2019-2020 hunting picture thread

[stillquietvoice]

Sometimes things seem to go just as planned. With just two days of season to go, my son shot this very-late-season buck late last night. Antlers have been shedded long ago but it's pretty big although young, probably three years old and 200lbs+.

Even though he has shot a lot of game over the years, this was his VERY FIRST WHITETAIL and he's over the moon now. We had sauna and a few beers afterwards, along with shots of Ratzeputz (google it, we were fresh out of Jägertee & Jägermeister, that's more or less the same thing but on serious steroids) to celebrate this.

Next season... another one like this but with antlers still intact. Something to look forward to.

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Congrats on your sons success. Nice looking deer. What calibre is that at?

 

[hq]

Congrats on your sons success. Nice looking deer. What calibre is that at?

Thanks! It's .308, a 16" Stag 10S. Maybe a bit overkill for whitetail but as a combined deer/moose gun it's pretty good. I was nearby and saw it go down. A 30yd shot through the neck, the only vital body part visible through thick spruce bush; DRT. Now he needs a freezer of his own, no more "borrowing" my venison whenever he drops by.

 

[LiverEatingJohnson]

Nothing special but 560 yards with my flaig 270 win

 

[27hand]

Ok.
The 14 point nontypical buck I harvested in early archery went to the taxidermist.
A fellow gun club member told me to save the lower jawbone so that he could age the animal based on teeth and possibly teeth wear.
There are 3 ways to do this but I'm a bit confused on where the teeth actually separate.

Does anyone do this or know how?
I'll google again to try.

Heres the jawbone link.
I'll copy the pic later on my desktop.

2020-02-15_08-30-59 by poofy27, on Flickr

( ) Youtube aging link

Next season, I believe ill leave bags of floss pics and a toothbrush back there.

 

[Armored farmer]

Mrs and I took to our timber to scout a location for the poor boy cabin I'm working on. What did we find at the edge the woods? The first shed antler of the year!

Let the 2020 shed hunting begin! Its actually one of my favorite hunting seasons. You get to walk and explore without fear of spooking game and spoiling the outing.

 

[stillquietvoice]

Nice, looks like that antler is big enough to make a set of grips for your Smith.

 

[Patocazador]

Does anyone do this or know how?
I'll google again to try.

Heres the jawbone link.
I'll copy the pic later on my desktop.

There's wear on the last cusp of the third molar but not a whole lot. I'd say the deer is 3.5 to 4.5 years old. Probably 3.5 yrs. old.