Which buck would you take?

[archerycrazy]

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-14 AT 08:21AM (MST)[p]These are all Antelope Island bucks, but we can still have a little fun. You stumble across a new honey hole on a general season unit. You have a tag in your pocket and a moment to decide before they all take off. You can only choose one. Which buck do you take?

DSC08199 by gao_er_fu_qiu, on Flickr

DSC08241 by gao_er_fu_qiu, on Flickr

DSC08224 by gao_er_fu_qiu, on Flickr

 

[DeerMadness]

Any of them. Which one is Denny Austed going to take? That's A.I. isn't it?

 

[archerycrazy]

These are all Island bucks. I spend a lot of time out there and have yet to see anything better, though I don't have access to all of the island. I imagine there is a buck or two bigger than these that will be killed by Denny or the public hunter.

 

[mickeyelk]

Top picture top buck.

 

[m48goat]

i Like the last picture, for his width. But from the first picture i'd say the one on the left corner of the 3. Thanks for sharing. there all nice bucks!

Goat

 

[nontypical]

Gotta take that double-dropper.

 

[YELUM]

For reference, the top buck in first pic is pushing 220, the left buck 210, the dropper buck, 180.

Yelum

 

[mntman]

double dropper would probably be my first choice mostly due to never shooting a drop tine buck. The one in top pic on left would be the next in line.

Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"


Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?

 

[NimrodNut]

Beautiful photography! Thanks for sharing.

 

[SoutherBowhunter]

That buck in the last picture is pretty sweet. Great photos.

 

[riot16]

Double drop for sure.

You get out, what you put in.

 

[YELUM]

Double D

Yelum

 

[trophymuley]

There's a lot of bucks out there bigger than doubles. With how fast he is growing he's Got some potential. He's definitely on the list for death row.

The bigger of the two others may die this year. "Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you
down to their level and beat you with experience."

 

[archerycrazy]

Yelum,

Any chance these bucks from last year are the bucks in the first photo of the thread? Thanks.


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[YELUM]

The one on the right is the non typical. The one on the left is not one of the bucks you've posted pics or video of.

Yelum

 

[rmanwill]

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-14 AT 05:26PM (MST)[p]Buck #5. Third photo. Double drop buck.

 

[elkun]

the drop tine buck for sure, he is twice as rare as all the !!rest!!

 

[ICMDEER]

Top buck first pic. But more than likely I'd shoot whichever one turned and was close enough first. Thanks for the good thread.

 

[DoubleDropMuley]

First pic top buck, then first pic left buck the double dropper in that order!!!!

 

[DreaminOf200]

Top buck in the top photo...although the left buck in that photo would give him a run for his money. If the left buck was facing the camera, I might make a different decision!

 

[DreaminOf200]

Oh, and Double D looks like he could be a super stud in a year or two!

 

[sageadvice]

If i had to go by the first picture and that look was the only good look that i was going to get before i needed to shoot, I'd probably shoot that lower left buck.

Probably would regret it later but in that pic, the lower buck looks really good to me.

Joey


"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"

 

[BrowningRage]

As many times as I go out to the Island each year, I never get to see anything this big..!! LOL I've filmed some good deer, but no gaggers like these...

I'd shoot the one in the first photo, left side I think.

"Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" 2 Ne. 28: 24

 

[Stubaby]

Re

LAST EDITED ON Jul-18-14 AT 11:00PM (MST)[p]Yelum, are you saying that the buck on the right in post 13 is the sane buck as the top buck in the top pic just 1 yr earlier?


"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"

 

[YELUM]

RE: Re

That is correct sir. He put on nearly 40 inches of growth from year 3 to year 4. Its the most growth I've seen in my life, of any buck.

Yelum

 

[Stubaby]

RE: Re

Wow. That's unreal. How old do you think he is this yr?


"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"

 

[YELUM]

RE: Re

As I stated in my last post, he was 3 and now 4 in those two pics of him.

Yelum

 

[Stubaby]

RE: Re

My bad. Gotta stop surfing the iPhone and while watching outdoor channel at the same time. Thanks for the info.



"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"

 

[YELUM]

RE: Re

No problem.

Yelum