Cornfed,

I am really not sure what has been happening with this property but this buck was aged at 5-1/2 years old. My bestfriend shot his buck just 50-60 yards from where I shot this one, and it has the same general shape. His buck was aged at 3-1/2 years old. We had been watching his buck since he was a 1-1/2 year old and let him go thinking he was going to get bigger. As a 1-1/2 year old, he was a nice 7 point, as a 2-1/2 year old he looked pretty much the same except he was still a 7 point, and here is what he looked like when he was killed at 3-1/2, he had about a 17" outside spread and net scored right around 100".



We have had 3 years with pretty much no mast crop at all, and last year was terrible for the farms around here, not sure if that would affect the deer this much though.

Here is a still shot from video of a buck that I believe to be the one I killed. This video was shot in same location but 2 years before I killed the buck!