gentlemen hunt today

[ub1243]

since it was cold this morning.
sat in comfort.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50193-1.jpg
note the indoor plumbing and nut roaster.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50167.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50165.jpg
looking south
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50168.jpg
north/north east
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50170.jpg
east. there is a small buck bedded 30 yards out. you'll never see him.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50169-1.jpg
took a managment buck at 11:30am
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/ub1243/SUC50172.jpg

saw deer and turkeys all morning. couldn't nap or read my trapper/predator caller magazine.
if it's raining tomorrow i'm headed back in there.
if not i've got another swamp to guard.
heard very little shooting.
biologist at the check station said it was very slow today.

[upbowhunter]

Good job Ub! The work orders are pilling up over hear, better hurry,haha. Congrats.

[ub1243]

i don't want to hear sh*t about work till wed. morning.:D
i've only been off for about 12 days. they can wait.

[BP50]

Why would that buck be considered a management buck?

[bill thron]

bp50 i would say hes a management buck because of his "bad genes".
which means because he has the tendency to grow bad antlers. by taking him out of the herd he cant breed any more does. it like the old saying goes "ceartain people shouldnt be allowed to have kids"

[BP50]

Was wondering how old that buck is? Or Looks. Bad genes because of broken antler?

[buck hunter]

The antler doesnot look broken off to me from the pic, would say bad genes, he should have grown semitrical (sp) or close to it on both sides. But could have broken that side off early last year, hard to say with out seeing what he was in past years.

[KILBO]

Hey ub1243 did you drop that deer off at A&M meats because I saw a deer just like that there. If it was I would say bad genes because it was a pretty big deer to have a rack like that. Congrats on some great venison for the freezer.

BRIAN

[coopster-123]

I heard 2 shots all day. Almost the same as first day M/L. Saw one small spike and 6 does. Well i still have tomorrow.

[ub1243]

thats the third strange buck i took off the property this year. the other two were, hopefully before they got to breed. this guy was stinkin, tarsals real dark, but when does were around he near even tried to get close to them.
if he did breed, at least the place doesn't have to carry him all winter. now there's more food for the bred does and mature bucks.
the antler wasn't broke. it was that way right from velvet. i saw him before. but with only one buck tag per archery season, i wait till the end to burn a tag. and i took another managment buck with the permit tag.
my deer is still hanging in the back yard. it went 130lbs and the biologist aged him at 1 1/2 years old, he was at the check station at rt40 and rt553 today.

taking out bucks that won't amount to much is better for the whole herd.

[bigolebuck]

Congrats UB!
Sure looks like he's gonna be tender & tasty!

[SEMIAUTO]

Now that's first class , your the man . :bow:

[DOC BANDIT]

Hey ub1243, how long did that stand take for you to build. That's one awsome houch you got there:thup:

[ub1243]

i built it in they yard, on the picnic table.
the whole thing was made so it can be put together from the inside.,
then me and keppy and another buddy went out and set the 2x8's and 6's. fastened the floor down, then pulled up piece by piece with rope. i screwed everything together from inside.
the hardest part was carring the ladder through the swamp.

[H&R slugger]

if i keep up this hunting and fishing, my chic is gonna toss me. think maybe i could rent it out after all the seasons are over ? would make a nice bachelor pad :D. awesome job and a great set-up