New Deer pics...

Charmin · Dec 20, 2010

Some of our "pets"........Cicatriz and the Tall Buck. They both are missing their left eye---Probably from fighting with another buck.
Thanks for looking!

naturegirl · Dec 20, 2010

Barnard Bucks!! I love 'em

Have you ever seen the bronze skull that buckshot and I cast?
I'll have to find a picture of it to post here, the genes are evident.

Interesting they are both missing an eye, what happens if they lose the other eye? Life remains ever a struggle, huh? But these guys are something, beautiful pictures :icon_thumleft:

lisa

fistfulladirt · Dec 20, 2010

Great pix of those bucks!

Charmin · Dec 20, 2010

naturegirl said:
Barnard Bucks!! I love 'em Have you ever seen the bronze skull that buckshot and I cast?
I'll have to find a picture of it to post here, the genes are evident.

Interesting they are both missing an eye, what happens if they lose the other eye? Life remains ever a struggle, huh? But these guys are something, beautiful pictures

lisa

No, I haven't seen the bronze that you and buckshot did.....I would love to see it, so please post a picture! Was it one that Tom had killed?

Its funny that both of these bucks are missing the left eye. They seem to be more skittish after they lose an eye....they try to keep their good eye on what ever is happening around them. I think Cicatriz's eye was just injured last year, but this year he has sure enough lost it. Life is a struggle for these things and its surrvival of the fittest.
Thanks Lisa!

Charmin · Dec 20, 2010

fistfulladirt said:
Great pix of those bucks!

Thanks fistfulladirt! :hello:

mainer · Dec 21, 2010

What beautiful deer you have. Thanks for sharing the pics. Merry christmas Carmon. Hope the big fella in the red suit is good to you and your family. :hello:

Charmin · Dec 21, 2010

mainer said:
What beautiful deer you have. Thanks for sharing the pics. Merry christmas Carmon. Hope the big fella in the red suit is good to you and your family.

Thanks Jesse! I hope you have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Carmon~~

fossis · Dec 21, 2010

Great looking bucks, if they lose the other eye they will be goners, but in Nature nothing is ever wasted, the scavengers will have food, & the cycle goes on.

Fossis.............

txconservative · Dec 21, 2010

Beautiful !!

Charmin · Dec 21, 2010

fossis said:
Great looking bucks, if they lose the other eye they will be goners, but in Nature nothing is ever wasted, the scavengers will have food, & the cycle goes on.

Fossis.............

That's right, Fossis, life does go on. Its amazing how they can adapt to losing an eye.
Both of these bucks are fighters. You can always tell a fighter, he has broken brow tines or eye guards.......although in the case of these bucks, those eye guards didn't help much :icon_pirat:

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The old Tall Buck has a big chunk of hair missing off his side, too(I think you can see it in the picture). I don't know if that was from him fighting or he just scraped it on something.
Thanks Fossis! and Merry Christmas to you!!!

txconservative said:
Beautiful !!

Thanks txconservative :hello:

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(Love your "Don't Tread On Me" signature :thumbsup:

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Merry Christmas!!

Woodland Detectors · Dec 25, 2010

You guys just got it goin on out there :icon_thumright:

Charmin · Dec 25, 2010

Woodland Detector Sales said:
You guys just got it goin on out there

Thanks Mike! Hope you had a Merry Christmas!!

naturegirl · Dec 26, 2010

Hi Carmon! Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas. Here is Tommy's infamous buck :dontknow:

It's not his biggest or best rack, but I chose it to cast because I just love the shape of it, it has a "wickedness" to it. Not evil, just cool. Now that I know how it represents the bucks of the region, I love it even more. The Barnard Buck:

buckshot · Dec 26, 2010

Great pics sc!!! Nice bucks...

Charmin · Dec 26, 2010

naturegirl said:
Hi Carmon! Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas. Here is Tommy's infamous buck It's not his biggest or best rack, but I chose it to cast because I just love the shape of it, it has a "wickedness" to it. Not evil, just cool. Now that I know how it represents the bucks of the region, I love it even more. The Barnard Buck:

That's so cool, Lisa! Much better than just a European mount! You can sure see the similarities on all these bucks.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas too and have a safe and Happy New Year!
Carmon~~

buckshot said:
Great pics sc!!! Nice bucks...

Thanks Buckshot---Its so enjoyable to look out the window everyday and see these beautiful creatures! It won't be long until they start 'shedding', though. Some of the smaller bucks have already started to lose their horns.
Happy New Year!! :hello:

crazyjarhead · Dec 26, 2010

You did a good job on those healthy bucks from Oklahoma :headbang:

Charmin · Dec 26, 2010

crazyjarhead said:
You did a good job on those healthy bucks from Oklahoma

Thanks crazyjarhead....Hopefully they'll keep getting bigger every year. We've got about 20-30 deer coming in to feed every evening ---its like wild kingdom out here ::)

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Happy New Year! :hello:

rginn · Dec 26, 2010

I think we can safely say that up in the Osage y'all are makin the big bucks. I'd be a little skittish too if I lost an eye. Good pics.

Charmin · Dec 26, 2010

RGINN said:
I think we can safely say that up in the Osage y'all are makin the big bucks. I'd be a little skittish too if I lost an eye. Good pics.

Thanks RGINN---All the bucks that come in aren't just 'wall hangers', though....We've got a couple that my husband always calls "yard-t-a-r-d-s" :laughing7:

. We keep hoping with enough nutrition, they'll improve.
Here's a picture of a small basket-rack buck---he's got lots of 'trash' around the base of his horns.
happy New Year!