Picts From IN. How old are these bucks?
06-21-2006, 07:27 AM
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Picts From IN. How old are these bucks?
How old does evryone think these bucks are?
Indiana has4 weeks of gun season and the bucks get hit real hard.
I am in the process of adding some food plots to try to give the young bucks better nutrition.
Indiana has4 weeks of gun season and the bucks get hit real hard.
I am in the process of adding some food plots to try to give the young bucks better nutrition.
06-21-2006, 07:42 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: LaPorte, IN
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RE: Picts From IN. How old are these bucks?
9 Point,
The bucks are your typical Indiana 1 1/2 year olds, the exact reason I moved 6 miles west over the Illinois state line so I can get my Illinois lifetime hunting license next week. The difference is incredible. I give up on Indiana completely, except for maybe a couple special draw hunts in top areas. If I move back to Indiana when my lease ends, I'll be able to hunt both states on the cheap. However, with two IL buck tags a year, I doubt I'll have any incentive to invest my hunting time in Indiana.
I'm also selling my Indiana hunting land. It's too frustrating spending money on food plots knowing the bucks will step over the property line and get blown away in a cloud of smoke. Maybe you can fatten them up and get one to live 2 1/2 years, but I give up. Best of luck though.
The bucks are your typical Indiana 1 1/2 year olds, the exact reason I moved 6 miles west over the Illinois state line so I can get my Illinois lifetime hunting license next week. The difference is incredible. I give up on Indiana completely, except for maybe a couple special draw hunts in top areas. If I move back to Indiana when my lease ends, I'll be able to hunt both states on the cheap. However, with two IL buck tags a year, I doubt I'll have any incentive to invest my hunting time in Indiana.
I'm also selling my Indiana hunting land. It's too frustrating spending money on food plots knowing the bucks will step over the property line and get blown away in a cloud of smoke. Maybe you can fatten them up and get one to live 2 1/2 years, but I give up. Best of luck though.
06-21-2006, 10:24 AM
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Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
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RE: Picts From IN. How old are these bucks?
Be sure to spread the word to the rest of Illinois Zim , we wouldn't want any of you stumbling across the state line by accident and ruining their season ... 
FYI , you might want to check the regs on that Illinois lifetime license , if it's like every other state except Indiana it voids out if you move out of the state because you have to remain a resident . I have an Indiana Lifetime Comprehensive , I can live anywhere from now on and mine will still be valid . 
It's hard to age a buck from a photo since you have no way to look at their teeth , but Zim is probably right . They look about old enough to go into the smoker and freezer to me , I'm one of the meat hunters Zim was complaining about .
FYI , you might want to check the regs on that Illinois lifetime license , if it's like every other state except Indiana it voids out if you move out of the state because you have to remain a resident . I have an Indiana Lifetime Comprehensive , I can live anywhere from now on and mine will still be valid . It's hard to age a buck from a photo since you have no way to look at their teeth , but Zim is probably right . They look about old enough to go into the smoker and freezer to me , I'm one of the meat hunters Zim was complaining about .
