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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: 3toe]
#1192107
12/18/14 04:12 PM
12/18/14 04:12 PM
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BhamFred
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Freak of Nature
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so you think hunters kill 95% of the 6+ year old bucks in Alabama????
I'd say way over 50% of the 6+ year old bucks die of non hunter related causes.....
I've always felt that once they make it to over five they are nearly unkillable.
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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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: BhamFred]
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12/18/14 04:27 PM
12/18/14 04:27 PM
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2Dogs
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Freak of Nature
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I'd say way over 50% of the 6+ year old bucks die of non hunter related causes.....
I agree and concur.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: 3toe]
#1192157
12/18/14 04:27 PM
12/18/14 04:27 PM
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BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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not many bucks in Alabama make it to six years old, maybe 3-4 out of a hundred born.
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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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: BhamFred]
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12/18/14 04:42 PM
12/18/14 04:42 PM
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3toe
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not many bucks in Alabama make it to six years old, maybe 3-4 out of a hundred born. And I guess thats why I guessed so low, Just didn't figure in Alabama many were able to sport around a sagging belly or nice headgear and live to see a natural death.
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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: 3toe]
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12/18/14 04:45 PM
12/18/14 04:45 PM
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BhamFred
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problem is once they do make it to five er six they have learned enough or found a niche that makes em unkillable. They move very little at that age.
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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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: 3toe]
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12/18/14 05:04 PM
12/18/14 05:04 PM
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BhamFred
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I think one reason they aren't found more often is that they tend to hang out in places that humans NEVER go for whatever reason. It dosen't have to be a big place just a spot that is never walked on.
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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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: 3toe]
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12/19/14 02:05 AM
12/19/14 02:05 AM
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AlabamaSwamper
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Seems like every now and then there would be some nice skulls found from deer that died naturally. I mean the ones that were not eaten and consumed by yotes, squirrels and other varmints that eat and gnaw on bone for minerals, etc.
I found some nice skeletal remains on bucks out in TX. Got a few of the antlers still sitting in my garage. Get with a group of rabbit hunters that hunt well managed properties. You find some skulls or what is left of them. We find several every year.
BTR Scorer in NW Alabama
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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
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12/19/14 02:16 AM
12/19/14 02:16 AM
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I'd say way over 50% of the 6+ year old bucks die of non hunter related causes.....
I agree and concur. I also agree and concur.
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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: 2Dogs]
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12/19/14 02:52 AM
12/19/14 02:52 AM
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Gotcha1
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I'd say way over 50% of the 6+ year old bucks die of non hunter related causes.....
I agree and concur. I agree. It could be as high as 90% on 6+ yr. old bucks that aren't killed by hunters.
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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: BhamFred]
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12/19/14 03:47 AM
12/19/14 03:47 AM
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TChunter
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Booner
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so you think hunters kill 95% of the 6+ year old bucks in Alabama????
I'd say way over 50% of the 6+ year old bucks die of non hunter related causes.....
I've always felt that once they make it to over five they are nearly unkillable. This. I think even with the amount of game cameras and hunters in the woods more monsters live and die unnoticed, especially in thick, swampy areas.
On the Eighth day God created flounder.
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Re: Mature deer and natural causes
[Re: BhamFred]
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12/19/14 04:27 AM
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aldoghunter
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problem is once they do make it to five er six they have learned enough or found a niche that makes em unkillable. They move very little at that age. This is even true with dogs,its hard to kill a 5+ year old deer any way you try.
Be safe & have fun
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