new favorite buck

[longtimefree]

calling this guy big tick, he has a monster stuck under his bottom lip, our deer are full of deer ticks especially the older ones , we do a check every time we get home , dont want one of those buggers diggin in to deep before we find him , got a lot of the lime disease down this way, not a disease you ever want to catch so were careful, ran into what i thought was a lion kill when i first came up on it , as i got closer my opinion changed, no apparent struggle, he was young a 3x3 125 lbs i rolled him over not a mark , didnt look like he had been fighting, then i saw the hole right in between his legs at the base of his neck, first thought was arrow, because of the shape of the hole, then i think fight and gored , i probed the hole with a twig, nope bullet hole, freekin shot was low and he got away, to far for the hunter to find him i guess, dead two or three days, startin to stink, any way heres my new favorite buck, hes the local stud so far in this area, he has all the girls and is always tryin to get more, the youngsters are hangin around tryin to sneak in for a quicky , no body challanging this guy today that i saw,

[Steve Valentine]

Nice pictures. He is a big ole boy. That Tick under his chin looks huge.

[marksimerson]

Dandy buck. He certainly likes to pose!

[longtimefree]

Originally Posted by marksimerson

Dandy buck. He certainly likes to pose!

yep mark , one of the best times of the year to take pics, these bucks are raging hormone machines, their instincts are rewired, i got soooo close and a couple times i swear he was going to challange me, his back would hunch up he would snort, i got a million pics of him yesterday, even the does act different during the rutt, i can get within feet of them and as long as the does dont move that buck aint goin nowhere, i get him to turn and pose llike a hunter does , just a sharp little maaa, and he looks

[Tdog]

Nice Muley and great rack. Two brow tines on his left antler makes him a 5 X 6.

[longtimefree]

Originally Posted by Tdog

Nice Muley and great rack. Two brow tines on his left antler makes him a 5 X 6.

tdog how are ya, yep this guy shows a lot of muley traits but if you look at him from the back he has the black tail trait, not so much of a white rump and he has the black stripe down the middle of his tail,

[neralich]

What a monster! Bet thats a hell of a rush to get that close to 'em like that.
Great pics! Even like the one of that eagle in the sky. or hawk??? too cool

[lillyput]

It is probably the angle but his left ear looks bigger. maybe more ticks he is really a beautiful buck. Hope he doesn't get shot. His genes are more important than a head mount on someones wall. You take wonderful photos!

[longtimefree]

Originally Posted by lillyput

It is probably the angle but his left ear looks bigger. maybe more ticks he is really a beautiful buck. Hope he doesn't get shot. His genes are more important than a head mount on someones wall. You take wonderful photos!

yep lillyput i never understood the thinking behind killing the biggest baddest and leaving the weak and scrawny to mate , he is a brute , i hope he makes it,

[longtimefree]

Originally Posted by neralich

What a monster! Bet thats a hell of a rush to get that close to 'em like that.
Great pics! Even like the one of that eagle in the sky. or hawk??? too cool

quite the rush jason, hormones have both sexes messed up lol, i wear camo and if i creep and dont move fast they dont know how to act, the bucks WILL NOT leave the females, if she stays put he stays , this one looks to be posing but he is actually staying between me and his females, he swells up, hunches his back, and looks at you with one eye, i thought he was going to come after me a couple times, very cool to get so close you can see the ticks on them lol