Hey guys I was on my way home from the gym after work yesterday and saw two orange (summer coat) bucks with little 3 inch velvet antlers starting. Here is a pic.

Sorry for the quality it was on my cellcamera phone. There were two bucks and the 2nd one should be in the 1stpic on the right but i cant see him.....damn it.


Jim

zoomed in 6x!

Nice to see some MA bucks! I have seen a couple of doe so far... no horns yet.
What area of MA?

i have seen ALOT of does but no bucks yet..here on the capes

Zone 10 guys! They only had about 2.5-3 inches of velvet posts, but there were at like 12 yards so I got a good look.

Also....I have to bring this up here, I posted in the bowhunting forum about shooting only big deer and that it is different in New England and people think that we are foolish for taking any deer. People dont get it! that hunting here differs...maybe they are right. maybe I dont get it!

Check it out.

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ORIGINAL: neck4752

Any buck to me with my bow is a trophy! Doe, button, spike, fork whatever.
Where I hunt you dont see a whole lot of deer and somtimes and sit on stand for days with out seeing one. Its like fishing. A 3-5lb large mouth is a "nice catch" up here. I went down to Florida and people would say thats a "small one".

Dont get me wrong we do grow deer big up here! Hunting is just very different. Hence there is much coverage of our state in hunting mags, shows, and videos. So my long winded response is......If its not at least 9.5 years old I let it walk! Just kidding. If I have a good shot and I am hungry any animal is a trophy!

Jim
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I'm not aiming this right at you, but to people who use this train of thought in general, which I guess includes you...

Do you really not see the connection between "ain't many deer in these parts"...."so we shoot whatever and call it a trophy"....

Just stop typing and think on it for a few min....

Another that bothers me is "with my bow anything is a trophy"...

Maybe it is different in VA (where I live) but I see more deer and have more oportunities to kill them during bow season than any other time. Firearm season has spooked deer that aren't in a "rut". To me, in my area, it is harder to get that "trophy" during firearms season.

Please chill with the bow is so challenging crap.

Thanks,

KP





KP, GREAT POST! I just wonder how many times we have to tell them the SAME thing over and over again! It's called common sense, people!
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good to see that there out there ive only seen a few does lately

ya your post about hunting up here is so true any animal that walks by has a chance of dying ha ha but its true any deer is a trophy

As stated earlier in Western Mass this may work but here in the east no way we have to cull the heard a bit.