longspeak74
WKR
Great buck, congrats!
Thank you! I’ve grown up hunting all over upper and lower Michigan so well versed in feeling fortunate to have found an old guy like this. Its been an odd adjustment as how to Wisconsin does things, even from a midwestern point of view. I appreciate the tip on the jaw bone, as I had already boiled it but was unsure as to whats its final purpose would be....That’s a great buck! Being a fellow Wisconsinite, that’s a rare find. Solid 4 1/2, wouldn’t shock me if he was in his fifth year either. Do yourself a favor and boil his lower jaw bone and write 2020 on it with a sharpie. Throw it in a drawer, then do the same with all the other older bucks you shoot. You’ll be able to age like an expert in several years just by comparing what you have and a little web searching on basic aging of deer.
That's a great idea! Thanks for passing that along!That’s a great buck! Being a fellow Wisconsinite, that’s a rare find. Solid 4 1/2, wouldn’t shock me if he was in his fifth year either. Do yourself a favor and boil his lower jaw bone and write 2020 on it with a sharpie. Throw it in a drawer, then do the same with all the other older bucks you shoot. You’ll be able to age like an expert in several years just by comparing what you have and a little web searching on basic aging of deer.
Darn nice buck. I love the euro look. Congrats!!After moving from northern Colorado to northern Wisconsin (originally from the UP) last year, I was able to harvest my largest whitetail to date this fall. I’ll fully acknowledge its not the brusier some of you post but after hunting nothing but public land out west for elk and mulies the past decade, its refreshing to get back to my roots and connect on a mature buck like this and proud to have taken him on land I actually own. Finished off the experience by doing the euro mount myself for the first time...
That all said, and having never got a buck of this size, whats your best bet for age/score?
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Nice buck. Love the euro look. Congrats to you.After moving from northern Colorado to northern Wisconsin (originally from the UP) last year, I was able to harvest my largest whitetail to date this fall. I’ll fully acknowledge its not the brusier some of you post but after hunting nothing but public land out west for elk and mulies the past decade, its refreshing to get back to my roots and connect on a mature buck like this and proud to have taken him on land I actually own. Finished off the experience by doing the euro mount myself for the first time...
That all said, and having never got a buck of this size, whats your best bet for age/score?
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The Trenary/Marquette area...GREAT buck. What area of the UP were you from?