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September 12, 2011, 12:38 AM | #1 |
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Decent Bama Buck Game Cam Photo
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September 12, 2011, 01:53 PM | #2 |
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Next year, given a good year as far as food/nutrition is concerned, he'll could be a real trophy if you let him walk this year, assuming you have control of access to his range. I'm not good at 'aging' deer but I'd say that could be just his second or third rack, next year and subsequent year or three... a walking case buck fever! Last year he was probably a forkhorn or perhaps even then he was a 4X4, depending on nutrition and genetics. Prime age for antler growth (again, given diet and genetics) is about 4.5 to 7.5 years, a fully physically mature buck will shift more nutrients to antler growth once its body is mature.
Nice pic... lpl
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Here is another fairly decent Bama buck.
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Looks like he's feeding on yellow acorns to me.
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Some more Bama bucks
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September 19, 2011, 11:19 AM | #10 |
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I've never believed in "feeding" deer for a bunch of reasons, some persoanl, some more scientific, but it is legal here in AL. You got some nice photos and a good look at a dandy buck on your place. What you do there, as long as its legal, is your business.
I have had some (well, more than that) experiences with deer feeding turning into deer baiting, of innocent hunters stumbling into areas that were baited unawares, etc, etc. In my lease, our have outlawed feeding of game for those reasons. We "care" for out lease/game by habitat mods, food plots, thinning, fertilizing etc. Bow season is just weeks away, good luck. |
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Never seen any detrimental effects of supplemental feeding on our place. Nothing but positives. I have also spoken to many people in other states where it has been legal to do even during season and they have witnessed no more problems health wise than the states that restrict it. I think state biologists in states where baiting during season is illegal bend over back wards to try and find something negative to say about it. Sort of towing the party line so to speak.
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We plant deer stuff in our waterways and along the creeks so they are attracted to them areas. Enough free corn around here so feeding stuff like that just dont work. I have put out "deer apples" before season with good results. So many of em here just toss a rock, you will hit one...
Fog this morning almost run into a nice buck on my motorcycle. Hit one on a 1992 years ago wasnt a fun thing. Only hit 4 this summer with the truck.. |
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By the way, here is a picture of one of my salt licks.
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Todd, repeat, what you do on your place, long as its legal, is your business.
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Think I touched a bunch of nerves.
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Obviously he can't tell, but that's not his point. Some view feeders as a "cheap trick" to less work, others see it as supplementing feeding...others yet something different. I like how he stated his opinion as just that "HIS OPINION".
If I give my opinion though it'd be a little bit of both...we do supplemental feed in the off season, however we do not feed during the season. Now it's illegal to bait deer with any fashion of a feeder in our state, however even if it wasn't illegal we'd still stop for that time period...as we feel it's an unfair advantage. Besides we work our tails off trying to make our simple 20 acres be a labrynth of secret food plots that a killer on bucks. The feedings is simply a way to catch a glimpse of what bucks survived at the end of a season and then see what is out there in early antler growth stage, as we only feed like 3 or 4 months out of the year.
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