Is this a penned deer?
#11
Don't see that, even if he notified the game farm, they would be able to catch it. Then again I guess it would depend on how tame it is, but the simple logistics of trying to find one deer in the woods.... can we say needle in a hay stack?
#13
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
If the buck escaped from a pen during the summer, the antlers would have been in the earlier stages of growth and all the points would have not been developed. Why would a game farm cut the antlers like that, if they cut the antlers when they are shipped they cut the main beam about the brow tine. I think it is just a reflection/glare in the flash caused by the deer being so close to the camera.
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cambridge Ohio USA
Posts: 744
Timbercruiser is right, you guys are jumping to conclusions. A deer farm wouldn’t cut antlers like that. If you look, they’re sharper now than they would be naturally. When a deer farm cuts antlers they cut them off at the base for safety reasons. I think something’s distorting the photo, though I don’t know what.
#17
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location:
Posts: 17
That is quite odd, what ever the case ground that dude & you'll have the "rest of the story"! They do appear cut off to me, even the drop tine. Ten to twelve miles would not be out of the question. That may be like me sending my small town son off to big town college, there is "lot's" to look at, and I'm sure he is constantly checking the "wind".
Last edited by inspect1; 11-02-2010 at 05:55 AM. Reason: Add on
#18
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 24
#19
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Maryland
Posts: 15
Here we go. How do you justify this statement????? Is scouting from the road unethical? Taking pictures of deer or scouting for deer has nothing to do with ethics. The hunter still has to hunt those deer in the same fashion an ethical man like yourself has to. It is nothing like baiting, does a trail camera bring deer into the property or keep deer on the property?? I think not.
Baiting is legal in a lot of states so again as long as your are within the law and hunting by regulation I dont think this is an ethics issue.
If you have oaks planted on your property is that unethical?
Baiting is legal in a lot of states so again as long as your are within the law and hunting by regulation I dont think this is an ethics issue.
If you have oaks planted on your property is that unethical?
#20
If he was pen raised, then his winter foraging and survival skills may be low. So what would be worse, to die of starvation or a gunshot to the heart?
I'm not saying he won't do just fine in the wild (assuming he was pen raised), but certainly the odds are against him when competing against the "more experienced" deer.