ORIGINAL: sjsfire
ORIGINAL: djschuett
I must be spoiled up here in the midwest! That thing looks like a small fawn!
The first thought to pop into mind was "how did a yearling get antlers that big?"
Seriously, that deer can't weigh 80 lbs even before it was gutted. Up here we call animals that size and color coyotes.
Nice job there djschuett for ripping the guy on the size of his deer. Don't know if this was taken in Florida or not but if you think about it deer grow bigger in certain areas than others. Yes we may be spoiled in the midwest but I've seen shows on TV where they hunt in Texas and the deer bodies appear to be smaller but have fantastic racks. I'd be the first to admit if I wanted a deer for the freezer I would have shot it. How about cuttin our fellow hunters a little slack!
I'm not ripping him about the size of the deer as much as commenting on how lucky we in the midwest are to have deer the size they are relative to the south. I guess I never realized how small deer are down in those parts.
I'll admit if I saw a deer with a body that sized up here that somehow had a great rack, I'd probably take it too!
LCC,
Not sure if your comment was directed at me, but if it was, it's entirely inaccurate. I pay $27 in state license fee and drive an hour and a half to a large tract of public land where I hunt with an approximate 5-6:1 ratio of acres of land to hunters where I regularly see more hunters than deer. I don't bait, don't believe in it and never will. Hasn't seemed to hurt my luck so far, a 13pt 250 lb on the hoof buck in 2005 and a 140 lb dressed doe this year shot from the same secret spot!