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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Clem]
#2874859
08/10/19 06:10 AM
08/10/19 06:10 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,931 Jackson Co.
JBL
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,931
Jackson Co.
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Kinda mystified that 200lb on the hoof deer are so uncommon state wide. Three things to get size deer: 1. Age 2. Food 3. Genetics Also, too many people shoot the "it's a good 8 point, had to shoot it or my neighbor would have!" bucks. If that makes them happy, fine. So be it. But you can't get 4-, 5- and 6-year-old bucks - if that's what you want - by shooting the 2.5-year-old spindly 8-point. This. Around my neck of the woods they dont cull deer.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: timbercruiser]
#2875241
08/10/19 02:53 PM
08/10/19 02:53 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,009 Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,009
Round ‘bout there
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No pictures, nobody carried a camera around with them back then Exactly. I don't have any photos of my first couple of deer. No one carried an Instamatic, film and flash cubes back then unless you were on vacation, going to a funeral for graveside flower photos, a family or school reunion, or were involved in a wedding. If it was big enough to photograph you might drop by the local newspaper office IF you wanted anyone to know or it was really significant. Otherwise, gut, cut and done.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Festus]
#2875728
08/11/19 08:36 AM
08/11/19 08:36 AM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 3,393 FL
daylate
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 3,393
FL
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Maybe all these gigantic Saskatchewan sized Alabama deer were just before my time. I have been hunting or have known people hunting in Alabama since the mid seventies. The heaviest deer I have ever credibly heard of was a 230 lb 12 pt killed in Sumter County in the mid seventies. I saw the picture of that one and although I cannot verify the weight, it was a toad for sure. I, like others on here have said, would love to see some pictures of these gigantic bucks from the glory days. We may never see Alabama deer of that size again.
What is interesting here in Florida is the rising number of 200 lb bucks in recent years. Just about every club I used to hunt has taken one or more a year lately. I watched a 210 lb 8 pt weighed on good scales last season. When I was hunting Florida, 180 lbs was about the biggest I ever saw. I killed that one on the Escambia River and he had wide skinny horns that probably score around 90". Why are Florida deer increasing in body weight? Baiting has been allowed since at least 1990 so it isn't that.
Interestingly, FL buck scores are going up as well. I know of 3 killed within 80 miles of my house in the last two years that were 140 or better. That was unheard of when I hunted here.
Last edited by daylate; 08/11/19 08:40 AM.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: blade]
#2875833
08/11/19 01:07 PM
08/11/19 01:07 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 14,400 ArmPit of the south
DeerNutz0U812_
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 14,400
ArmPit of the south
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I’ve hunted the same general area since the mid seventies. Those deer haven’t changed much. You see an occasional 200 plus live weight but not much over that, it was the same in the seventies. Very little agriculture then or now in this area. x2....bout the same here...
Did you know that Beer Nutz are over a Dollar...and Deer Nutz are under a Buck...
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: daylate]
#2875984
08/11/19 05:12 PM
08/11/19 05:12 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,632 Bay Minette, AL
scrubbuck
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,632
Bay Minette, AL
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Maybe all these gigantic Saskatchewan sized Alabama deer were just before my time. I have been hunting or have known people hunting in Alabama since the mid seventies. The heaviest deer I have ever credibly heard of was a 230 lb 12 pt killed in Sumter County in the mid seventies. I saw the picture of that one and although I cannot verify the weight, it was a toad for sure. I, like others on here have said, would love to see some pictures of these gigantic bucks from the glory days. We may never see Alabama deer of that size again.
What is interesting here in Florida is the rising number of 200 lb bucks in recent years. Just about every club I used to hunt has taken one or more a year lately. I watched a 210 lb 8 pt weighed on good scales last season. When I was hunting Florida, 180 lbs was about the biggest I ever saw. I killed that one on the Escambia River and he had wide skinny horns that probably score around 90". Why are Florida deer increasing in body weight? Baiting has been allowed since at least 1990 so it isn't that.
Interestingly, FL buck scores are going up as well. I know of 3 killed within 80 miles of my house in the last two years that were 140 or better. That was unheard of when I hunted here. Like people, the older they get the heavier they get. More and more folks are letting bucks get older now days.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: scrubbuck]
#2876095
08/11/19 07:24 PM
08/11/19 07:24 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 3,393 FL
daylate
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 3,393
FL
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Maybe all these gigantic Saskatchewan sized Alabama deer were just before my time. I have been hunting or have known people hunting in Alabama since the mid seventies. The heaviest deer I have ever credibly heard of was a 230 lb 12 pt killed in Sumter County in the mid seventies. I saw the picture of that one and although I cannot verify the weight, it was a toad for sure. I, like others on here have said, would love to see some pictures of these gigantic bucks from the glory days. We may never see Alabama deer of that size again.
What is interesting here in Florida is the rising number of 200 lb bucks in recent years. Just about every club I used to hunt has taken one or more a year lately. I watched a 210 lb 8 pt weighed on good scales last season. When I was hunting Florida, 180 lbs was about the biggest I ever saw. I killed that one on the Escambia River and he had wide skinny horns that probably score around 90". Why are Florida deer increasing in body weight? Baiting has been allowed since at least 1990 so it isn't that.
Interestingly, FL buck scores are going up as well. I know of 3 killed within 80 miles of my house in the last two years that were 140 or better. That was unheard of when I hunted here. Like people, the older they get the heavier they get. More and more folks are letting bucks get older now days. Probably what is happening now that you mention it. All of the local clubs are leased from RMS and they have a mandatory minimum harvest age of 3.5, no exceptions.
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Festus]
#2879741
08/15/19 10:04 PM
08/15/19 10:04 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,859 Jasper
buckhunter2
10 point
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10 point
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Jasper
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I personally saw one hanging on the scales last yr that went 258#
You're only as good as your worst shot-
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: buckhunter2]
#2879961
08/16/19 09:44 AM
08/16/19 09:44 AM
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,210 Auburn
Ike McCaslin
8 point
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8 point
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Auburn
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I personally saw one hanging on the scales last yr that went 258# Aww hell...maybe with you and him both on the gambrel
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Wambaw]
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08/17/19 12:19 AM
08/17/19 12:19 AM
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Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 15,675 Ourtown, AL
BCLC
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 15,675
Ourtown, AL
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I killed one this afternoon that weighed 210. Edge of soybean field in Orangeburg county. I weighed it myself. They are common in the area I hunt. Full velvet Congrats!
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
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Re: HUGE Bucks of th' 60's/70's
[Re: Festus]
#2880953
08/17/19 04:44 PM
08/17/19 04:44 PM
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Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 5,243 Behind your shadow
Reloader79
Bitch Peas, I'm a Kitty Whisperer
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Bitch Peas, I'm a Kitty Whisperer
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Posts: 5,243
Behind your shadow
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I’ve heard of some 350 pounders just never seen them!
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Bluetick serpentines around green fields and rock spit a lease
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