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Stare at it long enough and you'll forget about those whopper 1.5-year old breeders being turned loose. 
Last edited by Clem; 10/31/12 09:02 PM.
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That first buck is a big mature nice creature!
I'm with BhamFred....there aren't too many places in the country with 1.5 year old bucks like that. It's supposed to have super genes and been eating out of a Fn bucket people!
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That's what they're tuning loose! If those bucks been eating super deer chow and all the other goodies deer get in a petting zoo, not impressive! How old is the deer in the top pic ?
Those bucks off spings not going to be anything special, eating pinecones and that other LA wild deer food. you have 1.5 year old bucks like the bottom pic on your land now???? You know damn well I don't. Aged by a State biologist 3.5 yr, mid 150s gross. What would he have looked like at 1.5 eating out of a bucket? Prolly not as big as the 1.5 in the pic, he's just got regular ol' hillbilly genes. 
Last edited by 2Dogs; 10/31/12 09:16 PM.
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ya'll did read my opening on this..it ain't going to work. but lets be real...those landowners are probably planting food, and feeding em too. His antlers will be bigger than this year. And you know it. 2dogs, that is a real nice buck in yer pic, any native deer that makes 140+ is a dandy. And so is the deer yer bashing in the pic, and even you know deer don't eat pinecones..you been hanging with that pine tree guy too much if you believe they do. 
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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I was going to reply to Clem but I stared at his pic too long and forgot what I was going to say....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Was it he Jordan Buck that was aged at 3.5 ?, there was a question about one of the largest typicals being 3.5 or 4.5
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I was going to reply to Clem but I stared at his pic too long and forgot what I was going to say.... no kidding, I had to go take a goodies powder, anyone been drinking seen that thing, bet they got sick
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The one in the top pic is a 2 year old they turned loose. Here is a 3 year old they released. 
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That's what they're tuning loose! If those bucks been eating super deer chow and all the other goodies deer get in a petting zoo, not impressive! How old is the deer in the top pic ?
Those bucks off spings not going to be anything special, eating pinecones and that other LA wild deer food. you have 1.5 year old bucks like the bottom pic on your land now???? Wonder what the odds are he has antlers as big as that next year when he has a full year to forage on native browse with the rest of the multitude in Marengo co? Not arguing, just wondering  I'm with Mike... seizures - I would worry about a lawsuit! Is Marengo Co. in the Black Belt?
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yes, Marengo is in the Black Belt.....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Are they closing the season for a few years where they turned the deer loose? Do they have a high protein deer feed system in place? How big is the area they are releasing the deer in?
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Are they closing the season for a few years where they turned the deer loose? Do they have a high protein deer feed system in place? How big is the area they are releasing the deer in? No. Yes. 600,000+ acres.
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I have been casually dropping by every couple of weeks with the big buck project guys to try and get info from them on how the project is going. I sure have seen that deer trailer down there a lot. Word at the coffee shop is that 2 more counties have called them and are getting them to start up similar programs in their counties. When I asked one of the guys with Big Buck Project about that I just got a sly looking grin and a "no comment".
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Are they closing the season for a few years where they turned the deer loose? Do they have a high protein deer feed system in place? How big is the area they are releasing the deer in? No. Yes. 600,000+ acres. Gonna take a lot of feed and buckets to feed deer on 600K acres!
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Welcome to ALdeer and good luck.
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Looks like qdma's campaign to stop them is really working.........seems they are releasing deer all over the place.  Where's the bling those bucks supposed to be wearing?????? Hmmmm, CWD turns up, oh no, those aren't deer released during the "big buck project".
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and just who is this guy besides a "blogger"  with an agenda..... he makes a lot of unproven statements
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Are they closing the season for a few years where they turned the deer loose? Do they have a high protein deer feed system in place? How big is the area they are releasing the deer in? No. Yes. 600,000+ acres. Gonna take a lot of feed and buckets to feed deer on 600K acres! maybe those involved have a LOT of money????
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Yesterday I called the guys at Tutt Land office and asked them about one of the theories I have been reading on here. I asked them if the antlers would get smaller after the deer were released and no longer getting the diet that they do at the breeder facility. This morning they sent me pictures of a 2 year old breeder they released on a property and did not add any supplemental feeding other than what is on the normal property around here. They said they planted green fields, did not add anything in the summer, and only put feed in the troughs when it was time to put the game cameras out. This property is about 75% mature pine plantation. They sent me pictures of him first released as a 2 yr, then they sent me pictures of him at 3, 4, and 5. I will ask them today if I can post them on the internet if anyone wants to see them. Do you?
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