Any early bucks showing up yet?
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From: Pat Lefemine
15-Jul-21
My cams are not showing much yet, it was better last year. Anyone else seeing some good bucks on licks?
From: Old Reb
15-Jul-21
I haven't gotten around to putting out cameras yet. I have been seeing bucks feeding in soybeans in the evening but nothing big. One of my sons has cameras out and but has just gotten pics of year and a half old bucks along with does and fawns.
From: goyt
16-Jul-21
I have mature rye in some of my food plots so it is hard to get pictures there. I rented my bigger fields to a dairy farmer who planted hay this spring and most pictures on the camera I have on one of those fields is showing a lot of bucks but too far away to really evaluate at this time of the year. Here is a picture of what appears to be a mature buck. There is so much food around that it is tough to get good pictures.
The rye has turned brown and dried. Something is hitting it hard. I think the deer are doing at least some of it. Before the end of July I plan on burning the rye or I should say straw. Then I can start running cameras.
From: CAS_HNTR
16-Jul-21
Hang my cell cameras last weekend and have had pics of 3 nice bucks cruising around various clover plots. Only 1 is mature that I could tell.
Still early in our area and we don't usually get many great pics in the heat of the summer. Starting about September is when it begins picking up.
From: Wv hillbilly
16-Jul-21
Pic through the spotting scope
Pic through the spotting scope
From: Wv hillbilly
16-Jul-21
From: Wv hillbilly
16-Jul-21
Another one from a different property
Another one from a different property
From: Old Reb
16-Jul-21
WVHillbilly, the pic of the buck in the 2nd pic, which I believe is the same buck as the 1st pic, is a dandy. I hope he stays in your area after he sheds his velvet come fall. Good luck with him.
From: Pat Lefemine
17-Jul-21
This guy has potential
From: Pat Lefemine
17-Jul-21
This buck looks great
From: Kevin Dill
17-Jul-21
Nice buck for sure in the second image Pat. I believe by now that most mature bucks have established their basic framework....lengths and width. Some additional growth will happen but a lot of it goes toward mass. I southern Ohio we've had a generally excellent growing season with dependable rainfall. It's as green and lush as July ever gets here.
From: Zbone
19-Jul-21
WOW, Wv hillbilly, that dude looks Booner class... Good luck....
From: Wv hillbilly
19-Jul-21
Thanks guys. Here’s a couple more.
From: Wv hillbilly
19-Jul-21
From: Kevin Dill
19-Jul-21
Great to see those pics WVH. I remember a day when WV had a reputation for undersized bucks and the state emptied out when Ohio's deer firearms season opened.
From: CAS_HNTR
20-Jul-21
Bachelor group out and about
From: CAS_HNTR
21-Jul-21
Closest buck in first picture showed up alot closer to the camera last night. I like big 8s
From: molsonarcher
21-Jul-21
A couple that returned from last year. Still looking for a few
A couple that returned from last year. Still looking for a few
From: Old Reb
23-Jul-21
My son checked his camera this evening and got a few nice pics.
From: Old Reb
23-Jul-21
Another one.
From: Old Reb
23-Jul-21
And one more.
From: Wv hillbilly
26-Jul-21
I think these guys have been hanging out together a little to much
I think these guys have been hanging out together a little to much
From: Zbone
28-Jul-21
Wv hillbilly - That's funny right there, look how buddy, buddy they are and in exactly 3 months they will literally try to kill each other...8^)
From: Wv hillbilly
31-Jul-21
Yep
Yep
From: Wv hillbilly
31-Jul-21
From: Old Reb
31-Jul-21
I love you Poppa! Lol.
I love you Poppa! Lol.
From: Zbone
31-Jul-21
Dang Wv hillbilly, that droptine buck looks almost identical to a buck I had a bad high hit on a few years ago... It's almost dajavoo, almost the exact same size and character rack and his drop was on the left too except a couple inches longer.... I still think about that buck never found nor ever seen again... Drops are kind rare in my area and it still bums me out...
