Charmin
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- Sep 3, 2007
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We have been feeding the deer by our house for the last four years. We put out corn in the early fall(Sept./Oct.) to coax them in and then feed a combination of cattle cake, milo, and corn throughout the winter months. It gives my daughter the perfect opportunity to take some really neat pictures and also study whitetail habits. She enjoys seeing bucks come in from year to year and see how much they grow in body size and in horns. The bucks in these collages have been coming in to feed for three years now.
The first picture is of the "Tall Buck". He is a cool looking buck with a double throat patch and really long G2's(back tines). We even found his sheds last year and measured them---the G2's were 11 1/2"! He is also a fighter--last year he came in and had lost his left eye while fighting with another buck.
The second collage/picture is of the "Yard-Tard" (as my husband calls him ). He has perfectly formed horns on the left side but his right side never grows normally. Still a neat looking buck.
The last picture is of the "Old 7 Point" buck. He is a very aggressive, mature buck. The first two years he was a 7 point but this year he is just a 6 point. His body mass has increased with age as you can tell.
In these pictures/collages you can see the difference in these deer from year to year. To us, its so interesting to see how they've changed in just three years and yet we are still able to recognize them!! All these bucks are free ranging, but stay in this area, I guess because they know there's always food here.
Hope you enjoy the pictures and thanks for looking!
~~sandcreek~~
The first picture is of the "Tall Buck". He is a cool looking buck with a double throat patch and really long G2's(back tines). We even found his sheds last year and measured them---the G2's were 11 1/2"! He is also a fighter--last year he came in and had lost his left eye while fighting with another buck.
The second collage/picture is of the "Yard-Tard" (as my husband calls him ). He has perfectly formed horns on the left side but his right side never grows normally. Still a neat looking buck.
The last picture is of the "Old 7 Point" buck. He is a very aggressive, mature buck. The first two years he was a 7 point but this year he is just a 6 point. His body mass has increased with age as you can tell.
In these pictures/collages you can see the difference in these deer from year to year. To us, its so interesting to see how they've changed in just three years and yet we are still able to recognize them!! All these bucks are free ranging, but stay in this area, I guess because they know there's always food here.
Hope you enjoy the pictures and thanks for looking!
~~sandcreek~~