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Post by danf on Nov 18, 2006 21:50:25 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone else had their deer aged when they checked it in?
I specifically went to Arrows III in Lafayette so I could find out how old that buck-that-I-thought-was-a-doe really was. I knew Zimmerman would be there, he always is on opening day of shotgun...
I was impressed with his (Zimmerman's) memory too. He recognized me from 4-H shooting sports from probably 10 years ago when his son was in it with me! And I've got a beard right now to boot!
Oh, it was 1 1/2, BTW.
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Post by steiny on Nov 19, 2006 13:15:50 GMT -5
Yes ..... only the second time in 33 years of deer hunting.
Checked in a doe at Fulton county check station at Nyona Lake, 2-1/2 years old.
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Post by danf on Nov 19, 2006 14:02:30 GMT -5
This was the first one in several years that I've had aged, but if I get one on opening day, I know where to take it to get it aged... Dean has probably aged between 3-5 of mine over the last 15 years.
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Post by 911 on Nov 19, 2006 19:37:23 GMT -5
I thought we were shooting bigger more mature bucks i looked at the sheet where my buck was checked and there was about 40 on the sheet all be 5 were 1 1/2
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 19, 2006 20:40:09 GMT -5
I stopped and talked to my taxidermist today and he said there were a LOT of 1 1/2 year olds checked in. Most of his mounters were 2 1/2 year olds.
Woodmaster's buck is by far the best he has taken in.
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Post by pbr on Nov 19, 2006 20:44:02 GMT -5
Not a whole lot of what you would call big bucks at the check in station that I was at. I was there most of the morning and a very large percentage of the bucks taken were yearlings.
The DNR should have stayed the course and got the final year's worth of OBR data. Then published that data before making a survey.
Too late now.
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Post by danf on Nov 19, 2006 21:04:03 GMT -5
I have a feeling that the reason so many of the deer are young is because the older bucks have the does in lockdown and are not moving as much. Can't shoot it if you can't see it.
Now if opening weekend of firearms had been a week earlier, I think it would have been more of a "normal" year....
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Post by Mark T on Nov 19, 2006 21:37:34 GMT -5
Danf, Kinda funny you live in the county my folks live and hunt the county I live in!! Mark T
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Post by danf on Nov 20, 2006 22:21:15 GMT -5
We moved down here about 4 1/2 years ago when my wife got a job teaching at North Put. She's not there now, but we still are.  It's nice to get back up to the "home" woods, but I'm not liking the urban sprawl that's creeping that way.  |
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Post by dec on Nov 21, 2006 11:03:13 GMT -5
I put my buddy from Ohio on a 8 pointer w/ broken brow (so he's a 7) on Saturday morning. Pretty good deer, that I had passed up several times with the bow. I was guessing the deer at 3.5 years on the hoof and confirmed this when he shot him with the muzzleloader. If he'd had his brow tine he'd have gone in the low 120's. The deer field dressed right at 185#. We checked him in and for the first time in 20 years of checking in deer, a DNR official was there and aged the deer. He confirmed it was a 3.5 year old deer. I made the comment that I had heard rumors that they aged the deer, but had never witnessed it. He said he's there every year. I told him that was funny because I check nearly all my deer at that location and I've never seen him there once on opening day or any other day for that matter. Here is a picture of the deer I put my buddy on.  |
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Post by Decatur on Nov 21, 2006 11:06:58 GMT -5
Nice buck. What do you charge for your guide service? ;d Congrats to your buddy!
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Post by dec on Nov 21, 2006 11:14:25 GMT -5
Nice buck. What do you charge for your guide service? ;d Congrats to your buddy! The guide fee is cheap, it is the tip that costs him. ;D He's one of my best friends and all he wants each year is to take home a deer. Where he hunts in Ohio, he's lucky if he even sees a couple deer through all archery and gun seasons. Definitely not the Ohio that we all have come to know. In past years he's culled out a spike or two for me so he was due to take a nice one home with him. While I would have loved for this deer to have made it another year, I was even happier for my buddy to get to take him home. I get more satisfaction out making someone's hunt enjoyable then I do harvesting an animal for myself. He deserved a deer like that. |
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Post by Mark T on Nov 21, 2006 11:31:40 GMT -5
Man thats a great picture you have there!! I like the angle and the pose!! That deer looks heavier though!! " but I'm not liking the urban sprawl that's creeping that way" I woild say it's past creeping!! Mark T.
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Post by jstalljon on Nov 21, 2006 11:35:03 GMT -5
I put my buddy from Ohio on a 8 pointer w/ broken brow (so he's a 7) on Saturday morning. Pretty good deer, that I had passed up several times with the bow. I was guessing the deer at 3.5 years on the hoof and confirmed this when he shot him with the muzzleloader. If he'd had his brow tine he'd have gone in the low 120's. The deer field dressed right at 185#. We checked him in and for the first time in 20 years of checking in deer, a DNR official was there and aged the deer. He confirmed it was a 3.5 year old deer. I made the comment that I had heard rumors that they aged the deer, but had never witnessed it. He said he's there every year. I told him that was funny because I check nearly all my deer at that location and I've never seen him there once on opening day or any other day for that matter. Here is a picture of the deer I put my buddy on. congrats to both you and your friend DEC....great deer and better story! |
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Post by dec on Nov 21, 2006 11:47:09 GMT -5
Man thats a great picture you have there!! I like the angle and the pose!! Good photography is rolled into the package price of my guide services. ;D |
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 21, 2006 12:16:20 GMT -5
Very nice buck DEC.
You're a good friend..
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Post by indianadan on Nov 21, 2006 18:54:28 GMT -5
Not mine but my bro-inlaw's buddy had his aged at 2 1/2. Here is a pic. I would've guessed 3.5.  |
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It's nice to get back up to the "home" woods, but I'm not liking the urban sprawl that's creeping that way. 
