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Sweetwater 10-08-2003 01:09 PM
Check out this Florida buck....
 
I live & hunt just a few miles below the Ga line. Most folks think of Florida & picture flat pine forests & sandy beaches. Our region around the Panhandle is more like South Ga than Fl.

We have managed our family farm for about 4 years & are beginning to see good results. When we first got the place, you were hard pressed to see a spike, much less a good buck. We had a renegade hunting club across the road that dropped anything that moved. The lease was St Joe' s land & bought by an individual who is more a bird hunter than deer, but he has a few family members & guests that are only permitted to take does. And, they must take 2 does before they are permitted to even hunt for a buck. This has helped us a great deal.

The buck below was harvested last fall on the Friday aftet Tgiving day. Our gun season opens Tgiving day. He took him just barely before dark which proves he was nocturnal and the season had barely begun. By Fl standards, he was a good buck, very thick rack, and heavy. Guestimated age was 5 and a half.

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bearlot 10-09-2003 07:45 AM
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very nice buck !!

Tazman 10-09-2003 07:56 AM
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Nice looking rack, I have to say it amazes me the difference in size of deer, living in Va. it seems as though we have medium sized deer, the further south the smaller, the further north the larger. I know this doesn' t hold 100%, in Va. most mountain deer are small in comparison to those in the piedmont region where there is a lot of agricultural stuff, and I am sure that holds true in most states where the deer vary in size drastically depending upon where they are.

John Deer 10-09-2003 08:08 AM
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Nice![8D]

GBhunter 10-09-2003 04:42 PM
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nice deer congrats on the QDM

JimboHunter1 10-09-2003 05:34 PM
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That buck has some nice mass, especially for a Florida deer. Glad to hear that you' re reaping the rewards of your deer management! Thanks for posting the pic!

TREEDOG 10-09-2003 05:40 PM
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That is a nice buck, congrats to whoever harvested it. And yea us southerners got them tiny deer.

Gibby 10-10-2003 03:20 AM
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Nice buck Sweetwater. I mostly hunt in north central Fl and we dont see ' em like that very much.

PAHUNTER21 10-10-2003 03:48 AM
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That' s a bute!

maytom 10-10-2003 05:11 AM
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I agree, dandy buck for sure!!;)

Tree climber 10-10-2003 05:32 AM
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that is a nice buck for Fla.most of ours are small 115 to 120Lbs. with spnnly racks.we do occasionly get a good one like that.

the wife and I have only taken two bucks in that range,in over 35 years of deer hunting.

congrats. to the hunter.[:-]

coolbrze0 10-10-2003 05:38 AM
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Nice looking buck!

Allen Denton 10-10-2003 10:49 AM
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Nice deer, Hey Taz I was just up by your neck of the woods the other day. My aunt and uncle live in King George and I wen tthrough on my way to my brother' s house in Loudon County. Good luck this year.

stuckinthereeds 10-10-2003 11:51 AM
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Good looking buck

Power 10-10-2003 05:04 PM
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ORIGINAL: Tazman

Nice looking rack, I have to say it amazes me the difference in size of deer, living in Va. it seems as though we have medium sized deer, the further south the smaller, the further north the larger. I know this doesn' t hold 100%, in Va. most mountain deer are small in comparison to those in the piedmont region where there is a lot of agricultural stuff, and I am sure that holds true in most states where the deer vary in size drastically depending upon where they are.
Actually that is a biological fact in regards to mammals. The further north of the equater you go the larger the animals (the colder the bigger). Part of nature' s way of forcing the fat animals to survive the cold and in the south you have to be thin to beat the heat. Kind of the same way with the different races of humans, the people that are native to the warmer climates are generally smaller and the folks from the north tend to be larger.

kybuck1 10-10-2003 06:36 PM
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Nice one!

BOWFANATIC 10-10-2003 07:35 PM
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the people that are native to the warmer climates are generally smaller and the folks from the north tend to be larger.

So thats why we have so many bigguns around here!:D

Texas Hunter 10-10-2003 08:17 PM
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Good looking buck, congrats

farm hunter 10-10-2003 09:25 PM
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bergman' s rule

Nice buck!

halcon 10-10-2003 10:19 PM
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Congrats on the buck

PORK CHOP 10-11-2003 08:49 AM
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nice buck.

I will agree on the bigger deer the farther north you go but not in humans. If that were the case I am 6' 1 to 240 lbs..... I hope I never move to the North I would weigh over 300 lbs.....LOL

Cleetus 10-11-2003 08:54 AM
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Nice deer.

445 supermag 10-11-2003 11:57 PM
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Very nice deer. Congrats on your QDM. it seems to be paying off.

Brian


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