DECEIVING! Velvet to hard-horn

[Sligh1]

Talked about this on my trail-cam post I put up a few
hours ago. I got a trail-cam in VELVET of this
buck, thought it was maybe 180+.
THEN, I got a trail-cam in hard horn,
he's 152". Got MUCH SMALLER once he had
the hard-horn. Man he had me FOOLED!!!!

OK- here's the CRAZY PART that's
a side-note!!!!!!!!!......
I have all his sheds (including those in pictures).
HE IS 2&1/2 YEARS OlD- FACT!!!!!!!!!
(no, I am not making a mistake on this one)
I have his 1&1/2 year old sheds and didn't realize it
UNTIL I got his sheds home this spring. Yes, he
wasn't 180, BUT 152" as a TWO YEAR OLD, I think
that's one of the biggest 2 year olds I've personally
seen.

For fun, here's another YOUNG deer that's going
to be a giant SOMEDAY, broke off right side BUT
someday he'll be HUGE!!!! Love the young deer
that have AMAZING genetics- just wish you always
saw more of em when they got mature!

 

[JNRBRONC]

152 guessing at the busted tines or straight gross score?

Yeah, velvet makes things tough.

Nice deer.

 

[Sligh1]

ah, umm, oh...
Actually my brother did the scoring and you know, I am not sure, good question!!?!?? *I found the shed, bro scored it for fun, I gotta think he added the points if he HAD NOT broke them off from looking at it BUT, not sure- I'd guess with no broken points so I'd guess he added in the points. he did OBVIOUSLY break some points off- I'll ask him if that's with or without the broken points, the shed is sweet no matter (tiny little bases!). If this deer made it to 6 & 1/2, can you imagine?!!?? I am sure every area has a deer like this if you look for a while. Weird how easy it is to get fooled on velvet to hard horn.

 

[letemgrow]

I agree Sligh1, I want everyone that hunts on me to leave those young bucks with awesome genetics alone...It can be a tough sell tho passing a 150+ 3.5 year old, but if you want a true giant that is what needs to be done.