t bother me, assuming they’re jalapeños.

 

A friend of ours who lives a mile from our house took this picture yesterday.

 

Since Cole's first deer was a button head and we couldn't mount anything I ordered him one of these engraved plaques. A friend told me about it, his son gave him one for Christmas. It'll be something for him to remember his first deer by.

https://www.hintslaserengraving.com/

 

I ordered that this morning, just got an email saying it is shipping out today.

 

Granddad passed down a special rifle to me, and I picked it up today. Winchester Model 94 in 30-30 manufactured in 1960. Such a special rifle. He bought it in the 70s to hunt the Maine woods and was never able to connect with a deer using this gun. So he said the only stipulation of me getting the gun is that I take a deer with it. I think I can make that happen