Tacoma Picture Challenge 2014

Any spike after 3 is good for me...they should be a 4 or 6 by then

 

I've never seen a deer younger than 3 with more than 6 points around here...then again i've only been hunting for maybe ten years.
Not much agriculture up here in the mountains. genetics are different and kind of come with age...or just don't. Some people kill young 4s and 6s; most kill spikes. Then again some people find the old 8-12+ but they aren't really huge....just very nice and modest. The laws in the western half of Maryland are also different than the eastern half.........eastern side has more agriculture and predators but still has more deer. Biggest i've seen this year was a 2.5yo 3 point, and a 3.5yo 6point...

Our buck to doe ratio is also super out of whack. There are a bunch more does that bucks....its pretty ridiculous.

 

Holy shit! That is crazy! About what do your does and bucks typically weigh? There is basically no doe hunting at all and you get your 1 buck a year in Idaho. Here where I live there are no white tail though, it's all mulies and even a small spike is about 150lbs alive. My 1st deer I shot was a 250lb doe! haha

With mule deer they typically follow a pattern. One with good genes will be a 2 point on it's first set of antlers and will be a 4 point after that, then they will either stay a 4 point and just gain width and mass or can branch up to 6 and 8 points, but technically a mule deer over a 4 point is non-typical. The ideal mule deer is a 30" four point.

I'm guessing when you say X-point, you mean total points right? Like the 12 point you said is a 6x6 right? Around here a 6x6 is called a 6 point and a 4x4 is a 4 point. I have an ok 3x4 mounted on my wall right now, he has a 24" spread. I'd like to get one bigger, but due to school, work, and the military I haven't got to go hunting at all the last couple years...

 

Biggest i've killed was a 180lb (all whitetails) doe. Biggest antlers i've ever gotten was a spike pushing 3 years old....he was maybe 150lb on the hoof (before feild dressing) he had the genes that you don't want to let spread....so i took him right away.

Brady, to us 6point = 3x3 usually. never known it any different

 

My first big doe had just shoved her button buck away and was full of milk....maybe i was generous on the weight...but she was damn big. I love those big long face does....no prettier deer in my mind.

 

new title : hunting bs thread

 

seriously.

 

If I can ever get home from work I'll win the current pic challenge.

 

Not like anybody is winning challenges or anything... haha

 

DO IT.

 

im conffused is it girls and a flag just girls or is there gonna be a ahh fuck it close enough..

 

FTW!

 

Can't read picture. Ineligible.

 

Merry Christmas TW it says

 

Oh... Come on! Just zoom in!

 

Yeah I know.

 

I like it. Praise Craig<3 LETS MOVE ON FINALLY.